" Oh, man." " Hi, Dewey." "Did you miss me?" "Come on." "Get off the bike." "Arrest me, do whatever you want with me, just don't touch the bike." "Come on." "You skipped out on your assault hearing yesterday." "You made our captain very, very angry." "Well, you tell Stottlemeyer he can kiss my ass." "You can tell him yourself." "He'll be here any second." "Come on, you know the routine." "Put your hands on the car." " God" " Come on." "Haven't you guys got anything better to do?" "What about my bike?" "You're not going to just leave it there, are you?" " You know, I think I'll take it for a ride." " Don't do that." "Don't ride... what is this, a Heritage Softail?" "80-incher?" "I always wanted to ride one of these." "Hey, Coop." "This guy giving you any trouble?" " Get down!" " I can't see him!" "We're taking fire!" "We need help!" "Get down!" "Shots have been fired on the corner of Fulton and Drake!" "Officers need help!" " Where is he?" "Where is he?" " Look up at the windows!" " He's probably in the building." " You see him?" " Everybody okay?" " Lock the street down!" "Captain, you see him?" "Captain?" "Officer down!" "Blue paramedics!" "Officer down!" "So how was your weekend?" "This is not the life I wanted." "It's unbearable." "You know that..." "I envy... everybody." "Strangers, people on the street." "Maybe they envy you." "You're an extraordinary man." "Yeah, I don't want to be an extraordinary man." "I want to be the guy on the bus coming home at 5:00 to help his kids with their homework." "Where's the trash?" "It's over there, but you can, you can just put it down there." "Just put it right there." "It's fine." "Good." "Good." "That's really good." "I'm just so tired... so tired of being... me." "For example, that tissue..." "I know, I know it's crazy... right now, that's..." "all I can think about." "Adrian, let's not make this about the tissue." "You know... sometimes late at night," "I start to think... that I never really..." "Oh, forget it." "Look at me." "I'm, I'm helpless." "I'm, I'm pathetic." "I'm not even a man." "I'm just a..." "I'm just a broken machine." "All right, look, Adrian, maybe I can help you." "I know how you feel about medication." "No, no, no." "No pharmaceuticals." "We talked about this." "Yes, we did talk about that, but there is a new drug that's just been approved." "It's called doxinyl, and the side effects are supposed to be minimal, and I really think that it might help in your case." "I can't do it." "The thought of chemicals inside me, in my head..." " I can't do it." " All right, we can take it slow." "We can start off with, with half a dose." "All right, look." "Uh..." "This, this is enough for one week, and it's..." "This is enough for one week, okay?" "So you keep those with you." "If you're feeling overwhelmed, take one, but call me so that I can just monitor your reaction." " I can't do it." " Nobody is forcing you, Adrian." "Keep them with you, just in case." "Adrian!" "I, I'm sorry." "I know I'm interrupting, but..." " Sharona." " Stottlemeyer's been shot." "Taylor, make sure that street is shut down. / Yes, sir." " We got guys going door to door?" " Huh-uh. / Good." "Are there cameras on these traffic lights?" " Yes, sir." "All right, check them out." "Maybe they caught something." "Hey, I want you to get pictures of this crowd." "The shooter might still be here." "All right?" "Please get me another forensics team down here now!" "Randy!" "How is he?" "I don't know." "He took one in the shoulder." "He's in the hospital now." "So tell me what you need." "Look, I don't know what I need." "I'm barely holding it together here." "No, you're doing great." "He'd be proud of you." " So what, what happened?" " Okay." "Okay, we're shaking down a biker." "Lieutenant Cooper's over here by the bike." "The captain and I drive up, we get out of the car, bam, eight shots, eight shots..." "Nine, I don't know, Monk." "From, from where?" " From one of these windows, maybe." "I mean..." "Maybe that one." "I was behind the car." "I didn't see anything. / Yeah." "No, no, no, no, no." "No, no, no." "It wasn't from up there." "No, no, it was, it was from ground level." "It was from the street, maybe, maybe from a car." " Who got here first?" " Hensley and Salvatore." " Hensley!" "Sal!" " Yes, sir." "Hensley, tell him what you