Monk (2002–2009): Season 8, Episode 16 - Mr. Monk and the End: Part II - full transcript

Previously on Monk...

Wait a minute. That's
new. Is this for me?

Adrian, don't
open that.

Promise me you won't
open it till Christmas.

Okay. Put it back.

Hello?

She must have been
meeting somebody.

But who?

Was it a story
she was working on?

I don't know.

And I can't see it.
Why can't I see it?



I think you're
too close to it, Monk.

I know that
building.

When was it,
12 years ago?

Almost exactly.
The missing midwife.

Do you remember the
doctor we were talking to?

Nash, right?
He's our guest of honor.

So, Adrian, you working
on any interesting cases?

Mr. Monk, are you okay?
I'm seeing spots.

Adrian, look at me.

You've been
poisoned, Adrian.

Somebody's trying
to kill you.

So, how long?

Two, maybe three days.

We think that Kazarinski
shot Dr. Nash last Friday,



and we think that he
poisoned Adrian Monk.

He must be taken alive.
If he dies, Monk dies.

Kazarinski! Police!

Damn!

Trudy's gift.
It's time to open it.

Hello, Adrian.

If you're watching this,
it means I'm dead.

I know we said we'd never
have any secrets,

but there's something
I never told you.

Something happened,
something terrible,

years ago,
before we met.

It's a jungle out there

Disorder and confusion
everywhere

No one seems to care

Well, I do

Hey, who's in charge here?

It's a jungle out there

Poison in the very air
we breathe

You know what's in the water
that you drink?

Well, I do

It's amazing

People think I'm crazy

'cause I worry
all the time

If you paid attention,
you'd be worried, too

You better pay attention

Or this world
we love so much

might just kill you

I could be wrong now

But I don't think so

'Cause there's
a jungle out there

It's a jungle out there

Mr. Monk,
you have to push play.

It's been over two hours.
It's okay.

It's okay.

Here we go.

I know you've always
idealized me.

You know, you think
I'm some kind of saint.

But, sweetheart,
I am not perfect.

I made a mistake.

A big mistake.

It was 15 years ago,
before we met.

I had an affair...

...with my law professor.

He was married at the time.
I swear I didn't know that.

Anyway, we, um...

Well, I was pregnant.

I know you're disappointed.

I didn't love him. I
didn't even really know him.

But I loved being pregnant.

It was a girl.

She was born
January 2, 1983.

She died the same day.

She lived for nine minutes.

I never saw her.

Never saw her.

Anyway, the father,
the professor,

his name is
Ethan Rickover and...

Rickover.

The remarkable Mr. Monk.
Good to see you again.

He's a judge now. He's just been
nominated to the Court of Appeals,

which is why
I'm making this tape,

because the woman who's been
missing all week, Wendy Stroud,

she's the midwife
who delivered my daughter.

The missing midwife.
The missing midwife.

I don't know what to think.
Tell me what to think.

Why don't we just let it play? Hit play.

And Ethan called me
yesterday.

Just out of the blue.

I mean, I haven't talked
to him in over 10 years.

And he wants
to meet me tomorrow.

And I don't know.
Maybe...

You know, maybe I'm
just being paranoid.

But there was just something
in his voice. It just...

It scared me, you know?

And Ethan has a...
He has a dark side.

I mean, I know it.
I've seen it.

I know what
he's capable of.

Anyway...

That's why I'm
making this tape.

And if I'm wrong, which I'm
sure I am, and nothing happens,

then I'll just switch it out for that
digital watch that you've been asking for.

But if I'm right
and something happens,

I wanted you
to know everything.

'Cause you deserve
to know everything.

Adrian...

You are more than
the love of my life,

you are my life.

You are

my life.

Mr. Monk,
I'm so sorry.

What are you doing?
Get Rickover.

What are you
gonna do?

Mr. Monk, let's just
call the Captain.

Why didn't she tell me?

Mr. Monk,
everybody has secrets.

She loved you. She didn't
want to disappoint you.

That tape had been on my
bookshelf this whole time.

I'd been looking
at it for...

For 12 years.

Mr. Monk, look at you.
You can't go anywhere.

