Monk, Season 8

[Natalie hands Monk a check to recruit him to investigate]

Monk:
What's this?

Natalie:
A check for $300. I'm hiring you, Mr. Monk. I need your help. I can't do it myself.

Monk:
Oh, this check's no good.

Natalie:
That's sweet of you to say, but...

Monk:
No, I mean it's literally no good. You can't cover this.

Natalie:
Sure I can. I just deposited my paycheck on Wednesday.

Monk:
Right. But I happen to know that that check is going to bounce. So this check is pretty much worthless.

Natalie:
You wrote me a bad check? How could you do that?

Monk:
I might ask you the same question.

Natalie:
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Your check was bad first!

Monk:
Natalie, there's no right and wrong here. It's all tangled up. One check, another check. It's like the chicken and the egg.

Natalie:
No, it's not! There... there's no egg here. There's no egg. This is all chicken!