Hello
Hey, mom
I got your message
Guess where I am
In the tub
It's my third bath today
Mm
Mm I know
I know about the drought
I actually talked to dr Bell about it
He said not to feel guilty
He said I should pamper myself
I know, he's great
Mom, he's my therapist
How can you ask me that?
I guess he's cute, for a shrink
Hello?
Mom
Hello?
Jesus, Pearl
You scared me to death
Who let you in?
Oh, no! No!
No!
Oh, god! Aah!
Morning, mr Monk I have your mail
Okay, uh, just throw it away
I can't throw it away until I look at it
What are you doing?
The dishes
That's not the dishes
That's a dish, one dish
You can't waste water like that, mr Monk
Haven't you been reading the papers?
We're in the middle of a huge drought
Not the middle
Nobody can really say
If it's actually in the middle
It's a big problem It's all over the news
The reservoir's almost empty
Nobody's washing their cars or watering their lawns
Natalie, what was I supposed to do?
I had an omelet
That's not funny, mr Monk
What if everybody felt like that?
Do they? - No
So we're okay
Uh-Oh
What is it?
It's from your hmo - Ooh, don't open that
It says "important "
All the more reason - Just throw it out
Maybe it's good news
Yeah, good news from my hmo
What do you think - I won a free colonoscopy?
Uh-Oh Oh, no
It's a new policy It's about your therapy
They're putting a cap on the number of sessions
Well, how many?
Uh 2,000
Well, that's no problem
I go four times a week, so we're not even close
No, that's not 2,000 per year, mr Monk
That's total-2,000 total
In your life
Total?
I'm sure you're fine
That's a pretty big number
It says here that's seven times the national average
What are you doing?
I'm adding
1964
1965-
Wait, you started in 1964?
No, those are the number of sessions
How many are left?
Oh, that's good
Takes a water shortage to make you appreciate
How refreshing a cold glass can be
But I guess that's human nature
When something is rationed-
I don't care about that!
I don't want to hear any small talk today, okay?
No small talk
Only big talk Big, vast talk
Something happened
This came this morning
Huh?
What are you doing now? What-What are you doing?
Looking for my glasses
Mm, got my new bifocals,
And it took-Took some getting used to and-
I don't care about that! Nobody cares about that
Where'd you put 'em? - I was sitting right here
Here! Here they are
Oh Oh Thank you, thank you
All right, thank you very much
All right
Yeah, it's, um- - All right
What is this?
It's from my insurance company
Oh, yes, so I see
Today's session is number 2,000
This is it This is my last session
Mm-Hmm
This is the last session they'll reimburse you for,
But you always have the option of paying yourself
Well, how much is it?
It's 200
Dollars? $200?
This is my last session
Oh, my god, we have 48 minutes
It's my last shot
We-We have to really focus,
Really focus
Adrian, I don't know how much we can do in one session
Yeah, I made a list of all of my problems here, so
well, adrian, that's - That's not how it works
You see, therapy is an ongoing process,
And the progress is incremental
Yeah, well, we have to try, okay?
Let's knock off as many as we can, all right?
"My fear of disappointing my father " Go
Adrian, uh, I'm not comfortable
Working under this kind of pressure
All right, all right Hold on
Okay, let's see now We've talked about this before
The loss of your father
Came at an impressionable time in your life,
And I think it created an emotional vacuum
Yeah, yeah, okay Forget that one
We'll never get that one "Germophobia "
Adrian, this is not a game show
Germophobia
All right, germophobia All right, germophobia
Your fear of germs is not unusual
Now, some people find that it helps
To read scientific journals to demystify-
Yeah, pass
Okay, "sibling rivalry "
Well, I've never met ambrose
Pass! Oh, god
I've been in therapy for ten years
I have to have something to show for it
I mean, i-We have to cure something here
Ah, "death of my mother "
Oh, pass
"Fear of height " Pass
"Fear of fear itself "
Oh, yeah! Here-Here-Here's one
Okay, yeah
"Claustrophobia "
Claustrophobia
Now, we've discussed that
We talked about visualization You remember that
I said if you ever feel trapped somewhere
You can imagine a door
I tried that once, but the door was locked
Just imagine you have a key
Yeah, I tried that
The key didn't fit
Maybe it's a skeleton key
This is not working! Come on!