I'm going. No, Mr. Monk,
come on. You're sick.

I'm not gonna die.

I'm not gonna die.

Not yet.

Judge Rickover,
I would like to return

to one of your earlier
decisions, Harurra v. California.

You were the Deputy Solicitor General
on that brief, is that correct?

That's correct, Senator.

That was
a death penalty case

in which we held that
the prisoner, Mr. Harurra,

was entitled only to relief

in the clemency process.

And is that an opinion
you still hold?

To be honest, Senator,
I'm not sure.

The law has changed.
I have changed.

I was 28 years old then,
thought I knew everything.

You're aware,
of course,

that there are
cases pending

which have similar
circumstances,

and some of them involve
recent advances in DNA evidence.

Judge Rickover?

Senator, I don't think it's a good
idea to rewrite the Constitution

just because there's been
a scientific breakthrough.

The basic principles of
common law haven't changed.

They never do.

The issue is application

in a new context.

And is context always
the overriding factor?

Excuse me?

Is context always
the overriding factor?

In my opinion, yeah.
These are the same

basic principles that have
animated our common law system

since the time
of John Cook.

But then again, I'm not here to
teach you high school civics, am I?

Actually,
I wish you would.

I think some of us
could certainly use it.

Senator, it's been
a long morning.

If I might, could I ask
for a brief recess?

I think that's an excellent
idea. We could all use some air.

We will reconvene at 10:15.

Well, Mr. Monk,
what a surprise.

I heard you were sick.
No, no.

No, I'm... I'm feeling much
better. Much, much better.

That's a relief.

So, you came all the way
downtown just to cheer me on.

Uh-uh.
That's nice.

I'm here because
you killed my wife.

I'm sorry?
You heard me.

Trudy Ellison, she was a
student of yours at Berkeley.

You had an affair with her.
She got pregnant.

And 12 years ago,

when you were nominated
for the appellate court,

you made sure
that story never got out.

You killed two women.

Wendy Stroud...
Uh-huh.

...who was the midwife
at the birth,

and my wife.

Well, they told me
to expect this.

They said that at
every confirmation hearing,

the nuts just come out
of the woodwork.

Judge Rickover,
we know the whole story.

Oh, really?

Mr. Monk, I taught thousands
of students at Berkeley.

Some of them were unstable.

More than just a few
had crushes on me.

But please,
where's your proof?

Where's the child?

The baby died.
Baby died.

Birth records?
Paper trail?

Gone. It's all gone.
You took care of that.

You sent Joey Kazarinski to
the birthing center last week.

They were updating
their files.

The director must have
found something about Trudy,

about the baby,
so you had him killed.

You have been covering
your tracks for 26 years.

No, it's all right. It's
all right. It's all right.

Mr. Monk is sick.
He's seriously ill.

He's obviously
not thinking straight.

She made a tape.

Judge, she made a tape.

Of course she did.

The woman was delusional.

I remember.

Trudy...

Ellison.

Ellison, yes.
She used to follow me around.

She wrote me letters, phone calls
at 2:00, 3:00 in the morning.

I remember that she also
claimed she was pregnant.

She probably
believed it, too.

She was quite
an unstable woman.

Apparently you had
a lot in common.

No, Mr. Monk.
Mr. Monk, no!

Mr. Monk.

No, Mr. Monk, stop!
Mr. Monk, please.

Get him
out of here.

This is not over!

This is not over!

Yes, it is.

Yeah, I know.
The doctor's in with him now.

We still don't know.

All right, I'll call
you later. I love you.

Who was that?

That was the
Deputy Commissioner.

Deputy Commissioner
Patrick Watson.

Yeah, that's right.

You said, "I love you. "

I do love him.

I think he's doing
a great job. I mean...

Why? Why?
You don't think he's...

No, I think he's doing a fine job.
I don't tell him that I love him.

Well, maybe you should.
It's just common courtesy.

It's not common courtesy.

Well, I think you're
doing a great job.

I love you.

Okay, Randy,
I'm sorry I asked.

When you're ready to tell me
what's really going on, don't.

Doctor, how's our boy?

He's stable.

Actually, he's better
than stable.

His vital signs
have improved.

We're not sure why.

