Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy - S2-E8
Dexter Larson: I was the kind of guy that a woman like you never talked to.
Sharona Fleming: You still are.
Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy - S2-E8
Noelle Winters: Is your wife here?
Adrian Monk: I'm not married.
Noelle Winters: You're wearing a ring.
Adrian Monk: She passed away. I can't bring myself to take it off yet.
Noelle Winters: Oh, I'm sorry. When did she die?
Adrian Monk: Six years ago.
Mr. Monk and the Three Pies - S2-E11
Captain Stottlemeyer: Mr. Van Rankin, we'd like to search your pie.
Van Rankin: What?
Captain Stottlemeyer: Please don't make me say that again.
Mr. Monk and the Three Pies - S2-E11
Captain Stottlemeyer: I like to have more than 'lack of pie' when I go to a grand jury.
Answer: The two men are trying to work out a secret deal between them without involving the union, which means the workers' interests aren't being represented and defeats the whole purpose of a union. The mayor would lose labor's support and Cusack's union troubles would just be starting.
Captain Defenestrator