Monk

The stove.

Over here, it's in the kitchen.

No, I mean my stove.

I think I left it on.

It's okay.

I checked it as we were leaving.

Are you sure? Did you turn the knob?

Yeah.

The little knob, though.

I turned all the knobs.

The stove was off, Adrian.

Excuse me, sir, we believe it was a burglary gone sour.

She walked in. She surprised him.

He panicked. No.

He got a knife from the kitchen...

No, no. No.

No, no, this was no burglary.

It wasn't?

He tried to make it look like one.

But this guy was cold as ice.

He wore her slippers

to avoid leaving shoe prints.

Not something your neighborhood crack head is prone to do.

Adrian.

Adrian.

When he was in here, he was waiting.

Waiting for what?

You know, for her.

He was here at least an hour.

He was smoking.

You can still smell it on the curtains.

Menthols.

Salems.

Possibly new ports.

Maybe she was the smoker.

No, no, she was a Dutch calvinist.

They don't smoke.

They consider their bodies to be

a holy, a holy chalice of...

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble concentrating

because I think I smell gas.

Did you hear the click?

Because you gotta hear the click, not just feel the click.

Hear it.

Anyway, uh, after he killed miss uh...

Nicole vasques, 25.

Yeah, miss vasques,

he hung around.

He was looking for something.

Looking for what?

I don't know.

He checked something on her computer.

He could have erased a file.

Anything else?

Yes, he's tall.

He's, uh, 6'3 ", maybe 6'4".

What about, what about the pilot light?

Because, you know, sometimes it goes out.

The pilot light is fine. It's fine.

Do you remember the last time it almost went out?

Do you want me to drive all the way back to the city

and check the stove?

No. I mean, is that what you're telling me to do?

No, no, no.

Would you? Could you?

That would be great.

Oh, excuse me, gentlemen, just one second, okay?

Who's she?

Just his nurse.

Forget about the damn stove, okay?

You are on a job here.

You're a private consultant.

I know, but I smelled it.

You gotta shut up.

The department thinks you're nuts.

You're never gonna get reinstated,

you're never gonna get hired again,

and we are both gonna be unemployed.

Do you understand the importance of what I am saying?

Now pull your twisted self together.

Concentrate and be brilliant.

You're brilliant.

Excuse me, sir.

I'm sure that you're right, but how do you know all of that?

I mean, about the computer.

It's patently obvious, isn't it?

There are no prints on the keyboard, not even hers.

Why? He used it.

He wiped 'em clean.

Right, and you said that he was tall.

Well the victim's short.

Maybe 5'4".

Look at the chair.

It's lowered almost all the way.

Wow.

We've been here all morning.

And nobody even noticed that.

Well.

Sir, if you can stick around for a bit,

the coroner's on his way; We should have a...

No, I'm sorry I gotta go.

I'm pretty sure I smell gas.

Gentlemen, you know where to find us.

Just call.

So that's the famous Adrian monk?

Yeah, the living legend.

Would you call that living?

Would you call that living?

31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40.

Doc, I'm feeling great.

Dr. Kroger. I'm feeling great, Dr. Kroger.

You can't sweat the small stuff.

Just you go with the flow.

It's a new me.

It's a whole new me.

Thanks to you. I owe it all to you.

Feel like I'm back in the saddle.

I owe it all to you, doc.

I took your advice, doc.

I'm going with the flow.

So.

Going with the flow?

Good, good for you.

You've been what, doing some consulting?

Yeah, in Santa Clara.

I have an old friend there who's a second lieutenant,

and called me in.

Well, how did that make you feel?

I mean, you know, being called in?

It feels great.

Feels like old times.

Back in the saddle.

You think you're ready to go back full time?

No, I don't mean consulting.

You know, I mean back on the force.

Definitely.

Absolutely.

Do you think I'm ready?

That's... that's the question.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

But you keep looking at the pillow.

If you want to fix the pillow, it's okay.

You could fix the pillow.

No, no, I was just thinking about...

No, I'm fine.

How are you sleeping?

Are you still having those dreams?

Well, Trudy and I were married for seven years.

It would be weird if I...

If I never dreamt about her, right?

You're testing me, aren't you?

You left it like that on purpose.

Did I?

Okay.

Okay.

Yeah, so anyway, um,

I've been feeling...

Excuse me.

Okay, no big deal.

Where were we?

You people sound like you're ready for a change.

Am I right? Or am I right?

The band doesn't start playing until the balloons go, okay?

Right? Yeah.

San Francisco has a simple decision to make.

Wait for my cue.

Do we tread water or do we move ahead?

Ahead!

But hell, that's all right.

Hey, how we doing?

I'm getting lockjaw, Kevin.

When can I stop smiling?

I'm afraid you're gonna have to get used to it, Miranda.

I told you when I signed on,

city hall is just the beginning.

I am your Moses.

And I am gonna take you and your husband

to the promised land.

As my old man used to say...

I've seen Sacramento, Gavin.

It's hardly the promised land.

Forget Sacramento.

I'm talking about the white house.

And don't forget, when you elect me,

you're getting two mayors for the price of one.

My wife, Miranda.

I'm not just talking the talk.

I'm ready to walk the walk.

Are you ready to walk with me?

He's up there.

Up there.

All units now.

Okay, I'll call you back. I'll call you back.

Okay.

St. Claire just issued another statement.

Is he blaming us?

Not yet, just ra-ra stuff.

He will not be silenced, he will not be intimidated.

And he will be blaming us soon enough.