Adrian Monk: Permission to come aboard.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: You're already on board, Mr. Monk.
Adrian Monk: Right, I mean, permission to come into your cabin-room-crib.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: Permission denied.
Adrian Monk: [knocks] It's me again. How about now?
Commander Nathan Whitaker: Come in, Mr. Monk.
Adrian Monk: Thank you.

Commander Nathan Whitaker: That's my father. He was secretary of the Navy.
Adrian Monk: He must've been very proud of you.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: Oh, you'd think he would have been, wouldn't you?
Adrian Monk: "NON SIBI SED PATRIAE." "Not self, but country." I like it.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: You like it? I live it. I thought I told you to stay in the officers'ward.
Adrian Monk: Yes, sir, I know, but my therapist thought I should focus on the case.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: Your therapist? [Monk signals to he imagines Dr. Bell is standing] It doesn't matter. There is no case, detective. Lt. Commander Pierce shot himself. It's in the NCIS report. There were two other witnesses. We heard a gunshot. The door was locked from the inside and I had to break it down. So there's no other explanation, is there?
Adrian Monk: I don't know.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: Well, what you don't know could fill a Super-Tanker. Did you know that Pierce was a recovering alcoholic and had started drinking again?
Adrian Monk: Had he?
Commander Nathan Whitaker: He confided that in me two weeks ago. And that's why I was worried when he didn't show up for the drill.
Adrian Monk: About that drill. That was the second drill of the day, is that right? Is that normal, two drills in one day?
Commander Nathan Whitaker: No, it's quite unusual. My job, my mandate Is to prepare these children for battle. War is not tidy, Mr. Monk. War does not follow any set schedule and neither do I. Is there anything else?
[Monk looks to the imaginary Dr. Bell, who shrugs his shoulders]
Adrian Monk: No.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: You're with us until Thursday, Mr. Monk. I'd like very much not to see you again.
It's a rather small boat, but with vigilance and patience I believe we can manage to avoid each other.
Adrian Monk: Yes, sir, I'll do my best.

Petty Officer Kramer: What are you doin'?
Adrian Monk: I'm separating my food.
Petty Officer Kramer: Is there a name for that?
Adrian Monk: I don't know. Why don't you ask him? [signals to an empty seat] He's the expert.
[Monk slides the plate away from himself]
Petty Officer Kramer: You're not hungry?
Adrian Monk: No, I'm starving.

Adrian Monk: So, tell me about Commander Whitaker. Were he and Lt. Commander Pierce close?
Petty Officer Wedoes: You're on a sub, brother. Everybody's close.
Petty Officer Kramer: Pierce and the CO. went way back. They were in the Gulf together.
Navy Cook: Who ordered vegetarian?
Dr. Bell: [imaginary] Right here.
Navy Cook: Somebody wanted vegetarian?
[After Monk signals to the empty seat, the cook walks away with the meal]
Adrian Monk: [to imaginary Dr. Bell] Here, you can have mine. I already separated it.

Adrian Monk: What was that? Did you feel that? Oh, my God. Oh, my God, we've been hit! We're goin' down! I mean, we're goin' down more!
Petty Officer Wedoes: It's okay, brother. It's just a little sea turbulence.
Petty Officer Kramer: Good thing he wasn't with us in January.
Adrian Monk: What- What happened in january?
Petty Officer Kramer: We hit a mountain.
Adrian Monk: You hit a mountain? You didn't see a mountain?
Petty Officer Wedoes: It was an undersea mountain.
Petty Officer Kramer: There was a mix-up on the bridge. They were using some old nav charts.
Adrian Monk: And you hit a mountain?
Petty Officer Kramer: It's nobody's fault. There was a big inquest. CO. Testified. Everybody was cleared.
Adrian Monk: But you have a new chart now, right?
Petty Officer Kramer: Yes, sir.
Adrian Monk: We're sure about that? It has all the mountains?
Petty Officer Kramer: Yes, sir.
Adrian Monk: Not just most of the mountains, it has all the mountains?
Petty Officer Kramer: Wait, you know what? I'm not sure. I'm kidding, sir. We have. Yeah, we're gonna be fine.
Adrian Monk: You shouldn't joke about mountains. It's not funny.