46 minutes left You got to try harder
All right - Cure me, for god's sake
Maybe there's another way around this, huh?
Let's see now Wait a minute
This policy only applies to private sessions
You can join a group session
That's a new category It's like starting over
Group? - Yes
Now, I have one group that deals specifically
With phobias and obsessive behavior
They meet twice weekly like clockwork
Uh, there would be other people there?
Yes, it's-It's a group It's a group of people
Actually, this policy change might be a blessing in disguise
I think you could really benefit from this
Ah, they don't like me
Adrian, they haven't met you
They don't like me!
I can't do it
All right Sorry to hear that
I hope you reconsider,
'Cause i-I think you'd get a lot out of it
Yeah, okay "Fear of bees "
Bees
Well, luckily we live in a more urban environment,
So the fear of bees- - Pass
Fear of blenders
Well, if you don't own a blender, then, actually-
Pass "Fear of bees in blenders "
Here he comes Here
Mr Monk, please, please go to group therapy
I don't have to I can talk to him right here
I think you're being ridiculous
Yeah, ridiculous like a fox
Ready?
Let's go
Go
Go, go, go Go
Dr Bell?
Adrian?
Oh, my god Do you bike here too?
Every morning - Oh!
I- I-I remember you mentioning that once or twice
Natalie - Hello
How you doing? - Just fine, just fine
You're probably wondering how I'm doing
Uh-Huh
I been thinking a lot about my mother
Adrian, I really can't give you a session right now
What session?
We're just a couple of guys in the park
Talking about my mother
Join my group
We meet tuesdays and thursdays, 10:00 p M
Wait, dr Bell! Wait! Dr Bell!
Come on, you're losing him
Turn! Come on!
Go Mush, mush
Mush!
Ohh ohh
Gah!
Okay, I'll join the group
Thank God
I have come to a decision
I am not going to the convention
I thought you told your boss-
You know what? Let him fire me
I don't care I hate my job anyway
It's medical supplies, wheelchairs,
And-And prosthetic arms
It's gruesome
I - I hope he does fire me
Rhonda, I know you don't like to travel
But this is your career This is important
You shouldn't just throw it all away
Uh, dr -Dr Bell
There's a man
Adrian
I'm so glad you changed your mind
Come in, come in We're just getting started
Who is this?
This is adrian
Yes, he's gonna join our little group
Our-Our little band of brothers, huh?
I think you'll fit right in - What, without asking us?
Rhonda, it's not your decision
Adrian, this is rhonda
Hello
It's nothing personal
I just don't like surprises
I'm sorry
Adrian, you don't have to apologize
You're right I'm sorry that I'm sorry
Adrian, this is augie
Arachnophobia, agoraphobia, claustrophobia
Augie, we've talked about this before
You don't have to tell everybody about your phobias
I just hate it when he does that
You hate it when anybody does anything
Oh, shut up
And of course, you know harold
Hello, adrian
I just want you to know for the record,
I'm glad you're here
And I don't feel threatened in the slightest
I know we haven't always seen eye to eye,
But I hope we can put our differences aside
And work with neven together as a team
After all, it takes a village
You call him neven?
Mm-Hmm
Well, things are a little less formal
In group therapy
Ohh you still can't shake hands
I see we have our work cut out for us
I can shake hands
Oh I used to use a wipe too
Remember? I was so germophobic
I'd always have a wipe in my pocket, like this,
And I'd wipe my hands, like this,
And then I'd fold it up
Into a little square
And put it in my other pocket,
Like this
I was pathetic
Adrian, why don't you take a seat?