That would be
the hatred.

Pure malice, it's the
best medicine in the world.

Can we see him?
Yeah.

That was easy.

Four days ago,
you were a bucking bronco.

Four days ago
was years ago.

I'll be back later
with your pills.

Five minutes. Don't
get him excited. Okay.

Hey.
Hey.

Where's...
Where's Natalie?

She's back at your place
getting your clothes.

You mean
I can't go home?

Buddy, you're lucky
you're not in jail. Huh?

You've been charged with assault
and threatening a sitting judge.

Yeah, some judge.

We know. We've been digging around.

It all checks out.

Dr. Nash had
a second cell phone.

He called Rickover
half a dozen times.

We figure he was trying
to blackmail him.

Rickover hired Kazarinski
to kill him.

Give him the file.

I'll just leave it there.

You got him.
You found him.

How's it feel?

It's not over.

It's... It's not over.

Just the air, the air
that I'm breathing,

I hate the thought that
he's breathing that same air.

I know, buddy.
Look, we're gonna get him.

I promise you.
This is me promising you

the son of a bitch
is going down.

Randy, close the door.

Close the door.

Leland, listen,

I won't be there.

Oh, nonsense.
Don't talk like that.

Don't give up.
Nobody's giving up.

The doctors are working
around the clock.

This is...
Leland...

Kill him.

Promise me.

Yes, all right, I...

I promise.

Yes, I'll do it.
There won't be a trial.

You're lying.

Sweetie, that's the wrong pillow. It is?

Yeah, he needs
his Trudy pillow.

It's in the closet.
It's in a plastic case.

She slept on it
and he can still smell her.

Wow.
Is that Trudy's car?

Yeah. Well,
at least he knows.

If he doesn't make it,
at least he'll die knowing.

What are you doing?

There's something missing
here. There's something wrong.

I'll tell you what's wrong.
You shouldn't be sitting up.

Look at you.
You're agitating yourself.

I'm sure
whatever it is can wait.

Oh, not this one.

It can't wait,
not this one.

This guy killed
three people.

This man?

You never can tell,
can you?

No. He's covering up
an affair he had.

Is that all?
Doesn't seem right.

Nobody cares about
affairs anymore.

That's what I was thinking.
There's got to be something else.

There has to be
more to it.

Now, Doctor wants you
to sleep tonight.

I'm leaving this here.
It'll put you right out.

Sleep is the best medicine.

"He'll never move. "

Pardon me?
That's what they said.

I heard them talking.

Ethan will never move.

I think he's gonna
be buried in this yard.

So why won't he move?

What is it
about that house?

Wait, he'll want this.

If we forgot anything,
we can always come back.

Steven. Natalie, are you all right?

I don't know.
I don't feel so good.

Spots. I'm seeing spots.
Oh, my God.

It's the poison.
It's the same as Mr. Monk.

I don't understand. I've been with
you all day, you haven't eaten a thing.

Yeah.
Oh, my God.

Natalie?
Babe, what is it?

Rickover. Ethan Rickover at the hearing.

Mr. Monk dropped a wipe.

I thought
you were sick.

I'm feeling much better.
Much, much better.

He used his pen.
He didn't want to touch it.

Oh, God.
It was in the wipes.

That's how we missed it.
We assumed it was the food.

We got to get you
to the hospital.

We have a source now.
We can break it down.

We'll have an antidote
in two hours.

I'll get Mr. Monk.
He'll be fine.

You got to tell him.
You got to call him.

Okay, I'm calling.

Nurse's station.
This is Judy.

You can call him directly.

Really?
Okay. I'll go check.

Kenny.
Kenny, what happened?

Is it raining out there?

It's really coming down.

Captain, there you are. Been
looking all over for you.

You haven't heard?
Heard what?

There's a cure.

There's a cure?
Yeah, for Monk.

They isolated the poison.
It was on his wipes.

The wipes!

That's great news.
There's a cure.

Come on, I was just on my way to
the hospital. We can celebrate.

He's not there.

Who's not there?
Monk. He escaped.

And he drugged a cop
and took his gun.

Okay, come on, let's go.
We can take your car.

Where are we going?
To stop Monk.

