Monk

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

Most of you have heard of the show about an obsessive compulsive detective named Adrian Monk. It all started when his wife, Trudie, was murdered by an unknown person with a car bomb. Ever since, his phobias have increased and his compulsions are stronger. His wife's death is the only crime he hasn't been able to solve. His caretaker was Sharona Fleming, a former nurse, but after she left to remarry her ex-husband Natalie Teeger came along to help Monk along.

The show is now in its 4th season.

Any comments?

[Thain Peregrin Took I]

Any comments?

Well, I'd have to say that some of my favorite episodes of Monk would have to be Mr. Monk and the Kid (but the ending is so sad), Mr. Monk Goes to the Wedding, and Mr. Monk Goes to the Fashion Show. But I like all of the episodes I've seen. If only I could see the ones I haven't seen yet...
Has anyone read the Monk novel? It's sooo good! It's called Mr. Monk Goes to the Firehouse, just in case you want to look for it at a bookstore or a library.

[Lotesse]

If you two are sisters, do you just - not live together, or something? So you have to moot like this to be able to communicate with each other? Which is cool, I'm just really curious. Are you twins? The Thain/Meriadoc mystery continues...

My Dad loves the show Monk. He likes to rent the season DVDs and watch entire blocks of Monk. I get really tired of it after an episode or two, but Dad thinks its aces.

[trolls' bane]

Originally Posted by Thain Peregrin Took I

Well, I'd have to say that some of my favorite episodes of Monk would have to be Mr. Monk and the Kid (but the ending is so sad), Mr. Monk Goes to the Wedding, and Mr. Monk Goes to the Fashion Show. But I like all of the episodes I've seen. If only I could see the ones I haven't seen yet...

Is that latter one where he is a "big fan of shirt inspector number eight"?
Ohhh...I never saw anything about his background. Like I once commented, they don't have those kind of shows out here.

[Thain Peregrin Took I]

Originally Posted by Lotesse

If you two are sisters, do you just - not live together, or something? So you have to moot like this to be able to communicate with each other? Which is cool, I'm just really curious. Are you twins? The Thain/Meriadoc mystery continues...

No we live in the same house. We're just sisters, not twins. MB is older.

Is that latter one where he is a "big fan of shirt inspector number eight"?

If you mean Mr. Monk and the Fashion Show, then yeah. I never really got the former/latter thing.
Quoting Mr. Monk:
This one was inspected by number 6. I'm not a big fan of number 6. Do you have any inspected by number 8?

[Lotesse]

Originally Posted by Thain Peregrin Took I

No we live in the same house. We're just sisters, not twins. MB is older.

So - so you each have a computer in your separate bedromms, and you both go online at the same time, and one sister writes something on her computer in her own bedroom, and then you - the other sister, immediately answer her posts, and that's what you two do? How come you two are never on at the same simultaneous time? And the reason why I say twins is 'cause you two have the same exact style, voice, and characteristics. Like twins, really CLOSE twins. You're a trip, Thain/Meriadoc! It's all good; your secret's safe with me - or, us, that is.


Have you seen the one where Monk and his posse go to New York City; that episode stands out. I guess I don't really recall the details of most of the individual episodes. Even though I have sat & watched dozens of these shows with my Dad, I can't seem to really commit much of them to memory. There was one about a fake psychic, I remember that one was cool. I think that's the one where Monk says to help him find a small pebble. Remember the one?

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

Ohhh...I never saw anything about his background. Like I once commented, they don't have those kind of shows out here.

Monk is currently looking for a 6-fingered man, who hired the man who built the car bomb which was set off by Trudie's cell phone. The bomb-builder told Monk this (Mr. Monk Goes to Manhattan)as he was dying from kidney disease.
Bomb-builder (I forget his name): You were the husband?
Monk: I am the husband.

[Lotesse]

Yes! Now I DO remember that show, because of the bit about him finally facing the guy who bombed his wife. And in the hospital, when he sees him face to face, he has pity on him because that's how kind his wife would have been. Something like, he stopped his morphine drip, so the guy was in terrible pain, but then said "This is the woman you killed, turning it back on," or something to that effect.

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

Originally Posted by Lotesse

So - so you each have a computer in your separate bedromms, and you both go online at the same time, and one sister writes something on her computer in her own bedroom, and then you - the other sister, immediately answer her posts, and that's what you two do? How come you two are never on at the same simultaneous time? And the reason why I say twins is 'cause you two have the same exact style, voice, and characteristics. Like twins, really CLOSE twins. You're a trip, Thain/Meriadoc! It's all good; your secret's safe with me - or, us, that is.

Actually, we only use one computer (we don't have our own). Pippin's more random than I am. How would you know we have the same voice? Hmm?