just told me." "We were four blocks away." "There was a suicide over on Vinton Avenue." "A woman went belly-flopping off her balcony in her bathrobe." "We were waiting for the coroner when the call came in." "We dropped everything and came running." "Okay, the shooter might have been in a car." " Did you see anything?" " As we were driving up, we did see a guy making a U-turn." " What, what kind of car?" " Midsize." " Color, color, color." " It might have been blue." "It was two blocks up on Fulton." "He turned around and headed back this way." "It could have been a bystander or a witness, Monk." "No, no, no, no, no, no." "This guy drove back toward the shots, not away from the shots." "Did you get a look at him?" "I think he may have made a left turn up here." "Away from the highway." " What's down there?" " Reservoir." " Water." "He dumped the gun." " He dumped the gun." "Get me a team of divers." "I need a team of divers down at the reservoir." "Meet me there." "Now." "Go." "I don't understand." "Why shoot the captain?" " Some cop hater?" " No, no, no, he's a friend of Dewey's, trying to keep him out of jail." "Well, you can ask Dewey yourself when you see him. / Monk, he's halfway to Mexico." " I don't know." "Look." " What's this?" "Gas leak." "He's got a gas leak." "He's got a gas leak." "Start checking gas stations, garages." "He did not get far." "Dewey Alber, that's who we want." " Thank you." " He's my captain, too." "Okay, watch yourselves, watch each other." "Be ready." " What do you got?" " Well, he's in there." " He's working on his bike." " Alone?" " Yeah." "Let's take him now." "Three go in with me, two go around the back." "Monk, stay here." "Let's go." " Thanks a lot." "Bye." " What?" "What, what did they say?" "Well, they removed the bullets, and he's out of surgery, okay?" " Really?" "Yes." "You'll be driving him crazy again in no time. / Thank God." "Hey." "I know you and Stottlemeyer go way back." "Oh, yeah, we first met two weeks after I made detective." "He was my fourth partner." "You had three partners in two weeks?" "Aah, they were all nice enough guys, but we just didn't really click, you know?" "Hard to believe." "Oh, my God!" "Adrian, get him!" "Get him!" "Get him!" " Hey, what is wrong with you?" " Disher in foot pursuit!" "Code three!" "You had him." "Here." "Here." "I had him." "I..." "I had him." "I..." "It was, it wasn't your fault." "Yes, it was." "It always is." "Hello, Adrian." "You're not still smelling my pillow, are you?" "You can't really smell me on that old thing." "Sure I can." "It's your strawberry shampoo and the lilac lotion you always wore." "You never even liked that lotion." "I love it now." "I love it now." "Trudy... it's so hard." " I know it is." " I screwed up bad." "I let a suspect run right by me." "You're doing the best you can." "I am so... so proud of you." "Dr. Kroger gave me some pills." "He said they might help." "But I'm afraid." " What are you afraid of?" " I'm afraid of... change." "And I'm afraid of not changing." "I'm afraid of change, and I'm afraid of... not changing." "What do you think?" "I want you to be happy." "That's all I've ever wanted." "Be happy, my darling." "You deserve it." " I think it's down here." " I don't know." " What?" " Your button." "What about it?" "It's, it's not buttoned." "You always button it up." "Oh, how'd that happen?" "I don't know." "Are you okay?" "Yeah, I'm fine." "Here it is." "I don't know." "I haven't tried walking." " Yeah." " Hi." "How you doing?" "I'm mad as hell." "Hey, Mikey?" "I got, I got visitors." "Keep me posted." "There he is." "There he is." " It's good to see you." " What are you doing?" "Sharona." " I, I don't know." " Good to see you." "Oh, my God." "What have you heard?" " What do you mean?" " He never hugs anybody." " What's wrong with me?" " Nothing." "Nothing." "Adrian, Adrian, come on." "There's nothing wrong." "We just talked to your doctor, and you're going to be out in a few days." "You're fine." " Really?" " Yeah." " So who was that on the phone?" " Captain Hadley." "They caught Dewey Alber, my biker buddy." "He was hiding out at his girlfriend's apartment." " See?" "Told you they'd find him." " Well, it's a dead end." "He passed a polygraph test." "He didn't have anything to do with my getting shot." "He was just running for