Homicide: Life on the Street, Season 3

[Munch and Lewis are talking about a historic building they plan to turn into a bar]

Penelope Smith-Haddon:
Surely you can understand our desire to protect that history, especially in connection to George Washington.

Munch:
George Washington?

Penelope Smith-Haddon:
George Washington... In 1793, he was traveling from Mount Vernon to Philadelphia. He stopped here.

Munch:
He stopped here?

Penelope Smith-Haddon:
Of course, it was a residence at the time.

Lewis:
George Washington slept here?

Penelope Smith-Haddon:
Well, no...

Munch:
He had dinner?

Penelope Smith-Haddon:
No.

Lewis:
So what did he do here?

Penelope Smith-Haddon:
Apparently the President, just coming from a dinner party where he had consumed quite a bit of wine, was in something of a bind. He had no time to seek out a public chamber pot.

Munch:
Are you telling us the reason we can't tear down the bathroom is that it's where George Washington once took a whizz?

[She nods]