James Novak: [v.o.] July 18th. For Adrian Monk, the day began like any other. He would vacuum his entire apartment. Then clean the vacuum. Then vacuum again. He had no way of knowing that just four blocks away, the body of a young girl was being discovered, and that the San Francisco police would soon be requesting his services for the 100th time.
Captain Stottlemeyer: 100 cases. Well, that's a real milestone. The fact is he almost didn't make it. Two years ago, they tried to cut Monk from the budget to save a few bucks. I went ballistic. If you go in the commissioner's office, you'll see there's a little dent in the wall about the size of my fist. I got suspended, and Monk got back on the payroll.