his life." "Well, if it wasn't Dewey, who was it, and why?" "I was just wondering the same thing." "Are you going to finish that?" "No, you can throw this out." " Monk, I just took a bite of that." " Mmm, it's good, isn't it?" "I'm hungry." "Is that a crime?" "Captain." "Hey." "We found the weapon." "It was in the reservoir." "Thank you very much, Mr. Monk." "It's a Kregmer .45." "Ballistics match." " It's definitely the same gun." " Anything else?" "Yeah, guess who it was registered to, the jumper. / What jumper?" "The woman who took a swan dive out of her apartment five blocks away just before the shooting." "Her name's Marlene Highsmith." "No, I meant, is there anything else to eat?" "Oh." "The pudding's got my name on it." " Did you bump your head?" " No." "Did you?" "Oh, to hell with this." "I'm outta here." "Captain, they haven't released you yet." "Just..." "Okay, you know what?" "I'm just going out in the hallway." "Randy, there's a guy out there shooting cops." "Sir, just take it slow, then, please." " I got to get a look at that apartment." " What apartment?" "Marlene Highsmith's." "She owned the gun that shot the captain." "Oh, yeah." "Move out." "Smoke them if you got them." "She landed right here in a bathrobe." "Splat, huh?" "Uh-huh." " This was at 12:05?" " Yes, sir, 12:05." "We've got five witnesses who saw her on the ledge just before she jumped." " Was she alone?" " We're not sure." "That's gotta hurt." " What is your problem?" " What is your problem?" "We got here five minutes later, at 12:10 exactly." "We were securing the area, about to head upstairs." "That's when we got your call, "officer down."" "There was a meter maid nearby." "We asked her to stay with the body, and we took off." " Any questions?" " No." "No, I'm fine." "Why don't you take a look upstairs?" "Why don't you take a look upstairs?" " Get out of here." " Let's go." "Sorry I'm late. / You should have called or something." "I'm jumping out of my skin here." "I heard about Marlene." "That's tough. / I guess she won't be asking for her share." "It'll make the math a lot easier." "How can you joke about it?" "It's your own wife." "Ex-wife." "She's probably happier, wherever she is." "I'm going to miss her, especially on Friday." "She was the driver." "You can drive." "It's easy." "Drive fast." "If we're being followed, drive faster." " What about the second guard?" " Leave him to me." "Relax." "The plan is rock solid, even with two people." "Me and Marlene pulled off the same thing in Cincinnati without any help." "As long as nobody gets hurt." "You understand I'm shooting the second guard." "I'm going to kill him." "Yeah, I mean, as, as long as we don't get hurt." " I'm going to need another gun." " What happened to your piece?" "I had to dump it." " Was the door locked?" " Yes, ma'am." "The cops didn't get here till after dinner." "They were busy down the street." "Some detective got shot." "Yeah, we heard about that." "Guess it all hits the fan at once sometimes." "What hits the fan?" "It." "Ah." "Ah." "It." "It hits the fan." " How long did she live here?" " Almost three years." " I know what "it" means." " What was she like?" "She paid her rent, kept to herself." "You know, like, "nice day," "good morning." That's all I know." "Mr. Monk, she left a note." "They found it over there on the kitchen table." ""The pain is too much." "I am so sorry." "Marlene."" "There's something wrong with this note." " What?" " I don't know." "Hey." "Are you getting enough sleep?" " Me?" " Yes, you." " Yeah, I'm fine." "Never felt better." "These nuts are great." "Are these organic?" "What are you doing?" " What do you mean?" " The captain's been shot." "You're right." "You're right." "Here we go." "Unbelievable." "It's some kind of pecan hybrid or something." " What?" " I got nothing." "What do you mean?" "I mean I got nothing." "I'm dry." "It happens." "No, it doesn't." "Not to you." "Hey, back off." "You can't rush the Monk." "The Monk?" " Adrian, what's going on?" " What do you mean?" "Come over here." "Hey." "Are you on something?" " What's this?" " It's called doxinyl." "Dr. Kroger gave them to me." "He is a genius." " You're taking this?" " Yeah." "They're great." "You want one?" "Why didn't you tell me?" "I'm your nurse." "This is why, because I knew you'd bring me down." "You're