Originally Posted by Lotesse

Have you seen the one where Monk and his posse go to New York City; that episode stands out. I guess I don't really recall the details of most of the individual episodes. Even though I have sat & watched dozens of these shows with my Dad, I can't seem to really commit much of them to memory. There was one about a fake psychic, I remember that one was cool. I think that's the one where Monk says to help him find a small pebble. Remember the one?

Lotesse, if I didn't remember, I'd probably panic!
Stottlemeyer: Well don't panic.
Monk: I... I'm not panicing. Where's the ambulance?
Mr. Monk Stays in Bed

Monk: I'm looking for a small pebble. It's about the size of a... small pebble.
Mr. Monk and the Psychic.

Yes! Now I DO remember that show, because of the bit about him finally facing the guy who bombed his wife. And in the hospital, when he sees him face to face, he has pity on him because that's how kind his wife would have been. Something like, he stopped his morphine drip, so the guy was in terrible pain, but then said "This is the woman you killed, turning it back on," or something to that effect.

Monk: This is me, turning off your morphine.
(long pause)
And this is Trudie, the woman you killed, turning it back on.

[trolls' bane]

Hmm...from the episodes I saw, I can't imagine him doing anything like that.

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

Hmm...from the episodes I saw, I can't imagine him doing anything like that.

Monk is very unpredictable sometimes. I wonder what would happen if he met the killer face to face?
Of course, that's not going to be an episode any time soon, because then the case would be solved and Monk cured! There's going to at least be a season 5 and 6!

[trolls' bane]

Originally Posted by Meriadoc Brandybuck

Monk is very unpredictable sometimes. I wonder what would happen if he met the killer face to face?
Of course, that's not going to be an episode any time soon, because then the case would be solved and Monk cured! There's going to at least be a season 5 and 6!

Was there a motive for killing his wife?

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

Was there a motive for killing his wife?

That's unknown. Nobody even knows who the killer is. (More specifically, the guy who hired the bomb-builder in the first place.)

[trolls' bane]

Originally Posted by Meriadoc Brandybuck

That's unknown. Nobody even knows who the killer is. (More specifically, the guy who hired the bomb-builder in the first place.)

Oh! I see.

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

I, personally, can't wait until tomorrow when Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist premiers. Is that ever going to be funny!

[trolls' bane]

Originally Posted by Meriadoc Brandybuck

I, personally, can't wait until tomorrow when Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist premiers. Is that ever going to be funny!

Why are you always so lucky!? Bet you'd never get caught, to put it quite simply, up the Colorado with out a paddle, impeller, battery, sunscreen, cell phone, and a, shall I say, sinking feeling?

[Spock]

Yep the new season is starting off very funny. I'm taping it to watch over the weekend since my HP DVD didn't get here when it was supposed to.

I loved the Monk in the prison with the guy called "the whale". Of course I have to keep telling myself that a guy like that just couldn't survive in todays world, even with such a hot helper as Natalie

[Meriadoc Brandybuck]

Originally Posted by Spock

Yep the new season is starting off very funny. I'm taping it to watch over the weekend since my HP DVD didn't get here when it was supposed to.

I loved the Monk in the prison with the guy called "the whale". Of course I have to keep telling myself that a guy like that just couldn't survive in todays world, even with such a hot helper as Natalie

Actually, there are only 2 episodes left this season! This is "Season 4.5" (4.0 was before Christmas, and there were no new Monk's during the Olympics).

He's rich, Mr. Spock. Rich! You see Dale the Whale in another Monk episode called "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale", even though he already knew Dale before... Anyway, both are with Sharona, not Natalie. I wonder how Dale... nevermind.

Monk: Be careful, Sharona.
Sharona: What is he going to do? Pass wind on me?*

*Please note that the Fatman (Dale) weighs some 900 pounds.

[trolls' bane]

Originally Posted by Meriadoc Brandybuck

Actually, there are only 2 episodes left this season! This is "Season 4.5" (4.0 was before Christmas, and there were no new Monk's during the Olympics).

He's rich, Mr. Spock. Rich! You see Dale the Whale in another Monk episode called "Mr. Monk Meets Dale the Whale", even though he already knew Dale before... Anyway, both are with Sharona, not Natalie. I wonder how Dale... nevermind.

Monk: Be careful, Sharona.
Sharona: What is he going to do? Pass wind on me?*

*Please note that the Fatman (Dale) weighs some 900 pounds.

Who's Sharona and Natalie?

[Thain Peregrin Took I]

Originally Posted by trolls' bane

Who's Sharona and Natalie?

Sharona was Monk's first assistant. She used to be a nurse. She basically handed him wipes, and made sure he didn't freak out.
Natalie did basically the same thing, except she was never a nurse. She became his assistant after Sharona left Monk to re-marry her ex-husband.