Wait, excuse me He cannot sit there
You can't sit there! This-This is barbara's seat
Barbara? - Yes, she was in our group
She died three weeks ago
She drowned in her swimming pool
It doesn't matter how she died!
The point is that was her regular seat,
And I just think it is disrespectful
Thank you
Oh, whew
All right, deep breath
Good
Now, adrian, in our last private session,
We talked a bit about claustrophobia
I think that's a good place to start,
Since that's a condition that all of you have in common
Not me
Oh, please
I mean, not anymore
I used to hate tight spaces,
But neven cured me
Really?
You're cured?
Well, you never mentioned that
I was about to when adrian walked in
You know what did it? Visualization
That was really great advice, dr B
I visualized a door,
And then I visualized a key to the door
Well, that's great I'm really happy for you
Well, I couldn't have done it without you, doc
You're a god Thank you
Gracias
MercI beaucoup
Danke schoen
Spasibo Arigato!
Cam on anh
That's-That's, uh, vietnamese
I tried it-Visualiztion,
The key and the door
It didn't work
Why don't you have your assistant
Visualize it for you?
You have an assistant?
Yes, adrian has a very difficult job,
Which requires an assistant
He's a decorated police detective
He's a real hero
What about us?
I mean, we're out there all alone,
Assistant-Less
We have no help
We have no one to lean on
We're the real heroes
I think barbara's the lucky one
She doesn't have to deal with any of this crap anymore
Yeah, I know
And I'm gonna miss her too
We all miss her
We'll be grieving for a long time
I wish I had an assistant
She could grieve for me
What is your problem?
Okay, now, you see, now,
Now, we all have problems
You're just jealous
You've been jealous of me since the first day we met,
Which, by the way, I like to refer to as black tuesday
Why would I be jealous of you?
Oh, okay
I made $210,000 last year
How much did you make?
$2 million
Liar! He's lying
Admit it, adrian
My success is killing you
It's eating you up
What success?
I'm on the city council
People voted for me
Because they don't know you!
Did anybody here vote for this clown?
Not me
Dr Bell, you're in his district
Did you vote for him?
You're not supposed to ask that question
Okay, that's a no
See, neven didn't vote for you, harold
Suck on that
I'm gonna rezone your whole neighborhood
I can do that! - Why don't you rezone your-
I'm gonna put a kentucky fried chicken
On your roof! - Stop it!
Stop it, please! - I know where your roof is!
Stop, please! Harold!
Sit down - Please sit down, harold
What about him? - Adrian, please, sit
Yeah, please, sit
Harold, stop it Sit
Down
Good
Now
I know, I know you're not a big fan of harold krenshaw's
I hate him He can go to hell
Yeah, I understand, but besides him,
Besides harold, who can go to hell,
How was the session?
Awful
Well, what were the people like?
I don't know
How many were there?
I don't know
Five, eight
They hardly talked about me at all
All they did was drone on and on and on
About their own lives and their own problems
Yeah, mr Monk, isn't that the point?
Nobody cares about them, natalie
Dr Bell is just as bad
He kept interrupting everybody,
Telling little parables and stories
I'm wasting my time
Group therapy never helped anybody
Then why don't you quit?
Are you following us?
I think you're following me
Harold, we were here first
We came straight from dr Bell's
A lot of his patients come here,
Because it's right across the street
For example, that guy over there
He's not even in our group
Not anymore
He left the nest five weeks ago
That's xavier danko
He's completely cured
He was more screwed up than anybody
What was wrong with him?
He was obsessed with an exotic dancer
Named tiffany something
He was following her - Uh-Huh
He got better I want to be next
I want to get better too
That's why you have to leave the group, adrian
You're ruining everything
Mr Monk has every right to be there, harold
No, he doesn't
Excuse me!
He has 20 items
It's only one item
They're all the same
But you're buying 20
But it's the same item
But you're buying 20
Of the same item
There's the sign
It doesn't say 12 different items
I - I think it's 12 items total
Thank you
You know what?
