James Novak: [v.o.] Thurman denied everything. He wouldn't crack. With no hard evidence, the police were forced to release him. Douglas Thurman was a tough adversary. But Adrian Monk has faced tough adversaries before. In fact, he's faced 99 of them. Almost all of them can be found here in a California state penitentiary.
Ralph Roberts: Do I remember Adrian Monk? That's like asking the Titanic if it remembers the iceberg. He joined the Siblings of the Sun.
James Novak: Your cult?
Ralph Roberts: It's not a cult. It's an organization. Like a self-help group. And two months later, I'm sitting here wearing blues, eating off tin plates. Adrian Monk, if you're watching this, I want to thank you. Thank you, brother. Because behind these gray walls of prison, I have found complete peace and total serenity.
Man: Roberts, time's up! Get back to your cell!
Ralph Roberts: [curses]

Arlene Boras: Adrian Monk? I have to admit, I have mixed feelings about him. I mean, on the one hand, he sent me to prison. Twenty-five years to life. On the other hand, when they arrested me, he stayed after everybody and cleaned my apartment. I got my security deposit back, which was nice.

Jimmy Belmont: I worked on my plan for a month.
James Novak: Really?
Jimmy Belmont: My plan was perfect.
Hal Tucker: I had a good plan too. I was very proud of my plan.
Joey Krenshaw: Check this out. I find a dead daredevil on the side of the road. I knocked my cousin out, put him in the daredevil costume, and threw him off a roof.
Hal Tucker: That was you?
Joey Krenshaw: Yeah. Oh, that was good.
Joey Krenshaw: Well, thank you. Yeah, yeah. Any other cop never would have figured it out.
Jimmy Belmont: That was brilliant, man.
Joey Krenshaw: Thanks.
Hal Tucker: Hey, remind me, didn't you, like, kill a pig and then prop a jeep up on a salt lick or something?
Jimmy Belmont: It wasn't a jeep. It was a pickup truck.
Hal Tucker: Still, it's pretty fantastic.
James Novak: So you all had fantastic plans. So what happened?
Jimmy Belmont: Adrian Monk.
Hal Tucker: Yeah, Monk.
Joey Krenshaw: Monk happened. The guy is relentless.
Hal Tucker: Pick, pick, pick, pick, pick.

Lieutenant Disher: Do you have the warrant?
Captain Stottlemeyer: What? You gotta be kidding. You just had it. You had it in your hand. Where is it?
Lieutenant Disher: Oh, here it is. It was right behind this CD. I'm in a band. The Randy Disher Project. We do a sort of jazz fusion, punk, rap, kind of folky...
Captain Stottlemeyer: Randy, just give him the damn CD.
Lieutenant Disher: You guys like music? You are gonna love this. Oh, was that a- Is that a scratch? You know what, I should probably put it in to make sure it works. [music plays]

James Novak: How did that start, with your hands?
Adrian Monk: You mean this?
James Novak: Uh-huh.
Adrian Monk: Well, I don't remember. Most of the time, I don't even know I'm doing it.
James Novak: It has a zen quality to it.
Adrian Monk: It seems to help me focus on the problem. I have to block out the rest of the world. I have to block out any distractions, anything that might upset me. [holds hands up]
James Novak: So you're blocking me out right now?
Adrian Monk: That's right.

Natalie: Wait. Wait a minute. When you caught that serial killer, that was number 100.
Adrian Monk: Right.
Natalie: Right, right. So this case with this TV host, This was a completely different case. Different killer, different case.
Adrian Monk: Oh, my God.
Natalie: Ha ha! So you're at 101.
Adrian Monk: Oh, my God. How did this happen?
Natalie: If you wanna stop at a nice round number, you have to get to 200.
Adrian Monk: 200?!

Natalie: Sometimes he sees too much. He gets distracted.
James Novak: And that's where you come in?
Natalie: Right, keeping him focused. That's one of my jobs.
James Novak: What else do you do for him?
Natalie: What else do I do? Um, how long is your show?

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.

Captain Stottlemeyer: I don't know how he does it. Sometimes when Monk's not around, I'll catch the other cops doing it, right, with the hands. Then like, oh, touch that. It doesn't work. Doesn't work for anybody else but him.

Adrian Monk: Okay. Okay, stop right there. Now hit the picture play button. It should say "play" either on the button or directly under the--
Natalie: Yeah, I got that.
SWAT Officer: [on TV] Clear! Clear! Clear!
Adrian Monk: Picture freezer!
Natalie: What?
Adrian Monk: Hit the picture freezer button.
Natalie: You mean "pause"?
Adrian Monk: Fine, pause, whatever. Now go back. Picture go back.
Natalie: "Picture go back."
Captain Stottlemeyer: Picture go back.
Adrian Monk: Picture freezer! Okay. Look at the table. See, all the film canisters are on their side. Okay, Natalie, picture go fast. Picture go fast. Right there, picture freezer. See, there's an additional film canister standing up.