Steven Albright: You talked to Julie?
Natalie: I did, thank you. She couldn't believe I was calling from a nuclear submarine. She wants me to bring her home a torpedo.
Steven Albright: I'll have them gift-wrap one for you.

Adrian Monk: What about my friend? Do you have room for him?
Petty Officer Kramer: Right Dr. Bell. He can have Jonesy's rack.
Adrian Monk: Why, where's Jonesy?
Petty Officer Wedoes: Jonesy Broke his neck.
Petty Officer Kramer: In January, when we hit the mountain.
Adrian Monk: Oh. How's he doin'?
Petty Officer Kramer: We lost him. He- He died in Bethesda hospital a week ago, Tuesday. Good night, Mr. Monk.
Adrian Monk: Does it fold out?
Petty Officer Kramer: That's it. Okay. It's- Good night, Mr. Monk.
Adrian Monk: Good night. I'm just gonna fold it out.
Petty Officer Kramer: No, you're gonna wanna get in there.
Adrian Monk: Uh, a week ago Tuesday? That's the same day Commander Pierce died. Right, doc? [Kramer sighs]

Lieutenant Disher: [on the phone] Monk, you might be right about Lt. Pierce. Spoke to his family, sisters, parents. They all say he would never kill himself. Devout Catholic, for one thing.
Adrian Monk: We still can't prove it.
Lieutenant Disher: Well, maybe you can. They gave me his computer. He made an appointment with a criminal attorney, planning on meeting next week.
Adrian Monk: Really, why?
Lieutenant Disher: I don't know. I called the guy and he wouldn't talk to me. Attorney-client, blah, blah, blah.
Natalie: All right, well, thanks, Randy. We'll let you know what happens. Bye.

Adrian Monk: What are those?
Steven Albright: Just some old nav charts.
Adrian Monk: Empty. [to imaginary Dr. Bell] Are you thinkin' what I'm thinkin'?
Natalie: I bet he is.

Commander Nathan Whitaker: Detective Monk. What part of "confined to quarters" don't you understand?
Adrian Monk: I thought you'd like to know how the investigation is going. I'm getting closer.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: Closer? To what?
Adrian Monk: To- To the truth. I have the "who." I have the "why." All I need is "how."
Commander Nathan Whitaker: Come here. You have something to say to me?
Adrian Monk: You did it. You killed Lt. Commander Pierce and I know why. It was the accident last January. You hit a mountain. I still can't believe it. How do you hit a mountain? But you knew it was a career-ending mistake. You convinced Lt. Commander Pierce to help you cover it up. You switched charts so that you could tell everyone that it wasn't your fault, that you'd been given a chart that was out of date. But one sailor, a kid named Jonesy had been badly hurt. And when Jonesy died, Lt. Commander Pierce had a change of heart, and he told you he wanted to confess.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: So I killed him to protect my reputation, to save my career, so I wouldn't disappoint dead daddy? Is that your story?
Adrian Monk: Something like that.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: What about the gunshot from inside the room? There were three witnesses, can you explain that?
Adrian Monk: Not yet.
Commander Nathan Whitaker: Lt. Commander Pierce's death was a suicide. I'll tell you how I know. Because I said it was! When I'm on land, I'ma decorated Commander in the United States Navy. When I'm on this ship, I am the lord thy God! I am Jehovah! Do you understand? No one questions me! Now, I've asked around. I know all about your problems. Your fears, your claustrophobia. You are having a breakdown, sir. It happens on submarines all the time to men far better than you. You are delusional.
Adrian Monk: I have my share of problems. I don't deny it. But when it comes to this case, the last thing I am is delusional. [to imaginary Dr. Bell] Tell him. ... Does that sound delusional to you?