Monk (TV Series)

Mr. Monk Takes a Punch (2008)

Ted Levine: Captain Leland Stottlemeyer

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Quotes 

• Ray Regis : Adrian Monk, the detective? He's supposed to be the best.

  Lt. Randall Disher : The best of the best. He's kind of like a superhero.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : [chuckles]  He's good, but I wouldn't call him a superhero.

  [Monk enters, wearing his purple jogging suit and headband, and stands with his fists on his hips] 

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : I guess I stand corrected.

• Frankie Marino : Are you wearing a wire, Lieutenant?

  Lt. Randall Disher : No.

  [to prove it, he opens his shirt and drops his trousers] 

  Frankie Marino : [to Stottlemeyer]  What about you?

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Nope.

  Frankie Marino : Okay, let's talk.

  Lt. Randall Disher : ...Why did I just get undressed?

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : I don't know, Randy, everyone in this room is wondering the same thing.

• Lt. Randall Disher : It's a tough racket. I've do a little boxing myself. Light Middleweight.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : When did you box?

  Lt. Randall Disher : Remember the benefit for the Police Athlete League? Took Sergeant Mulroney in nine rounds. TKO left uppercut.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Stan Mulroney, he retired 12 years ago. We called him "Pops."

  Lt. Randall Disher : Yeah, that's right. He was older than me. He was experienced. Wiley.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : He had a cane.

  Lt. Randall Disher : And he used it.

• [in the killer's mansion] 

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : They're authentic. One was stolen nine years ago from a gallery in Madrid, and two are from a museum in Venice.

  Adrian Monk : He was worried that someone would see the artwork on TV and recognize it. But he knew that if Ray Regis were dead, they would never run the ad.

  Natalie Teeger : So he hired that terrible, terrible man.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : [as the owner is led past them, handcuffed]  Hey, nice collection, Daniel! Too bad none of it's yours.

  Lt. Randall Disher : You should have just kept it all in your basement.

  Daniel MacGraw : It's fine art, Lieutenant. It's meant to be savored. I never imagined my bride would invite a TV crew into my house while I was out of the country.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : So you didn't tell her it was stolen?

  Daniel MacGraw : [sarcastic]  In hindsight, maybe that's something I should have mentioned.

• Frankie Marino : Is this about the fireworks at Louie's Gym?

  Lt. Randall Disher : That's right. There's a contract out on Ray Regis.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : There was a lot of money in play the last time he fought.

  Frankie Marino : Some of it yours.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Frankie, you've been known to hold a grudge.

  Frankie Marino : Not this time. There was some talk on the street the fight might end prematurely. We moved some money around, adjusted the odds. It was actually one of the biggest paydays we ever had. I got no beef with Ray Regis.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : I am trying to save the kid's life.

  Frankie Marino : I don't know very much.

  [leans in and lowers his voice] 

  Frankie Marino : Someone was shopping a contract. I don't know who, but it was serious. He wanted it done by the end of the month.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : By the end of the month? The fight's on Friday, that's the twenty-fifth. Why the end of the month?

  Frankie Marino : Weird, huh?

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Yeah, weird.

  Lt. Randall Disher : Very weird.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Get dressed, Randy.

• [Stottlemeyer and Disher visit a mobster's office. Stottlemeyer knocks on the side of a truck and holds up his hands, showing he's unarmed] 

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : Hello! I'm looking for Frankie.

  Johnny : Who are you?

  Frankie Marino : [appears]  Johnny, it's okay. The Captain and I are old friends.

  Captain Leland Stottlemeyer : [shakes Frankie's hand]  "Friends" is a funny word.