“Mr. Monk Takes a Punch” · Season 7
In this episode: Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (5), Lt. Disher (4), Adrian Monk (2), Natalie Teeger (1)
Adrian Monk, the detective? He's supposed to be the best.
The best of the best. Kind of like a superhero.
[Chuckles] He's good, but I wouldn't call him a superhero.
[Monk enters, wearing his purple jogging suit and headband, and stands with his fists on his hips]
I guess I stand corrected.
[Stottlemeyer and Disher arrive to question Frankie Marino, head of the Marino crime family]
We're looking for Charles Bach.
Bach?
The Iceman? He's been on your payroll for ten years?
Are you wearing a wire, Lieutenant?
No. [To prove that he isn't, he opens his shirt and jacket, then drops his pants]
[To Stottlemeyer] What about you?
Nope.
Okay, let's talk.
Why did I just get undressed?
I don't know, Randy, everyone in this room is wondering the same thing.
[Monk decides to go on welfare]
Monk, you're not going on welfare. If you go on welfare, I will shoot you.
Good. I'll get more money, won't I?
[The police have just arrested Daniel MacGraw for attempted murder to protect his collection of stolen art]
They're authentic. One was stolen nine years ago from a gallery in Madrid, and two are from a museum in Venice.
He was worried that someone would see the artwork on TV and recognize it. But he knew that if Ray Regis were dead, they would never run the ad.
So he hired that terrible, terrible man.
[Daniel MacGraw is led past them in handcuffs]
Hey, nice collection, Daniel! Too bad none of it's yours!
You should have just kept it all in your basement.
It's fine art, Lieutenant. It's meant to be savored. I never imagined my bride would invite a TV crew into my house while I was out of the country.
So you didn't tell her it was stolen?
[Sarcastically] In hindsight, maybe that's something I should have mentioned.
It's a tough racket. I've done a little boxing myself. Light Middleweight.
When did you box?
Remember the benefit for the Police Athlete League? Took Sergeant Mulroney in nine rounds. TKO left uppercut.
Stan Mulroney? He retired 12 years ago. We called him "Pops."
Yeah, that's right. He was older than me. He was experienced. Wiley.
He had a cane.
And he used it.
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