[Natalie prepares for her first lottery drawing]
Excuse me, new girl. New girl, you're off your mark.
My mark?
Yeah, the big X on the floor. Look where I'm pointing.
90 seconds!
90 seconds? Wait-wait, I never got a script! Excuse me, I never got a script!
There is no script. This is the lottery. For the love of God, if there was a script, we'd all be rich. [To himself] Amateurs... [walks away]
[Stan Lawrence approaches Stottlemeyer and Disher]
Captain, Lieutenant. How's the investigation going?
Well, we're just getting started. We've spoken to the staff, the camera crew; everybody said they left the building after the show.
They usually do.
Well somebody was here. The girl didn't stab herself.
You wanted to know if Marissa received any fan mail. Some of them are very dicey, you know, personal. I put those on top.
I need quiet everybody! New girl, you're on, in 5, 4, 3, 2.... [The theme music starts up]
Good evening, people. Welcome to the Big Gold Rush Pick 6. I'm Natalie Teeger. Are you ready to play? [Pause, then Monk gives her a gesture that implies; "get-on-with-it" ] Then let's play, the lottery! And the first number is... [long pause. Billy Logan gestures to the button on the drum]
[Whispering] Turn it on. [Pause] Turn it on! [Natalie leans over, and presses the power button. She jumps, startled]
My god! [The numbers are drawn] And the first number is.... 25. My mother's birthday. The next number.... 52. 52... cards in a deck. The next number.... 7. The Seven Dwarves.
[Tears up some fan mail] Seven dwarves.
[Draws the number 32] The next number.... 32. 32 teeth. [Clicks her teeth and draws the number 10] 10. My boss's absolute favorite number.
Aw, crap!
Apparently not everybody's favorite. [The number 17 gets drawn] And the final number is 17, my daughter's age. [Little wave] Hi Julie! [Pause] Once again the winning numbers for today are 25, 52, 7, 32, 10, and 17. So, that's it for now! Keep playing lotto. [Pauses] You'll thank me later! [The music stops]
"You'll thank me later?" That's my line! I say that!
It hurts, doesn't it?
[Tearing up some fan mail] You know, I might as well flush twenty bucks down the toilet once a week.
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