Monk (TV Series)

Mr. Monk and the Secret Santa (2005)

Gill Gayle: Frank Prager

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• [Stottlemeyer takes custody of Frank Prager and releases him from his handcuffs] 

  Capt. Stottlemeyer : I talked to the D.A. She's gonna offer you a deal. Eight months, plus time served on the assault. Think about it, and you can decide when you get back.

  Frank Prager : Where am I going?

  Capt. Stottlemeyer : You are released on your own recognizance for two days. Now, I am responsible for you, so don't make me regret it.

  [He motions to the end of the hallway, where Charlotte and Dori are waiting for Frank, who looks at Stottlemeyer in surprise] 

  Frank Prager : [smiles]  Go home.

• Frank Prager : [31:51]  I didn't poison anybody, I'm not a killer.

  Capt. Stottlemeyer : Oh, right. What about our last date at the parking lot four months ago?

  Frank Prager : I wasn't trying to kill you.

  Capt. Stottlemeyer : You can't be serious.

  Frank Prager : All right. I thought about it. When I got there, I couldn't. I didn't want to become my brother. At the last minute I decided to send you a message.

  Capt. Stottlemeyer : A message?

  Adrian Monk : My God. Captain, the pattern, was an "M" for "Michael".

  Frank Prager : Yeah. It was an "M". How could you miss it?

  Capt. Stottlemeyer : How was I supposed to know that was the letter "M"? This guy is the best detective in the free world, he didn't know that was an "M"! What, you couldn't use a spray can like everybody else?

  Frank Prager : I just wanted you to think about what you did. Michael was a good kid who got screwed up.

  Capt. Stottlemeyer : Wait... you think I don't think about your brother? I think about your brother every damned day of my life. It was him or me, and it still eats me up. I don't need an "M" on a wall to remember something like that. No cop does.