Script by Eric
SECTION 1 (0:01)
POWELL: That's a great story, Captain Stotlemeyer. I won't take up too much of your time. I just have a few questions. Your consultant, Mr. Monk – is he a trained psychologist?
STOTLEMEYER: No, no. But he's a lot smarter than any psychologist I've ever met.
POWELL: Well, yeah, he would have to be having never met my client to know that my client would not use one of his own statues as a murder weapon.
STOTLEMEYER: That was just a theory that led us to a substantial amount of other evidence.
POWELL: OK, we'll get to that other evidence a little bit later. I'd like to know if we could just back up a little bit. How was Mr. Monk able to divine where the fight started?
STOTLEMEYER: Where the fight started?
POWELL: Where it started? How did he know, for example, the fight did not start in, say, the foyer?
STOTLEMEYER: Um, I'll have to consult my notes.
POWELL: Were you there when the fight started, Captain Stotlemeyer?
STOTLEMEYER: No.
POWELL: Was your friend Adrian Monk there when the fight started, Captain Stotlemeyer?
STOTLEMEYER: No, he was not.
POWELL: Isn't it possible, Captain Stotlemeyer, isn't it possible that the fight could have started in the foyer?
STOTLEMEYER: Yes, it's possible...
POWELL: Good job!. I think we're done. Let's move on to something else, shall we?
SECTION 2 (1:13)
MS. HIGGER: Are you OK?
MONK: Yeah, I'm fine.
MS HIGGER: Not you.
LT DISHER: It's just this kid, Rudy? I really thought he'd turned a corner.
MONK: Well, you said he had problems.
LT DISHER: Just shoplifting. A couple of fights. I mean, nothing like this. I promised his grandmother I'd look out for him. She made me promise.
MS HIGGER: Hey, how'd it go?
STOTLEMEYER: Give me a sec.
LT DISHER: You're sweating.
STOTLEMEYER: He's tough.
LT DISHER: Your tie's wet.
MS HIGGER: What happened in there?
STOTLEMEYER: He's tough, that's what happened! He kept coming at me like Mohammed Ali. Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
BAILIFF: Adrian Monk! You're up.
STOTLEMEYER: Monk, be careful in there. Don't give him any openings.
MONK: Leland, I'm fine. Evan Gilday is the guy. We both know he's the guy. And in 20 minutes the jury's gonna know it too.
SECTION 3 (2:30)
MONK: And so I concluded that Mr. Gilday had the means, motive, and the opportunity to murder his wife.
FREEKEN: I have no further questions. Mr. Monk, on behalf of the people of San Francisco, I want to thank you for sharing your opinion.
MONK: It's not my opinion; it's what happened.
FREEKEN: Your witness.
POWELL: Oh! Mr. Monk, I too would like to thank you for a lifetime of service.
FREEKEN: You're welcome.
POWELL: If you don't mind, I won't take too much time. I'd like to review your testimony.
MONK: What part?
POWELL: All of it. Every syllable, actually. Let's start with your trip to Santa Barbara. You said that happened the day after the murder?
MONK: That's correct, as I said. We drove down to Mr. Gilday's studio the next morning. We spoke to a local police sergeant, Sergeant Kearney.
FLASHBACK (3:23)
LT DISHER: Whaddaya got, Sergeant?
KEARNEY: I was here at 9:00 this morning, after you called. I told him about his wife.
DISHER: Yeah, how did he take it?
KEARNEY: He seemed pretty shaken up.
STOTLEMEYER: What do you mean, seemed? Was he faking it?
KEARNEY: You tell me. He's right inside.
MONK: Wipe! Plural, plural wipes. Wipes.
HIGGER: OK.
MONK: It's like a dust factory in here.
HIGGER: Look, he's a sculptor. That's part of his job.
MONK: That's no excuse.
STOTLEMEYER: Evan Gilday! Hello. We're with the San Francisco Police Department.
GILDAY: Oh, then what are you doing here? Why aren't you out looking for the son of a bitch that killed my wife?
MONK: We are.
GILDAY: Who's this?
STOTLEMEYER: This is Adrian Monk. He's consulting with us.
DISHER: Mr. Gilday, where were you last night around 9:00?
GILDAY: I was here all night. I was working.
DISHER: Were you alone?
GILDAY: No. I was with her.
OUT OF FLASHBACK (4:26)
MONK: [Makes high pitched sound]
POWELL: Mr. Monk, are you okay?
MONK: I'm fine.
JUDGE: You were making a noise.
MONK: I don't think so.
JUDGE: Could you read that back please?
STENOGRAPHER: “Witness: The defendant removed a sheet revealing a naked [makes high-pitched sound].”
POWELL: Are you nervous, Mr. Monk?
MONK: I'm fine.
POWELL: You were describing the statue.
FLASHBACK (5:08)
GILDAY: I'm not gonna win any husband-of-the-year awards. I admit that. But I did not kill Nancy. I never get violent. If I get angry, I take it out on the stone. Besides, it's just not possible. It's not physically possible. I was here all night. Ask Sgt. Kearney. I was finishing her up when he came in this morning.
OUT OF FLASHBACK (5:24)
POWELL: Your honor, I would like to introduce to the court Defense Exhibit A. Is this the statue that you saw in Mr. Gilday's studio?
MONK: Yes.
POWELL: Mr. Monk, this statue is my client's alibi. It's kind of important that you take a look at it. In fact, this statue is the single-most important piece of evidence in this entire case, and you can't even look at it.
MONK: I got the gist of it.
POWELL: Whoa, whoa, I'm sorry. He got the gist of the evidence.
MONK: I got the gist of the head and the upper head area.
SECTION 4 (6:04)
DISHER: She's your grandmother. She loves you.
RUDY: I don't want to see her. Not now. Not like this.
DISHER: Well at least call her, OK? Look at me. Ya gonna call her? How's your laywer?
RUDY: She's OK.
DISHER: Rudy, what happened? Was it my fault?
RUDY: Your fault?
DISHER: I was your Big Buddy. I was supposed to look out for you. And I should have said, “Rudy, don't kill anybody.”
RUDY: I didn't kill anybody.
DISHER: I talked to the DA. I know what you did.
RUDY: Randy, I swear – I messed up, I went in there, I robbed the place. I admit it. I took 30 bucks from the cash register and grabbed a gold chain from the lady. Then I split. She was alive when I left.
DISHER: 30 bucks from the register. You grabbed a chain? You told the cops that? It's not in here.
RUDY: I guess you guys aren't perfect.
DISHER: Hey, look what I found. Our friendship bracelets. Put it on. I remember when we made these. Remember what we said?
RUDY: I remember.
DISHER: We promised each other that we wouldn't lie to each other. So I'm gonna ask you one time: Did you kill that woman, Rudy?