Monk, Season 6

[Randy is reciting the burned out car's VIN to the Captain so he can enter it into a database search.]

Lt. Disher:
First letter, "T" as in "tsunami".

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
"Tsunami"?

Lt. Disher:
Silent "T".

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
What? No. "T" as in "Tom". Just say "Tom".

Lt. Disher:
What's the difference?

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
It doesn't... The "T" is silent.

Lt. Disher:
It's not completely silent. "T-sunami".

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
All right. All right. Let's go.

Lt. Disher:
Second letter, "P" as in...

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
..."P" as in "Paul".

Lt. Disher:
No.

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
Too late. I typed it. "P".

Lt. Disher:
Yeah, but the person reading the letters gets to say the word. That's how we do it.

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
That's how who does it?

Lt. Disher:
Society. We live in a society.

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
Yes, we do, Randy! Meanwhile, the "P" has been sitting on my screen for ten minutes!

Lt. Disher:
Fine. "P" for "Pam". No! "Panavision". "Tsunami", "Panavision", next letter, "L".

Capt. Stottlemeyer:
"L".

Lt. Disher:
As in... No, we'll come back to that one.

Captain Leland Stottlemeyer:
No, we can't come back to it, Randy! [the phone rings; Stottlemeyer answers.] Whoever this is, thank you very much for calling.