Monk, Season 7

[Monk and Natalie have parked outside Patrick Kloster's house, and they are reading his books]

Natalie:
"In chess, as in life, creative strategies, executed with daring and precision, will allow you to overwhelm your opponent, and achieve your goal." The end, and may I say, "Thank god." [She closes the book and Monk hands her the next one]

Monk:
Keep going. Here's the next one.

Natalie:
Oh Mr. Monk, come on! We've been reading his books all day! What good are they doing?

Monk:
I'm getting into his head. He's in my head. I have to be in his head! So we're... in each other's heads. :[Natalie sighs and opens the next book]

Natalie:
"Chess Domination, by Patrick Kloster." Well this will be the opposite of fun. [flips to the dedication] "For my queen, Tatiana."

Monk:
You don't have to read the dedication. [Flipping another page, Natalie finds a check]

Natalie:
Fine, sorry. What's this? Linda Kloster's check. You didn't deposit this?

Monk:
I'll never deposit it.

Natalie:
But Mr. Monk, she wanted you to cash it. Mr. Monk, if you deposit this check, you can pay your staff, and when I say "staff," I mean me. [holds the check up]

[long pause]

Monk:
She came to me. I didn't protect her.

Natalie:
Mr. Monk, you did everything you could.

Monk:
What about the promise I made that he wouldn't get away with it?

Natalie:
You--you made a promise to me, too.

Monk:
[points to the car mirror, and sees Patrick Kloster approaching] Shhh, there he is! [Monk starts to buckle his seatbelt]

Natalie:
What?

Monk:
Oh my god.

Natalie:
He's coming! What do we do? Uh, we should kiss! No! I didn't say that! I wasn't thinking, I never said that!