I'm buying the first ten,
And he's buying the rest
Well played, adrian, well played
Sir, are you buying anything?
No, I'm-I'm just trying to get him to quit my group
Forget it I'm not quitting
Why not?
You were just complaining about it five minutes ago
You said you hated it
That was before I knew you wanted me to quit
Ohh
Hey, I'll see you thursday I'll save you a seat
I have a coupon
There he is
Thank you for coming
What happened?
We were wondering the same thing
Either he jumped or was pushed
Yeah, we thought you might know the guy
His employment card - We found it in his wallet
Dr Bell
You know him? - He was in my group
Augie something
Yeah, augie wellman
He was a mechanical engineer He lived upstairs
So was mr Wellman depressed?
Of course he was
So it was suicide?
Uh, I don't think so
Look at his wrists
Hair has been pulled out
Someone taped them
He was tied up
Could be a serial killer
He's killing people according to their phobias
This guy was afraid of heights,
So he pushed him off the roof
Augie wasn't afraid of heights
He was afraid of spiders
That's different
It's killing people using the opposite of their phobias
The opposite killer
So you're saying the opposite of a spider
Is a tall building?
What do you think the opposite of a spider is?
I have no idea, but it's not a tall building
Hmm, tell that to the opposite killer
Are you crying?
No, I have allergies
What are the odds?
The odds of what?
Two dead in two months
From the same group
It looked straight up to me - Accidental drowning
She had water in her lungs
She had a severe concussion,
Like she hit her head on the way in
Did you check the house? - Didn't see the point
I don't know what you're expecting to find
I mean, the crime scene is long gone
The girl was cremated eight weeks ago
The case is cold
I wonder how cold
I don't follow
Look, she died october 2nd, in the morning
It must have been chilly
Uh, it probably was
Where's the towel?
There's no towel next to the pool
I wouldn't go swimming
First thing in the morning in october
Without a towel
I mean, I wouldn't go swimming anyway,
But you see what I mean
I think she was killed
Let me guess
The victim was not afraid of water
It's him - The opposite killer
That's his m O
There is no opposite killer
If there were, you would have been killed
By a falling rocket scientist years ago
Okay, where are we?
We got a jumper with some hair missing from his wrists
We've got a missing towel
Can't go knocking on the d A'S door with that,
Not yet
Well, let's keep digging
Oh, my god
What? What is it?
I think somebody is killing off my therapy group
Mr Monk, you're smiling
Sorry
Somebody is killing off my therapy group
You're still smiling
And then there were three
Well
I think we better get started
Who wants to go first?
I know it's difficult
It's overwhelming
First, barbara drowning, now augie
If you want to cancel the session,
Cancel next week,
I certainly understand
I don't think we should cancel
In fact, I think we need each other now more than ever
Oh, please
We need your strength, neven,
Your guidance
You're the beacon
You're the light
That will see us through our darkest hour
So, harold, how is it up there in neven's butt?
You lonely? Getting scared of the dark?
Rhonda, let's not forget rule number one-
Don't make it personal
I'm sorry
I just don't understand
Why would augie jump?
He didn't seem that depressed
Maybe he saw a ladybug
Or a firefly
He didn't jump
The newspapers said- - I know what they said
The police withheld some information
The truth is we still don't know the exact cause of death
Oh?
I think augie was murdered
I think someone tied him up and dragged him to that roof
Oh, my god!
Dr Bell, i - I don't know what to feel
Tell me what to feel
I think we should all feel confused
Confused-I can do that
I think barbara was murdered too
You said "think "
You're telling me you're not sure?
I think someone, for some reason,
Is killing this group off, one by one
What do the police say?
They're looking into it
They'll probably want to talk to each of us
Why? What, you th-
They think it's one of us? - It's possible
One of us?
It's possible
There is a possibility that one of you is
Not quite sane
All right, let's not get carried away here
It's just a theory
It was him
It was monk!