bringing the Monk down, man." "Okay, you know what?" "The Monk and I are going to talk later, but right now, everybody is counting on you." "Now, we are in the apartment of the woman who owned the gun that shot the captain." "Do you understand?" "I know, I know, I know." "It's a conundrum." "Conundrum." "Conun..." "conundrum." "Conundrum." "That's a funny word." "Excuse me." " Is this her?" " Yes, ma'am." " Who's he?" " Ex-husband." "Lester Highsmith, 38." "Divorced a year." "He's a security guard, works at an armored car company in Diamond Heights." " What do you think?" " About what?" " The ex-husband." " Absolutely." "The ex-husband." "Let's check him out." "God, these are good." "Okay, the Monk needs a little fresh air." "I will see you cats and kittens outside." "Who the hell was that?" "Welcome to Rocket Burger." "May I help you?" "Yeah, uh, yeah, listen," "I, I've lived down the street for, like, 12 years." "I've never been in here. / Okay." " So what's good?" " That's the menu." "Ah, pictures." " Rocket Burger, what's that?" " A hamburger." "And, uh, is it good?" "I mean, do people like it, regular people?" "It's popular." "Super Rocket, what's that?" "It's bigger, and it has secret sauce." "Secret sauce." "Fantastic." " What's in that?" " They don't tell us." "So it's like a mystery." "Uh, the Monk loves mysteries." "I'm a detective." " I think it's just Russian dressing." " Oh, man..." " you just ruined it for me." " Sorry." "Why'd you do that?" "It's no fun now, is it?" "You're bringing the Monk down, man." "You're bringing us all down." "Isn't this great?" " What's that?" " Oh, just this." "people, hamburgers, condiments... us, you know?" "Just two. two regular guys." " How's your Super Rocket?" " It's good." "Um... you got a little ketchup on your shirt there." "Who gives a crap?" "I don't." "That is a weird case." "You know, there was a suicide five blocks away three minutes before the shooting." " Yeah, I hope they get this guy." " Oh, they'll get him." "Know why?" "I'm on the case." "I'm a detective." "Maybe you've heard of me." "Adrian Monk." "I'm pretty famous." "I don't want to brag but I solve a lot of high-profile cases." "Hey, if it's true, it's not bragging." " Huh?" " Yeah." " Can I steal that?" "My name's Salvatore." "My friends call me Sal." " Sal?" " Yeah." " What do you do?" " Car salesman." " 11 years." "What kind of car you drive?" "I'm currently between vehicles, as they say." "Really?" "Why are you smiling?" "Lester!" "Lester!" "Lester!" "How you doing?" "Listen, I talked to Denny." "He can cover Thursday and Friday if you want to take some time off." "No, I'm good." "Are you sure?" "They're pretty heavy days." "Friday, we got that big federal money transfer." "I'd rather work." "I don't blame you." "I'm the same way." "It's best to stay busy." " Call him again." " I've been calling him every 10 minutes." "Well, then try his shrink." "I already did, and he missed his appointment this morning." " Has that ever happened?" " No." "He never misses anything." "You know, maybe I should just call the police." "Hey, how's it going?" "Oh, man." " What are you wearing?" " It's a little something called style." "You wouldn't understand." "Where's the captain?" "He's signing us in." " How you doing, toy store?" " What did you call me?" "Toy store." "Your name is Disher." "Dish, plate, plato." "Play-doh." "And where do you buy play-doh?" " A toy store." "That's what I'm talking about." "Adrian, you have got to tell Dr. Kroger to adjust your dosage." "My dosage is fine." "Everybody needs to wear one of these." "Mother of mercy, what happened to you?" "Listen to me." "You are having a terrible reaction to this medicine." "I'm having a terrible reaction, all right, to you guys, all of you." " Hey, can I talk to you for a minute?" " Can this wait?" "Because I'm about to tear this one." "Look at me, Monk." "Take off the glasses." "Sharona's right." "You need help." "Leland." "Leland, I, I'm fine." "I feel fine." "Really." "My mind is clear for the first time in years." "Like a curtain has been lifted, okay?" "Let, let's do some police work here." "Is there a suspect in the house?" " Yeah." "He's right over there." "You thought I was good before, wait till you see this." "Hey, you might want to take some notes or something." " Lester