Monk, Season 5

[Monk and Natalie are in the college cafeteria]

Natalie:
Well this looks delicious! So this is where you ate? I mean was this your "hangout"?

Monk:
I don't know. Natalie, I-I-I think I've seen enough of this. Let's just go.

Natalie:
No! I'm not gonna let you go! You've been looking so forward to this!

Monk:
I don't know what I was thinking. These people weren't my friends, okay? They don't even remember me! The truth is, I was invisible. It was Trudy they loved. I was always just "the guy with Trudy," just like you're "the girl with me". [Natalie stops]

Natalie:
Mr. Monk, why is your name on this spit-shield? [Cuts to a close-up of Monk's name on a small placard]

Monk:
Well, when I was here, there was nothing protecting the food.

Natalie:
So you donated all of these? That was so generous of you!

Monk:
Well actually, it was more of a lawsuit. Took up a lot of my spare time... [Dianne Brooks sees them and walks over]

Dianne Brooks:
Adrian! There you are. We've been looking for you! [Dianne notices Natalie and looks at her suspiciously]

Natalie:
Hi, I'm Natalie Teeger. [Natalie and Dianne shake hands]

Dianne Brooks:
Hi. Dianne Brooks.

Natalie:
I'm his assistant.

Dianne Brooks:
Oh! Oh, so you two aren't… [She points between Monk and Natalie; Natalie smiles, amused]

Natalie:
No. [laughs lightly]

Monk:
Oh, no. No, no, no, no. No. No. Not…not…no.

Dianne Brooks:
Ok. Where are you sitting?

Monk:
Uh, we're not...

Dianne Brooks:
Kyle and I are right over here. We saved you a seat. Fair warning - we brought a lot of pictures. [They start walking in that general direction]

Natalie:
See? You have a friend!

Monk:
Not really. She was Trudy's roommate, freshman year.

Natalie:
But she saved us a seat!

Monk:
Out of pity. These are what we call "pity seats".