Adrian Monk: Is there a problem?
David Ruskin: Yeah. Yeah, there's a problem. It's my performance. Just today. It was just crap. I don't have it.
Adrian Monk: You don't have what?
David Ruskin: You. I mean, I don't... I don't have you. I mean, I have you. I have your tics and your mannerisms and all that little like... You know, like little tic-tic-tic-tic-tic. But that doesn't mean anything. You know, that's nothing. That's just all, you know- What is that, right? It's not the thing. It's just, like, surface tension. It's like, it's not the thing. It's not the... The heart. The why. I need to know the why. How long have you lived here?
Adrian Monk: [stutters]
David Ruskin: Okay. See, here we go. This is it. See, here's the thing. I want you to take me to Monk school. And this is what I need. I need you to teach me. I mean, you have all these compulsions. And these, you know, these phobias. But it would cripple most people. You- I mean, you keep going. How do you- Sit down, relax. How do you do it? Why don't you stop? Why do you do it? I need to know why do you do it?
Adrian Monk: Uh... My job.
David Ruskin: No, that's not it. That's what I thought too, but that is not it.