Sharona: I'm really happy for you. Really. Congratulations. [Monk shakes his head] What's the problem? It's a great job.
Adrian Monk: I had a great job. I was a cop. That's all I ever wanted to be. I couldn't fix the whole world. I knew that. But I could fix little pieces of it. One little piece at a time. Put things back together. Sharona, I, I need it. I need it. I miss it. I miss it so much.
Sharona: Hey. I miss it, too.
Adrian Monk: It's, it's gonna kill me. Every time I watch the news or read a newspaper or... I'm gonna wish I was there. Even a stupid story like "The Mad Hatter" "The Mad Hatter"?
Sharona: Yeah, remember somebody grabbed the commissioner's hat? Well, he did it again at a parking garage downtown.
Adrian Monk: Was it the same guy?
Sharona: They don't know. He got away. But at least he got his hat back this time.
Adrian Monk: Well, he grabbed the commissioner's hat twice and dropped it? He, he didn't want it? [drops the newspaper]
Sharona: What?
Adrian Monk: I just solved the case.