Highsmith." " That's me." "Lester Highsmith." "You've been a bad boy, Lester." "Me and my posse would like to have a little word with you." "Lester Highsmith, you were married to Marlene Highsmith." "Is that correct?" "That's right. / We're sorry about what happened." " Are you?" " How long have you worked here, Les?" "About a year and a half." "Is this guy with you?" "I could never work here." "I couldn't wear the uniform." " It's not my scene." " I would never hire you." "Were you here on Monday?" " That depends." "What time?" " Oh, say about 12:05 p.m." "Just about the time your ex was jumping off her own balcony wearing nothing but a bathrobe." " You think I killed her?" " Oh, yeah." "At 12:05, I was standing right here." "That's true." "We were with him." "I have his time card right here." " You left at 12:15." " Yes, sir." "I checked my voice mail." "There was a message from Marlene." "She was depressed... again." "She said she was really gonna do it this time. / Why didn't you call the police?" "Well, she's been threatening to jump for years." "It's kind of her theme song." "I drove over there to calm her down." "It was a couple of miles away, but I couldn't get anywhere near the place." "The whole place had roadblocks." "A cop had been shot." "That was me." "Oh, that's tough." "I know." "I was shot a couple of years ago on the job." "They found a gun." "It was registered to your wife." " Can you explain that?" " I can't." "Can you?" "Can you?" "I just said I can't." "I didn't even know she had a gun." "What kind of car do you drive?" "A Corolla." " What color is it?" " Turquoise." " That's blue, isn't it?" " I guess it is." " Did you shoot my partner?" " What?" "No!" "Why would I shoot you, huh?" "I mean, do I even know you?" "Have we even met?" "Give me one good reason why I would hurt you, especially then, 10 minutes after my ex-wife jumps off a balcony in her bathrobe?" "Whoa, whoa, time-out." "Time-out." "How did you know she was in a bathrobe?" "We never said anything about a bathrobe." "Yes, you did." "Two minutes ago." "All right. / Come on." "Give me those, give me those pills." "No." "No, Sharona, no." "The Monk needs the pills, okay?" "Give them to me. / No." "Just don't do this. / No." " Randy." " Hey, Randy, give them to me." " No." "Monk, no." " Give them to me." "All right, come on, give them to me!" "I want them." "Sharona, give them to me." " Just give them to me." " Captain!" "I am so out of here." " Why'd you throw it to him?" " I thought he would catch it." "Sorry." "Will you give me those pills?" " No." "Adrian, give me the pills. / No." "Hey, will you stop?" "Give me those pills?" " Adrian, you're sick." " No." "No, I'm well, and you can't stand it, can you?" "I'm doing fine without you, and it drives you crazy." " Come on." " I'm happy, Sharona, for the first time in years, and I love it." "I love the Monk." "Is that your car?" "Pretty righteous, huh?" " You can't afford this!" " I couldn't afford not to buy it." "You wouldn't understand." "Will you please call Dr. Kroger?" "Will you please call Dr..." "I thought you'd be happy for me." "But you're just like the others." "You're a big L-7." "It's a square." "That's what you are." " Where are you going?" " New Orleans." "Mardi Gras." "Mardi Gras' not for another nine months!" "Hey, you know what they say." "wherever the Monk is, it's Mardi Gras." "Oh, you're going down!" "Hold on, hold on," "I got you!" "I got you!" "What are you doing?" "Having fun." "Horsing around in the pool." "Could you please stop that, sir?" "Hey, hey, I'm heading down to New Orleans for Mardi Gras." "Ever been?" "I went last year." "That is so tight." "But dig it." "The Monk on Bourbon Street." "That should be pretty wild, am I right?" "Seriously, seriously, cut it out." "Hey, you guys wanna come?" "I got a car. / I can't." "My old man would kill me." "Your old man's bringing me down." "That whole generation..." "Man, they just don't get it." "He's younger than you." "Word." "So what do you guys want to play now?" "You ever play a game called Marco Polo?" "Marco!" "Marco!" "Marco!" "Marco!" "Wait, I'm not sure I get..." "A citywide manhunt continues today for the gunman who shot and wounded deputy chief of detectives, Leland Stottlemeyer on Monday." "Stottlemeyer, who's still recovering from his wounds, spoke