“Mr. Monk and the Man Who Shot Santa Claus” · Season 6
In this episode: Adrian Monk (6), Natalie Teeger (3), Dr. Charles Kroger (1), Julie Teeger (1)
[Monk, Natalie and Julie are stuck in gridlock]
Oh, I hate Christmas.
How can you not like Christmas?
Well, you wouldn't like it either, if you hated it as much as I did.
But it's so joyful!
Don't get me started on joy. When you're older you'll understand. Joy is a trick, a diversion. It doesn't last forever. It breaks your heart every time. [Honks the horn and yells out the window] DAMN JOY!
[Monk inadvertently fulfills Brandy's wildest fantasies by looking straight into the camera and saying] I just wanted to say some children watching. I did not shoot Santa Claus. That man was not Santa Claus. There's no such thing as Santa Claus.
[Trying to tell his side of the story] I can be as offensive as your father.
I'm sure you can.
So, before Trudy, what was Christmas like for you?
Bleak... depressing... the pain was unrelenting, thank you for asking.
Adrian, they can't all have been that bad.
Pick a year.
Uh... 1964.
1964, good choice. 1964... Mom was sick. Dad was... Dad was Dad. Ambrose locked himself in the basement, he's no fool. That Christmas I got one present - a walkie talkie.
[Being positive] Well, those can be fun. I had a pair of walkie talkies once...
Not a pair. One walkie talkie. Dad said I only needed one because I had no friends.
[Monk and Natalie notice Michael Kenworthy and Monk begins to give chase]
Call the Captain! Tell him to stop the orange truck!
Where are you going?!
I'm going after Santa Claus!
[After him] No! Mr. Monk, no! Mr. Monk, are you sure?! I mean, a hundred thousand percent sure?! It's hard on me, too!
[Monk and Natalie are being interviewed by Brandy Barber after Monk takes down Michael Kenworthy]
The Star Of Bethlehem, a symbol of hope and peace to millions of people around the world, would have been lost to the world forever, had it not been for the courage of one man, former police detective Adrian Monk. Adrian? Brandy Barber, Channel 6 News.
Yeah, we remember.
How does it feel to be an American hero?
He's a... bad Santa. Very bad, bad, Santa. Bad, bad, bad Santa.
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