Lieutenant Disher: How you doin'? We were looking at this case all wrong. It wasn't a burglary. It was all about the wall. The whole time. Here's what happened. The killer was in here last Thursday night. This is where he met Michelle Cullman. They have an artist in here a few nights a week sketching the customers. He drew their picture right there on the wall. After the murder, the killer remembered the sketch. That sketch could hang him. It could prove that he was with the victim the night she died. And it would prove what he was wearing. The same shirt we found at the murder scene. He had to destroy that sketch. So he smashed through the wall and pretended it was part of a burglary. He just pretended to be breaking into a pawn shop. It was never about the pawnshop.
Female Cop: I know.
Lieutenant Disher: You know?
Female Cop: I was here ten minutes ago when Monk was explaining it to you.

Dr. Kroger: That must have been a traumatic experience for you, Adrian. And what, they cancelled the movie?
Adrian Monk: He said he wanted to play a character that wasn't so dark and depressing. He's in England doing Hamlet.
Dr. Kroger: How about the little getaway you were planning? The weekend away? [off Monk's look] All right, okay. Maybe another time.
Adrian Monk: I guess I'm back to square one. Oh, it's nice to be home.

Lieutenant Disher: Who's playing me? Anybody lined up? Is there any word from casting?
Captain Stottlemeyer: I don't know, Randy.
Lieutenant Disher: I'm thinking Brad Pitt. I mean, if it's in the budget. It's always about the budget.

Lieutenant Disher: Uh, yeah, the victim's daughter was in here. She did a quick inventory. Said the guy took some cash from the register, maybe 35 bucks, the Smith and Wesson and a wristwatch.
Adrian Monk: A wristwatch?
David Ruskin: Why would he take only one?
Adrian Monk: Why wouldn't he just take everything in the case?
Lieutenant Disher: Well, he was probably in a hurry. He was afraid someone heard the shot.
Adrian Monk: No, no, no, no. It's clear from the footprints that he came here first. But he took the cheapest watch in the case. Look, $72. Why would he take the cheapest one and leave all the others? He must have been after that particular watch.
David Ruskin: Wow. [chuckles] Wow. That's like...
Adrian Monk: It's a gift and a curse.
David Ruskin: [laughs] I love it!
Captain Stottlemeyer: He says that all the time.
David Ruskin: He does? I love that! It's a gift and a curse.

Dr. Kroger: Adrian, please don't be hard on yourself. Now, I think maybe we should go back to the three days a week for just a little while. That would be Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Adrian Monk: And Tuesdays.
Dr. Kroger: Tuesday would be four days a week, Adri- Okay. No, I can see that. You know, just until you're back on your feet.
Adrian Monk: And Thursdays.
Dr. Kroger: Well, now, Thursdays is five days a week, Adrian. [Adrian sobs] Okay, that way, five days a week, that would be easier to remember.
Adrian Monk: And Saturday.
Dr. Kroger: Well, Saturday is the weekend, Adrian. And I don't like to see patients on the weekends.
Adrian Monk: Saturday.
Dr. Kroger: Adrian, I have a family. And I like to keep the weekends free.
Adrian Monk: Saturday.
Dr. Kroger: Saturday. Okay, fine. We'll try that for a week or two. So that would be Monday, Tuesday...
Adrian Monk: And Sunday.

Adrian Monk: What's all this?
Natalie: Yeah, I read about this place. They have artists here who draw the customers.
Adrian Monk: On the walls? What are they, cave dwellers?
Natalie: That's why the place is called Sketches. You know, they sketch people.
Adrian Monk: Natalie, cave dwellers draw on the walls. These people are behaving like cave dwellers.
Natalie: Okay, they're cave dwellers.

Adrian Monk: Natalie, it's me. At least I think it's me.
Natalie: Oh, my God, Mr. Monk, what time is it?
Adrian Monk: You were right about actors. He's completely unstable.
Natalie: Oh, God, what did he do?
Adrian Monk: Oh, he's so selfish. He's immature. Get this, he came barging into my house in the middle of the night. Woke me up because he felt like talking.
Natalie: Um. Can't imagine what that would be like.
Adrian Monk: So we talked for hours. I will say this, he gets me. He really gets me. He understands about Trudy. He was dredging up these feelings. Feelings I haven't had in years. And then he made us food. Fried eggs with the yolk exactly in the center. I mean exactly. He used a ruler just the way I like it. It was confusing, but delicious. Confusing. But delicious. And then he said he was tired. And he asked me to leave.
Natalie: So you left?
Adrian Monk: He has to get up at 6:00.
Natalie: Mr. Monk, that's your house.
Adrian Monk: Boy, he's a good actor.

David Ruskin: Hey, guys, can I ask you- I just wanna ask you a quick- Just a quick question. I wanna do that thing, you know, that he does with his hands.
Lieutenant Disher: Oh, yeah, you know... No, I can do that.
David Ruskin: What is that? What is that thing?
Captain Stottlemeyer: He floats. It's like he's floating... He's on the sea of... Like that.

Director: And action!
Stottlemeyer Actor: Uh, look, I know he's a bit eccentric, but Adrian Monk is the best damn investigator I've ever had. So you tell the mayor, if he goes, I go. That's right. Lieutenant Disher! Lieutenant Disher, you got a minute?
Disher Actress: Yes, Captain?
Stottlemeyer Actor: Uh, what the hell do I say.
Producer: [o.s.] The victim.
Stottlemeyer Actor: I got it. The victim just received a check for $50,000. Pretty weird time to kill yourself. What do you think?
Disher Actress: I'll tell you what I think. I think the department doesn't appreciate you enough.
Stottlemeyer Actor: Randi, what are you doing?
Disher Actress: I'm doing what you taught me to do, Captain. Following my instincts. [they kiss]
Captain Stottlemeyer: That never happened.
Lieutenant Disher: Not even once.

Dr. Kroger: Adrian, I just don't now what to say. I'm speechless, and I'm very very proud of you.
Adrian Monk: No big deal.
Dr. Kroger: No, no, no. I'm very, very proud of you. And it is a big deal.
Adrian Monk: It's just one weekend. I'll be gone for two nights.
Dr. Kroger: Two nights alone in a hotel?
Adrian Monk: I might even leave my room.
Dr. Kroger: Yes.
Adrian Monk: Would you like to come along? I'll treat.
Dr. Kroger: No. No, I mean it's your vacation.
Adrian Monk: My treat.
Dr. Kroger: But it's your breakthrough. And I think it's the first time since you lost Trudy that you're actually looking forward to something.
Adrian Monk: I am. I'm looking forward.
Dr. Kroger: You know, there is a term for this, Adrian. It's called affirmative reflex. And it's a very, very big step.