Excuse me? - He hates us
I heard him yesterday talking at the supermarket
He hates all of us
I didn't say that, exactly
And he said you were boring
He said that he hated all your stories,
Which, in my opinion,
Are the highlights of every session
That's not what I meant, doc
That's all right, adrian
I admit that I have, on occasion, to ramble on
I get carried away occasionally
That's all
What in god's name are you doing?
Investigating
Harold, please sit down
Who had a motive
A motive for murder?
You did
You resent the group
Admit it, you want neven all to yourself!
That's ridiculous - Is it?
Which of us would know how to commit a perfect crime
Without leaving a single clue?
Who's the famous homicide expert?
I am
And who's in the perfect position
To steer the investigation away from himself?
Me
All right, hold on here
Adrian was trying to warn us
A classic cry for help
Or
Was it an attempt
To divert suspicion?
Hmm
Do you even have an alibI for wednesday?
No
How about when barbara was killed?
Of course you don't
Here's what happened
The hmo changed their policy-
No more private sessions
You were desperate
You needed to kill one of us
So there'd be an opening in the group
Do you deny it?
Of course I deny it
Which is exactly what a guilty man would say!
That's true
Augie was next
You lured him up to the roof
It was easy he trusted you
You're gonna pick us off, one by one,
Until you have neven all to yourself
What you are suggesting is absurd
Adrian's not capable of killing anyone
Mr Monk, you're not a killer
Are you sure? - Yes, of course I am
What if harold is right? It all fits
I know 1,000 ways to kill people
And I have a motive I admit it
I want dr Bell to myself
No, mr Monk, it couldn't be you
You have an alibi - What alibi?
I was here I was alone
No, you weren't alone
You were with yourself
I wasn't alone, I was with myself?
Exactly You would know if you were sneaking out
And killing people
That's the kind of thing that people tend to remember
Maybe not
I black out sometimes You've seen it
Sometimes five hours go by,
And I don't know where I've been
That's true, but it's always triggered by something,
Like you've seen yourself naked,
Or you saw a documentary on the nature channel
Just stop
Look at me! Look at me!
It wasn't you It couldn't have been you
Let's move on Who else was in the group?
There's harold Could it be harold?
I don't think so - You're right
God would never do that It would make me too happy
Okay, let's eliminate harold
Who's left?
Rhonda
Rhonda?
I think they're closed
Door's open
Rhonda?
Hello?
It's adrian, from group
Do you smell that? - Do I smell that?
I'll be smelling that for the rest of my life
Rhonda? - Ugh
She's dead
She mixed bleach and ammonia?
Chlorine gas
Rhonda's worked here for nine years
She would never make a mistake like that
Murder
Oh, my god, mr Monk, that's three
Okay Natalie
If I was gonna kill somebody,
This is exactly how I would do it, with
Cleaning supplies
Look, mr Monk, it couldn't have been you
Relax
These aren't your brands
You buy the good stuff
These are the cheap store brands
That's true
Danko
Who? - Xavier danko-
The other patient
We saw him at the supermarket remember?
He was buying cleaning supplies,
The exact same bottles
Harold said that he quit group therapy
About a month before barbara o'keeffe was murdered
Danko must have revealed something in therapy,
Something big, something worth killing for
Nat-Natalie!
What'd you do?
My god, let's get you some fresh air
Come on
This way Come on
Okay
Shh
Somebody's here
It's okay, I'll go You'll get the next one
Oh, my god, I'm buried alive!
I'm buried
Help me! Let me out!
It's no use
I've been banging on it for an hour
I still think it was you
Please, let us out!
Help! Help!
Please! - Let us out of here!
Let us out!
Please stop touching me
I'm not touch - You're touching me
I'm not touching you You're touching me
Just stay on your side
I'm-I don't have a side!