From doing what?
The wrong thing.

Your garage was open.

I borrowed a shovel.

Pick it up.

Pick it up!

Over there.

Are you gonna kill
a federal judge?

Tonight, I'm the judge.

Over there, let's go.
Let's go.

Good, good, good. Step on
it! Step on it! Step on it!

Go! Go! Go! Go! Go!
Car, car, car!

Just go! Go!

Jeez.
Sorry, sorry.

Look over there!
Look out.

Where the hell
is the siren?

In the back.

What's it doing
in the back?

I haven't used it
in 10 months.

Why, did you think
the bad guys all retired?

That crime is over?

The hell?
What is all this crap?

Yard sale.

You bought all this?

No, I'm selling it.

You're selling
all of this?

Hey, are these my barbells?

No, those are mine.

No, I lent you my barbells last
year. These are my barbells.

I bought the same ones.

With my initials on them?

Oh, okay, maybe those
are yours. Just take them.

I'm not gonna take them now.
We're in the middle of a thing.

I can't find the siren.

I might've sold it.

All right, Detective Monk, what now?

Dig.

I think both of us are
gonna be dead by morning.

I said dig.

Not there.

Over there, by the sundial.
Over there.

Let's go.

Go on.

Go on!

No, no, no, don't take Vinton!
What the hell, are you crazy?

It's left. I gotta go left.
They got it all tore up!

Oh! Oh, jeez.
Sorry, sorry.

Go left, go left,
go left!

Good.

Step on it, step on it,
step on it!

A squad car is already here.
Monk's gonna get himself shot.

What the hell?
Look out!

Come on,
come on, come on!

Move the truck!
Police emergency!

Damn!
Come on, come on!

Guess we got a siren.

Keep digging.

Sir, I'm not gonna
tell you again.

I want you to put
the weapon down.

We're not done yet.

I'm gonna bring up
a sore subject here.

I don't want you
to overreact,

but Trudy and I used to talk about
capital punishment all the time,

and she never
believed in it.

Shut up!
Just shut it.

You mention
her name again,

it'll be the last word
you'll ever say.

Oh, God. Okay.

Stottlemeyer, homicide.
You guys just relax.

Everybody...
Everybody take a deep breath.

Relax. Hold your fire.

Okay, that's close enough.
Monk!

Monk, put the gun down, buddy.
You don't want to do this.

You don't have
to do this.

Hey, who told you to stop?

Keep going! Keep going!

Monk, Monk, listen to me.
They've identified the poison.

It was on your wipes, Monk.
It was on your hand wipes.

They have the antidote. We
have to get you to a hospital.

We can figure out
what to do with him later.

What was that?

That is Wendy Stroud.

The midwife from
12 years ago?

Yeah.

Bones.

It's a human skull.

I couldn't figure out
why he wouldn't move.

Get CSI
down here now.

And then I remembered there
was a sundial under the tree.

Why would anyone
put a sundial

under a big tree like this
in the shade?

Didn't make any sense.

Twelve years ago, when he was
nominated for the federal bench,

his name was
in all the papers.

Wendy Stroud must
have seen it, right?

Right? She said she found Jesus.

That she was born again.

She couldn't live
with her guilt.

She was gonna tell everyone
about me and Trudy and the child.

So you killed her.

And then Trudy.

And for what?

For nothing!
Monk.

Monk, Monk.
For a job!

Monk, don't, don't.
For a job!

For...

For a job.

Hey, hey, Rickover,
put the gun down.

No, no.
You take care of her.

I think I'm gonna cry.

The last time you were here,
what was that, two weeks ago?

A week and a half.
A week and a half,

and you looked horrible.

Oh.

And now look at you.
You look great.

It's like a miracle.

It was a miracle.

So, finally,

after 12 years,
12 long years,

closure.

Closure.
How do you feel?

Fine. I'm good.

Mmm-hmm.

So how do you feel?

I know how I'm
supposed to feel.

I'm supposed to feel like I'm
finally happy, finally at peace.

Mmm-hmm. But?

I feel empty.

Well, that's not surprising.

Adrian, you've spent
most of your adult life

looking for the man
who killed your wife.

