Quote from Captain Stottlemeyer in Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk
T.K. Jensen: What's going on? Captain Stottlemeyer: The guy that died yesterday was poisoned. So we're gonna recreate the crime. T.K. Jensen: Well why call me? Am I a suspect? Captain Stottlemeyer: No. T.K. Jensen: Am I important to the case in some way? Captain Stottlemeyer: Not particularly, no. T.K. Jensen: So you were just looking for an excuse to see me again. Captain Stottlemeyer: Miss Jensen, if that were true, if I brought you down here in the middle of the afternoon just to talk to you and get to know you better, that would be a serious abuse of my authority. T.K. Jensen: It certainly would.