 The next morning, Monk and Natalie arrive at a crime scene outside the San Francisco Airporter Motor Inn.The victim is Conrad Stipe, the creator of the cult science fiction TV series "Beyond Earth" (a parody of the real-life "Star Trek"), shot and killed climbing out of a taxi while arriving at a "Beyond Earth" convention.Four surveillance cameras around the parking lot have caught the shooter, dressed as Mr. Snork, one of the protagonists of the show.