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Later that day, Monk catches up with Meckler and Pressman at a PR event for the vacuum. They question Meckler, who answers their questions while chewing on a pen cap. Meanwhile, Stottlemeyer flirts with a consumer magazine writer named T.K. Jensen. Then, Meckler collapses! Disher administers CPR, but it's no use. Meckler dies of an apparent heart attack.

Later, while investigating Bradley Foster's loft apartment, Monk and the gang discover some technical journals and tools. It turns out that Foster had studied engineering before a drinking problem forced him into janitorial work. Underneath his desk, they find a plastic ballpoint pen with the end all chewed up – just like Meckler's pen. Meckler had been to Foster's apartment.

The police do a toxicology screening on Meckler which reveals that he did not die of natural causes; he was poisoned. But how the poison got into his drink at the PR event while the police were interrogating him is still a complete mystery. The only thing he had to eat or drink was a soda, but Kurt Pressman sipped from the same cup and was unharmed.

The next day, Monk and Natalie pay a visit to Kurt Pressman's garage. Monk has gotten hold of a prototype of the high-tech vacuum, which has broken, and he wants the inventor Pressman to take a look at it. Pressman seems to have trouble getting his tool belt to fit and can't find several of his tools. However, he promises Monk that he can fix it and that it'll be ready later in the week.

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