Monk, Season 7

Monk:
Roderick Brody changed my life, maybe as much as Trudy did. He ruined everything. It was childhood's end, really.

Dr. Neven Bell:
You know, I had a bully in school too. He would wait for me every morning outside the bicycle rack-

Monk:
Excuse me, sorry to interrupt. You went to your father for advice, and he told you to face up to the bully, and the bully backed down?

Dr. Neven Bell:
Yes, more or less. Yes.

Monk:
What a wonderful anecdote. It will give me something to think about at one o'clock, when my head is in the man's toilet.

Dr. Neven Bell:
Why don't you just cancel it? Just say you're busy.

Monk:
Natalie won't let me! It's the first paying customer we've had in three weeks! Look, what I need is a note.

Dr. Neven Bell:
A note?

Monk:
Yes, a note from you, something I can show Natalie, to get me out of this!

Dr. Neven Bell:
Adrian, I'm not gonna write you a note!

Monk:
You don't have to write it. [pulls it out of his jacket] It's already written. All you have to do is sign it.

Dr. Neven Bell:
Adrian, this isn't gym class! Now you've been talking about this Roderick Brody since the first session. And as I recall, you're still having nightmares about him. You know, I think this meeting today is a gift. It's an opportunity.

Monk:
Maybe you're right. But sign the note!

Dr. Neven Bell:
It's an opportunity to confront your greatest and most troubling fears, to finally resolve them! Put them all behind you! Not many people get this chance!

Monk:
I see your point. I never looked at it like that. Can I have the note back?

Dr. Neven Bell:
Sure. [He starts to hand the note back, but stops midway, wearily] Wait. You're not planning to forge my signature, are you?

Monk:
[laughs] No! [He lunges for the note]