See, that search
kept you going.

Now it's gone.
So what's next?

What do you do
when you wake up tomorrow?

What do you care about?

See, now, these, these
are the difficult choices.

There's something else.

There's something
that's been nagging me.

Just before
Ethan Rickover died,

he said,
"Take care of her. "

Take care of who?

I don't know.

I'll probably never know.

All right.
You want my advice?

And I assume you do
because you're here.

Let it go. All right?
It's ancient history.

It's time for Adrian Monk to
set sail into the great unknown.

I hate the great unknown.

How do you know?
It's unknown.

If it's unknown, how do
you know it's so great?

Good point.

Maybe it's the not-so-great
unknown, huh?

But it's out there.

And it's waiting for you.

And there's no reason
for you to be afraid of it.

Mr. Monk,
what should I write?

Mr. Monk, what should
I write on the box?

Case closed.

"Case closed. "
I like the sound of that.

Oh, shoot,
the "E" is crooked.

Is that okay, or should
I get another box?

Mr. Monk?
What are you reading?

Oh. Uh...

"Midwife still missing.
Presumed dead. "

It's an old article
about Wendy Stroud.

It was on the bottom
of this section.

"Miss Stroud made headlines
15 years ago, January 2, 1983,

"when she found
a newborn infant girl

"on a playground and brought
it to a local orphanage. "

1983?

"Take care of her. "

Excuse me?
Rickover's last words.

It wasn't the
affair, Natalie.

This is what he was
covering up. It was the baby.

It didn't die.
The baby lived.

Trudy didn't know it.
She never knew it.

They lied to her.

Her daughter lived and they
put her up for adoption.

She's alive
and she's out there somewhere.

Trudy's daughter.

Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

Oh, he's standing right
here. I'll tell him.

Are you ready?

They found her.
Her name is Molly.

Molly.

Molly Evans.

She was adopted
25 years ago

by Andrew and
Beth Evans.

She is unmarried. She
lives in Monterey County.

And get this, she writes movie
reviews for the Chronicle.

That makes sense.
Trudy was a writer.

Monterey County,
that's 20 minutes away.

Yeah, family services
has already contacted her,

and she would
love to meet you.

I can't do it.
Sure you can.

No, what if she
doesn't like me?

I mean, a lot of people
don't like me.

I mean, I'm not
crazy about me.

I can't do it.

I'm not doing it.

I'd rather keep things
the way they are.

I like things
the way they are.

No, you don't.

Mr. Monk,

you have to go.

I'm telling you,
you have to go.

This is a gift,
Mr. Monk.

Trudy sent you a gift.

She sent you
someone to love.

It's what you've
been missing.

I'll see you later.

Molly?

Yeah.

It's okay.

It's okay.

Yeah, this is her
parallel parking.

Yeah. She's an
excellent driver.

She's never had
a single parking ticket.

Yeah, here we are.
This is us having lunch.

Yeah. She eats out five times a week.

She's vegetarian,
but she eats fish.

You took all these pictures? Yeah.

Oh, here she is
drinking coffee.

Aw... Yeah, it's a Kona blend.

Sometimes she has
the Colombian.

Monk, there's got to be
more than 600 pictures here.

Well, the rest are
still being developed.

But you've only known her
for three days.

I feel like
I've known her forever.

She feels the same way.
She actually said that.

Oh, yeah, these are
her adoptive parents.

Yeah, that's Andy and Beth.
They're great.

He's a little overweight.
He's a retired ophthalmologist.

Oh, yeah. This is her
new boyfriend, Kyle.

He's two years younger
than she is.

She doesn't know how
she feels about that.

Oh, yeah, and this is...

And this is her telling me
not to take so many pictures.

Mmm-hmm. This is her trying
to take the camera away.

Uh-huh.
Oh, and guess what else.

You know the Internet?
She's on it.

Really?
She made the cut, huh?

Uh-huh.
Oh, yeah, yeah.

Yeah, she has her own
website. It's called a blog.

Really, I mean, that's
what it's called, a blog.

Yeah, you can look up
all her old movie reviews.

Randy, you like movies.
So you just type in

"Molly Evans reviews,"
and then a dot,

then "com," C-O-M.

