Captain Stottlemeyer: When was the last time you saw him?
Adrian Monk: Ah, it was a lifetime ago. I was eight years old. He said he was going downtown to pick up some dinner. And I watched him drive away. He waved to me. I'll never forget that. How he waved. Then he was gone. My childhood was over. My mother never laughed again.
Captain Stottlemeyer: Families are always complicated.
Adrian Monk: It wasn't complicated. He just waved, then he was gone.