Just back up four or five millimeters
Okay, that's your side
Now, this is my side-
From that end of the spare tire
To the jumper cables
Stay over there, and we'll be fine
My side's carpeted
My side's quieter
That's impossible
Your side has the muffler, so my side is quieter
Oh, grow up! - You grow up
I don't feel like it
Captain stottlemeyer, please
I got to get out of here I can't stand it!
The ceiling is crushing me!
Harold! - I feel it closing in!
Harold
it's like I'm being buried alive!
Stop it - I can't! Aah!
Harold, you're making it very hard for me to panic!
Just calm down, please!
I thought you were cured
What about your technique-
Visualization with the door and the key and all that?
Oh, that doesn't work
It never worked
I was just trying to impress dr B
Why do I do that? Why do i
Why do i care what people think?
What's wrong with me?
There's nothing wrong with you
The truth is
I actually
Admire you - Stop it
No, no, I mean it - Don't
I mean it
Look, we're-We're basically the same guy
We have the same kinds of problems,
The same issues
But you-You- You're out there
You're in the world
You have a family You have a real job
You don't let it stop you
That's nice of you to say
Look at me Harold, look-Look at me
L- I-Look at me Hey
I think we've been looking at this the wrong way
This trunk, you know, these-These walls
They're not - They're not closing in on us
They're not?
No
They're - They're protecting us, really
Protecting us?
Yeah, they're keeping the bad stuff out
Protecting us?
Yeah, protecting us from germs
And snakes and harmonicas
And nature and my mother
And her new boyfriend
And xavier danko
Yeah, that's right
This trunk is our friend
Wow
I've been in therapy for ten years
I think this is the first real breakthrough
I've ever had
This group-Therapy thing really works
It really does
I wish dr B could see us He wouldn't believe it
He's walking away
Keep cranking
Ooh! It's working Oh, this was a good idea
Here
Okay
Thank you I appreciate that
My pleasure Hold still
Oh, no - What?
That's neven's house
How do you know?
He had a cocktail party last summer
And he invited you?
I didn't say that
Okay, we - We have to find a phone
And call the police
There's not enough time
It takes the police 4 minutes and 20 seconds
To get here
Don't ask
Be careful He's got a gun
Listen, adrian, if anything happens to me-
Nothing's gonna happen to you I won't let it
Ready?
Let's do it
Both: raaahh!
Aaah!
Well, there you are
I was about to come and get you The police will be here soon
I'm-I'm so sorry
Xavier was just telling me
How he killed tiffany bolt
The woman he was following?
Yeah, that's right
He put her car and her body in the reservoir,
And then he began to get worried
Of course, the water shortage
Right
The reservoir levels have been dropping
He was afraid the car or the body
Were about to be discovered
What did I do?
He told everyone in the group
About his obsession
So you were the only people on earth
Who could connect him to that poor girl
Right
He was trying to kill us before the body was found
Actually, we have some news too
Oh, right Yeah
Well, um, harold and i were locked in the trunk,
But we dealt with it
We-We had a real breakthrough
Actually, i - I definitely think
We can cross claustrophobia off both of our lists
Dr Bell
Do you believe in god?
Hey! Excuse me
My friend was just talking
We didn't interrupt you
Go ahead
See, what we realized
Was the trunk was really protecting us from germs
Nature, snakes, puppets, thunders pinatas and
well, it's 10:00
I think we should get started
Where's everyone else?
Well, as you know, we had three members
Who were - Well, who died
What about harold?
Harold krenshaw did something quite extraordinary
He found another doctor
I don't understand
He wanted you to have these sessions with me
All to yourself
Well, you have quite a friend there, adrian
A friend like that is a blessing
Harold? - Yeah
Now, as far as your hmo is concerned,
These sessions are still technically group sessions
You'll just be a group of one
Ah! - So
So let's get started
Congratulations on your beating claustrophobia
I'm proud of you
So what's next?
Okay, um
"death "
Death?
That's gonna be a tough one
Yeah Could you sit here?
Of course
So
I like this
I think I should have tried group therapy
A long time ago
This is a good group