Yeah, I'll check it out.
Let me write it down.

What is this?

"Leland. "

Did you write me a letter?

"Dear Leland... "

I've been, uh, holding
on to it all week.

I've just been waiting
for the right time to...

I guess this is
the right time.

Randy, when...

When did this happen?

I've been talking to them
for a few months.

What's going on?

Randy's leaving us.
He's taking another job.

What?

Yeah.

You're looking at the new Police
Chief of Summit, New Jersey.

What?
Police Chief?

Whoa, congratulations.

Congratulations.
Thank you.

Nicely done, Chief.

Thank you.

So what do you think?
You think I'm ready?

I don't think anything. I know that
you're ready. You're gonna be great.

Well, I had
a great teacher.

I'm talking about you.

I know what you meant,
Randy. Thank you, Randy.

Um, why New Jersey?

Oh, I think I know
the answer to that.

Sharona.
Sharona?

You and Sharona.

We got a place.
We're moving in.

That's perfect.
That is perfect.

You and Sharona.
I knew it.

Well, I didn't
actually know it,

but now that I know it,
I kind of knew it.

Yeah.

Well, thank you, guys.
Thank you.

Okay. Yeah.
Hold on. Hold on. Yeah.

Oh, that was a good one.

Adrian, this is embarrassing.
I'm not a movie star.

You are to me.
That was good, too.

What do you do with all
these pictures anyway?

I'm making scrapbooks.

I've already filled four of
them. You want to see them?

Maybe when I get back.

Back from where?

I have to go to Toronto,
the film festival.

Oh, yeah.
What film festival?

The Toronto
Film Festival.

Oh, yeah, right.

I go every year.

I won't be gone long.

Oh, thank God.

Just two weeks.

Whoa, whoa, okay, wait.
Wait, yeah, two... Two weeks.

Okay.

Okay, I'll come with you.

I can do Canada.

I went there once
with your mother.

What about your job?

I don't have a job.
I'm retired.

Since when?

Since you.

Since you and me.
Since us.

Well, I thought
you were broke.

No, I'll be fine.

I can live for 20 years
if I don't eat

or pay rent
or pay Natalie.

Right?

Adrian, you can't quit.
What would you do all day?

I don't know.
This.

Hang around with you.

I just wanna
watch you grow up.

I'm 26 years old.
I'm not a kid.

I just want you
in my life, you know?

I need you in my life.

I am in your life.
I'm not going anywhere.

I'm worried about
your life.

You can't quit.

Not for me.

There are lots of
other Trudys out there,

and I think you're
obligated to help them.

You have a gift.

And a curse.

It's not a curse, it's a
gift. Can't you see that?

Maybe that's why I'm here.
To remind you.

What? That's exactly what
your mother used to say.

Really?

What was she like?

Well, she snored.

She did?

Yeah.
She never believed me.

One night I taped her
with a tape recorder.

She still didn't believe it.

She loved Willie Nelson.

When she was thinking, she'd
stick out her tongue like this.

Oh, my God,
I do that all the time.

I know. I love it when you do that.

What are you doing?

Cutting out a recipe. I'm
making dinner for Steven.

You wanna come?
You should come.

Uh, no, thank you.

I didn't poison you.
It was on the wipes.

I know. I can't go anyway. I have plans.

Mmm-hmm.
What kind of plans?

With Molly. We're going to the movies.

You're going
to the movies?

Yeah.

Adrian Monk is
going to the movies?

Why are you crying?
Is that so strange?

That's not strange at all.

That's why I'm crying.

What are you
gonna see?

I don't know.
Whatever's in theater 10.

Okay, all right.
That's more like it.

That's the Adrian Monk
we know and love.

Hello.
Yeah, he's right here.

Oh, okay, I understand.
We're on our way.

We have to go. They found another
body on West Vinton Street.

The Captain's gonna
meet us there.

Hey, wait.

What are you doing?

Checking the stove
to make sure it's off.

That's a good idea.
You don't wanna get

all the way downtown
and not be sure.

That actually happened
to me once.

Really?
Yeah.

Pothole. Oh, sorry.
Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.

That's not...
Harold!

Wipe?

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