Monk (TV Series)
Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum (2002)
Kevin Nealon: John Wurster
Quotes
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Adrian Monk : You weren't?
John Wurster : No, sir. They never found the gun first of all. Plus, Bill LaFrankie was my roommate. He was a devout Buddhist. He wouldn't hurt a spider. Speaking of spiders, there was a guy here named Jim Robertello about two-two years ago. No. About three years ago. No, no, no. Two years-two or three-about two and a half years ago maybe.
Adrian Monk : It doesn't really matter.
John Wurster : It doesn't really matter how many years ago it was. But he had a spider named Jesse-Jesse the spider. And Jesse, everytime you played a Willie Nelson record, he would start dancing.
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Adrian Monk : I went to the Stop & Shop, but instead of walking home up Divisadero Street, I-I turned left, and I walked down Trudy's old street to her house. Door was open, so I walked in.
Dr. Moris Lancaster : And how did you feel being in the house again?
Adrian Monk : Content. Not a care in the world.
John Wurster : Adrian, when did this urge begin to manifest itself?
Dr. Moris Lancaster : John, I'll run the therapy session today, okay?
John Wurster : Fair enough.
Dr. Moris Lancaster : And later, you and I can talk privately.
John Wurster : About Monk?
Dr. Moris Lancaster : No, about your tendency to overempathize.
John Wurster : I feel like I'm back in medical school again.
Manny : Dr. Lancaster, can I go next?
Dr. Moris Lancaster : Just a minute. Just a minute, okay? Go ahead.
Adrian Monk : I, uh, I really feel sorry for the Haskells.
John Wurster : Who are the Haskells?
Adrian Monk : The couple that live in the house. Nick and Josie. Sweet people, and uh, I-
[turns to Janie]
Adrian Monk : -My wife had a necklace exactly like that.
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[John is giving Monk the grand tour of the hospital]
John Wurster : This is the Monkey Room. Funny story about how it got its name.
Adrian Monk : What is it?
John Wurster : We don't know. We just know that there's a funny story.
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John Wurster : [leading Monk around the Institute] The cafeteria closes at 7:00. It's buffet style. This is the Music Room.
[pointing down a corridor]
John Wurster : And if you go through these doors, down the hall, that'll take you to the infirmary.
[they reach another room]
John Wurster : This is the Monkey Room. Funny story about how it got its name.
Adrian Monk : What is it?
John Wurster : We don't know. We just know there's a funny story.
Adrian Monk : What's all this?
[They enter a section of the Institute that is undergoing renovation]
John Wurster : They're tearing down the old wall. They're bringin' it up to code. It's a pretty big project. I used to be in construction myself.
Adrian Monk : Before you became a cop.
John Wurster : Exactly. Yeah.
[They enter a hallway with pictures of past Directors on the wall]
Adrian Monk : Who's this?
[points at the first photo]
John Wurster : This is Doris Medford. She was the first director here. These are all the other directors.
[John points at each photograph]
John Wurster : Dead. Dead. Dead.
[John points at Dr. Morris Lancaster's photo]
John Wurster : Not dead... yet.
[a woman, Torch, passes by]
Torch : Hello, Wurster.
John Wurster : That's Torch. She burned her boyfriend's house down.
[They pass by the door to the Quiet Room]
John Wurster : This is the Quiet Room. Don't get sent here.
[They pass by the door to the Medical Supply Room]
John Wurster : Oh, boy.
Adrian Monk : What's this?
John Wurster : This is the Medical Supply Room. Gives me the creeps.
Adrian Monk : Why?
John Wurster : There was a murder here.
Adrian Monk : Oh, really. A murder.
John Wurster : An unsolved murder. Conrad Gould, the assistant director, well, he was killed right here four years ago.
Adrian Monk : Uh-huh.
John Wurster : He was a great guy. Gave me magazines. Playboys. Hey. Hey, maybe we can solve it together, huh?
Adrian Monk : Yeah, sure. Great. What happened, exactly?
John Wurster : Well, Dr. Gould was taking inventory, like he did every night. A patient named Bill LaFrankie was waiting for him.
[In a sepia flashback, Bill LaFrankie shoots and kills Dr. Gould in the medical supply room after Dr. Gould comes in while doing the rounds]
John Wurster : Capped him in the chest. Then he fled S.O.C.
Adrian Monk : "S.O.C."?
John Wurster : Yeah, "Scene of the crime". It's cop talk.
[In another sepia flashback, we see cops over LaFrankie's dead body in the woods]
John Wurster : They found him in the woods the next morning. He was dead. He shot himself up with Demerol.
Adrian Monk : Uh, I'm a little confused. Why would you call it an unsolved murder?
John Wurster : Well, I wasn't 100% satisfied with the official version.