Monk (TV Series)
Mr. Monk Can't See a Thing (2006)
Ted Levine: Captain Leland Stottlemeyer
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Quotes
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Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : [to Monk] Stay with the group.
[to Breen]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Have you ever been to Stefanie Preston's house?
Peter Breen : Why would I go to her house?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : She was a very attractive woman.
Peter Breen : Yeah, and so is my wife.
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[Stottlemeyer has shown up at Monk's apartment]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Listen, Monk. I'm on my way over to the firehouse right now. I need you to come along.
Adrian Monk : What for? I gave the Lieutenant my statement.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Yeah I know, but I just thought that you might see something.
Adrian Monk : Somehow I doubt that.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : You know what I mean. Look, Monk, even in this condition you're still the best detective I know.
Natalie Teeger : Come on. I think it's a great idea.
Adrian Monk : Nah, you don't mean that. You're just trying to cheer me up.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Look, Monk, this isn't only about you. This is a homicide investigation; a fireman was killed.
Adrian Monk : Rusty?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Rusty. He was a standup guy. He'd been on that engine for 35 years, and I'm gonna nail the son-of-a-bitch that killed him, and you're gonna help me.
Adrian Monk : Leland, I can't! I can't...
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Monk, I'm not asking you.
[pause]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Natalie, help him up.
[Natalie helps Monk to his feet and leads him out]
Natalie Teeger : Come on, you heard the Captain.
Adrian Monk : All right, I'm coming. Listen, don't expect too much from me; I'm no Mr. Magoo.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Mr. Magoo?
Natalie Teeger : Yeah, Magoo, the famous inventor.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Magoo.
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Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : [enters the morgue with Monk] Hello? Well, we've got the place to ourselves so to speak.
Adrian Monk : Do you see him? Do you see Eddie Murdoch?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Not yet.
Adrian Monk : What do you see?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Uh, people, bloated, laying around, not talking. Kind of like Thanksgiving at my ex-wife's house.
[to Monk]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : So you think the keys were still in his pocket?
Adrian Monk : Well it's worth a long shot. Eddie Murdoch killed Stefanie Preston, there's no doubt about that. It wasn't his idea, though. His boss paid him to do it.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : So Breen was having the affair?
Adrian Monk : Exactly! He had keys to her house. He loaned them to Eddie Murdoch so Murdoch could sneak in and kill him.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : He went back for the keys. That's what he went back into the fire for.
Adrian Monk : Right, and if we find those keys...
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : ...Mr. Breen's going to have a lot of explaining to do.
[lifts up the canvas covering Eddie Murdoch's body]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Got him. Hello, Edward! Don't get up! They usually keep the personal effects in a plastic bag.
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[Monk makes his way around the firehouse, as cops and firemen watch and wait]
Adrian Monk : Now, the table is here.
[He's pointing at the foldout chairs]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : No, Monk. The table... is here.
[He points Monk's hand at the table]
Adrian Monk : Right. Which puts the pole right there.
[Stottlemeyer redirects his hand]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Pole's there.
Adrian Monk : I can't do this.
Natalie Teeger : You can do this. Mr. Monk, just concentrate, okay? Just try to picture the room. You can do this, you have an amazing memory!
Adrian Monk : Oh right. I forgot about my amazing memory.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Look, what we can't figure is what the guy was doing here. What was he looking for?
Adrian Monk : I don't know. Is anything missing?
Capt. Stockton : I don't think so. There's nothing here worth taking. No money, nothing. It doesn't make any sense.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Okay, let's do this.
[Stottlemeyer and Natalie get Monk into the chair he was sitting in]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : You and Rusty were sitting here, you were checking the smoke detectors.
Adrian Monk : Right, and then this man, entered from over there. He walked around the truck slowly, like he was trying not to be noticed.
Lt. Randall Disher : Monk, Lt. RAndy Disher here. I'm speaking to you.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Randy, you don't have to tell the man that you're speaking to him!
Lt. Randall Disher : [looks at his notebook] OK. You know who this is, and that I'm speaking to you, and in your statement, you said that you could hear him, that his shoes were squeaking.
Adrian Monk : That's right.
Lt. Randall Disher : And that he was tall, heavyset, about 6'1", with sandy hair, and wearing a leather jacker.
Adrian Monk : That's right. And then Rusty walked over to him, around the back of the truck. Then I heard this big noise, and I walked around the truck.
[He copies his movements from that day. He feels for the truck]
Adrian Monk : Where is the truck?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : The truck's been moved, Monk. You're good.
Adrian Monk : And I saw Rusty on the floor, and the man was carrying a shovel in his hands.
Lt. Randall Disher : You said you could smell him, that he'd been drinking.
Adrian Monk : Rum, he smelled like rum!
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : We got that, Randy! Is there anything else? Anything new? Anything you forgot to mention?
Adrian Monk : No, I don't think so.
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Adrian Monk : Why did he do it?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Why did who do what?
Adrian Monk : Why did Eddie Murdoch kill that girl?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Since when does a creep need a reason?
Adrian Monk : You remember when we were talking to Peter Breen, Murdoch came walking up. Do you remember what he said?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Yeah. He said, "I still have those keys."
[We see a brief flashback of Peter Breen telling Eddie Murdoch this, and holding Breen's keys]
Adrian Monk : Peter Breen drives a Ferarri, right?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Yeah.
Adrian Monk : Wh-What do their keychains look like?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : It's a rearing horse.
[We see a brief black-and-white flashback showing these keys on Stefanie Preston's coffee table during the fire]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : The impression on the coffee table, those were Breen's keys.
Adrian Monk : You said Murdoch's body is on a slab?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Downstairs.
[They quickly head downstairs to the morgue]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Hello?
[no answer]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Well, we've got the place to ourselves, so to speak.
Adrian Monk : Do you see him? Do you see Eddie Murdoch?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : No.
[Stottlemeyer starts examining the tags on each body to locate Murdoch while Monk uses his cane to feel around]
Adrian Monk : Well, what do you see?
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Uh, people, just sitting around bloated, not talking. Kind of like Thanksgiving at my ex-wife's house. So you think the keys were still in his pocket?
Adrian Monk : Well, it's a long shot. Eddie Murdoch killed Stefanie Preston, there's no doubt about that. It wasn't his idea though. His boss paid him to do it.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : So Breen was having the affair?
Adrian Monk : Exactly! He had keys to her house, and loaned them to Eddie Murdoch so Murdoch could sneak in and kill her.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : He went back for the keys. That's what he went back for.
Adrian Monk : Right, and if we find those keys...
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : ...Mr. Breen's going to have a lot of explaining to do.
[He lifts up the canvas over Eddie Murdoch's body]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Got him. Hello, Edward! Don't get up! Uhh, they usually keep the personal effects in a plastic bag.
[searching through the bag, he finds the keys]
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Ha-hahaha! Exhibit A - D.A.'s gonna love this!
[Monk also feels the keys and the rearing horse keychain. Peter Breen sneaks up behind Stottlemeyer and knocks him out with a hammer, then handcuffs him to the stretcher]