It's not too late to back out.
Oh no, I am doing this, I am playing the game.
Well, at least try to have some fun.
Natalie, it's a game; it's not supposed to be fun.
“Mr. Monk Goes Camping” · Season 8
In this episode: Adrian Monk (3), Lt. Disher (2), Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (1), Natalie Teeger (1)
I don't know how you do it.
What's that?
How you take it. People joke around, tease you, you never get mad or upset.
Mmm, it used to bother me when I was coming up in uniform. I heard people laughing, telling Randy Disher stories. And it hurt, you know? I almost quit.
What happened?
One night I got a call - a P-300 downtown. There was a bumper sticker on one of the cars, and it said, "Happiness is a choice." I mean, I know it sounds crazy, but it changed my life. I mean, I made a decision right there. I chose to be happy. I mean, I really believe that. I mean, you have the power. You can choose to be happy.
I guess I should read more bumper stickers.
[Yawning] Everybody should. Okay, it's late. I'm gonna to go sack out.
Yeah, good night.
See you in the morning.
Wait a minute. P-300? Isn't that a fatality?
Yeah, it was pretty ugly. The driver hit a tractor-trailer head on. He and his wife were both DOA [Dead on arrival]
And this was the car that had the bumper sticker, "Happiness is a choice"?
Yeah, that's right. Well, actually, it was on fire when I got there, so it was hard to read.
And this didn't deter you or make you think twice?
[Shrugs] It was an epiphany, Monk. You can't just choose where you get it. I mean it could come from a guru on a mountaintop, or it could be from a bumper sticker on a burning Subaru.
I'm taking four kids camping this weekend. It's going to be so much fun. Everybody's going to get a badge.
Almost everybody.
Hey, do you want to come? I could use the help.
Eh, no.
Do you have plans?
You're not feeling well?
Well, I hope you feel better.
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