to reporters today outside of police headquarters." "We're asking anyone with any information to please come forward if they've seen anything unusual." "We believe that there's somebody out there, um, shooting at cops." " Miss Fleming?" " Yes." "He's here." "Is it you?" "I think so." "What happened to the Monk?" " Trudy didn't like him." " Neither did I." "I wanted to strangle him, but... that would've meant hurting you. / Yeah..." "I don't remember." "Did I, did I say anything stupid?" " No." "I mean, no more than usual." "So, tell me, why did you want me to meet you here?" "Well, there's something wrong with this room." "It's been bothering me." "Do you have a copy of the suicide note?" ""The pain is too much." "I'm so sorry."" ""The pain is too much." "I'm so sorry."" ""The pain is too much." "I'm so sorry."" " Sharona." " What?" " Where's the pen?" " What pen?" "This note was written with a red pen." "I don't see a red pen in here, do you?" " No." "I mean, the letter was written over here, but..." "No red pen." "But no red pen." "And there wasn't one on the body when she jumped." "Somebody else wrote that note." "Get a wipe ready?" " What is it?" " It's the first suicide note." "The real one." "Two years ago in Cincinnati," "I helped my husband stage... an armored car robbery." "Oh, my God." "Here." "Officer!" "Officer!" "Listen, I want you to call the captain, tell him that there's an armed robbery in progress at the Mountain View Industrial Park, do you understand?" "Come on, it's 2 miles away." "Let's go." "Let's go." "Yeah, we're on our way now!" "We'll meet you right there." "He wants to know if it's the old you or the new you." " Blinker, blinker, blinker, blinker!" " You hear that?" "He says welcome back." "Fill him in!" "Captain, yes, it was Lester Highsmith." "He's definitely the guy." "Dog, dog!" "Yeah, right." "We found his ex-wife's suicide note." "The real one!" "That's what this whole thing has been about..." "Trolley, trolley, trolley!" "Aah!" "Look out!" "Lester and Marlene were, aah!" "Lester and Marlene pulled an armored car job two years ago." "Right, and they were planning another one." "But Marlene was racked by guilt." "She couldn't go through it again." "She spilled her guts out in that suicide note." "You missed it!" "What are you..." "Whoa." "Listen to this." "Two years ago, in Cincinnati," "I helped my husband stage an armored car robbery." "We killed the driver." "And now he wants us to do it again..." "Friday, 10:00 a.m., at the Mountain View Industrial Park." "I'd rather die." "May God forgive me." "Before Marlene killed herself, she called Lester and left him a message." "She must've mentioned the note she had just written." "Lester knew that note could send him to death row, so he had to recover it before we found it." "Listen to this." "That was a red light." "He got to her building, but he was too late." "Some cops had already shown up." "He couldn't go inside." "He had to stop them from finding that note." "He needed a diversion... something serious enough to draw the cops away from her building." " But what?" " Shooting me." "Exactly!" "He drove a few blocks and shot the first cop he saw." "He knew every officer in the city would respond, including the two cops that were outside Marlene's building, which meant he had plenty of time to go back to her place, destroy the real suicide note, and replace it with one of his own." " A stop sign is not a suggestion!" " Yes, it is!" "Sorry, Kelly." "Nothing personal." "Lester!" "Drop the gun!" "Just drop it!" "Drop it." "You." "Is that a water pistol?" "No." "Maybe." "It's hot water." "It's scalding." "Scalding hot water." "Just drop it." "Highsmith, drop it!" "Drop the gun!" "Get down!" "Get down!" "Show me your hands!" "Show me your hands!" "Down, down!" "Down on your knees!" "Hey, Lester, you remember my partner, don't you?" "You put a bullet in his shoulder." "You got anything to say to him?" "Yeah." "It's all right, Randy." "He's got at least 50 years to think of something." "Good job, son." "Get this piece of crap out of here." "Do you think Dr. Kroger would want me to throw these away?" "I think everybody wants you to throw them away." "You understand that if, if I toss these out, you'll never see the Monk again." " I missed you." " I missed me, too." "I love you."