I have not seen any posts about this book and had no idea until tonight.

https://people.com/monk-and-tony-shalhoub-aren-t-the-same-except-in-these-12-ways-exclusive-excerpt-12195195

It had the potential to be the best episode but the fact that everyone left the plane thinking he was a weird crazy guy ruins it for me.

Just wanting to pick brains here, whether it has been discussed in the past already or is even blatantly obvious with wonderful writing-
Forgive me but I have to say that I’d like to start a discussion;
I’ve just started possibly my 10th or higher rewatch of Monk and I’m on season 1 Ep 6- throughout the first few episodes we see Mr. Monk trying to solve Trudy’s case intermittently along with the episode as it goes on, as if it is still pretty ‘fresh’ and of course we’re just being introduced to him.
Although it seems that at times; he seems to forget some of the things or he will have a ‘black out’ of things that have happened.
For example; the episode of Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum, he goes to Trudy’s old house and proceeds to carry on as if it’s everyday life like it was before only to find out that someone else owns it now and he was trespassing but technically totally unaware of the situation until realization.
Then we have the very next episode Mr. Monk and the Billionaire Mugger; we see that he may have had a lead on Trudy’s case and goes to the place of said lead, only to find out that he’d already been there three times asking about her.
I suppose what I’m trying to rack here, is that, is it mostly just showing his character development for how consumed with grief and possible guilt of not solving the case, that he has these episodes of delirium and just wants to solve the case of course.
While also battling with the fact that he sees everything within other cases and can solve those at the drop of a hat or obviously quicker than Trudy’s.
I’m sure there’s a lot at play here but I suppose I’ve realized that the show continues to have him working on Trudy’s case throughout but he doesn’t have those possibly delirious moments as it goes on.
Maybe that continues with time, just like anything right and it ties in with the great character development that we see progress as the show goes on? Thoughts?
I love the show, it’s my favorite comfort show of course.

Barton Fink (1991), Monk (2002-2009), Cars 2 (2011)

Watching the episode I love how the didn't do the whole you are responsible for my daughter's death cliche but instead Dwight and Marcia love and respect monk and kept in touch with him

After Sharona finds out that Adrian is speaking gibberish following the earthquake, she calls Dr. Kroger who says that it's a dissociative episode which likely shorted out the "occipital lobe in the left hemisphere of his brain, which controls the ability to speak and form words."

The left occipital lobe interprets visual data that comes from the right-side field of view for both eyes. I'm guessing what he likely meant was Broca's Area, which is found in the left frontal lobe. Seems odd that a psychiatrist would get that wrong (or rather, that the writers would miss that), but I thought it was a fun detail.

What on Earth do you think is in this stack of cards?

Do you like apples?

Dear fellow Monk-ophiles,

As you have probably seen, there are not any very challenging Monk trivia questions online, so I put together a few myself! I'm pretty sure they're all correct, but if not please let me know. These are what was on the top of my head, if you have any good ones put them in the comments and I can add them. As the greatest detective in the universe would say, you'll thank me later. I thought about adding which episode the answer is found, maybe later

What is Monk's suit size? 42 Regular

What is Leland Stottlemeyer's middle name? Francis

How many years did Monk spend in high school? one

What award has Ambrose Monk won 5 times? "Nisimu" Award, The National Society of Instruction Manual Writers

According to Ambrose, how many languages does he speak? Seven and a half

How many instances of Monk giving an incorrect summation (here's what happened) can you name? I believe there's 5: Two are from Mr. Monk and the Garbage Strike (Alice Cooper and The Mayor), One from Mr Monk Gets Hypnotized (Guy dies of embarrassment), One from Mr Monk and the Missing Granny (in the summation, Monk thinks the kidnappers had a cat and thats why they went to the victims house), and One from Mr Monk and the Blackout (Monk did not figure out that Michelle Rivas the Power plant manager was involved somehow (this is easily provable))! Honorable Mention Mr Monk and the Naked Man, he never technically gave the summation accusing the nudist

What shampoo does Monk use? Pantene for dry hair

How many different musical instruments does Randy play in the show? 5: Electric guitar, Acoustic guitar, piano, steel drum, one man drum kit (bass drum and cymbals)

How did Monk get Trudy's phone number? Bonus Question what book was Trudy looking for when they met? Trudy's "friend" wrote it on his back. Trevor Rosenthall's biography of Alexander Pope Vol. 2

Trudy faked her death as per that one episode. She went to that dermatologist to get a super realistic mask that she wears when out in public. She still lives in San Francisco and is lovers with Stottlemeyer who is the one who helped her fake her death. Monk spots them boinking when he goes over to Stottlemeyers place to discuss a case

So monk is probably my favorite show of all time I’ve rewatched it and made everyone in my life watch it more times then I can count but, I’ve healed of on watching the movie because to me monk had the perfect ending to a show it makes me cry every time and I never cry he finally moves on and in my head cannon becomes a detective again, when I heard they were making a movie I was so excited but then it came out and I heard that they completely reset his character, he doesn’t get the happy ending monk truly deserved and he’s almost worse then he was before and that just makes me sad, but my wife really wants to watch the movie with me so I’ve got to ask fellow monk fans should I finely give up my protest and watch the movie.

If yes pls show us! :)

Does anyone else find it strange that in 'Mr Monk Stays in Bed', the episode begins with Natalie wallpapering Adrian's hallway? As someone who hates change, to the point of needing the same toothbrush and lamp when his breaks, this seems so incongruous! As it brings nothing to the plotline of the episode I wonder why it was included? Also, the hallway seems to revert back to an unwallpapered state later!

I'm just wondering if it's generally agreed that the Snoop Dogg episode is supposed to be about p Diddy and biggie smalls and the writers are basically flat out saying p Diddy killed biggie?

this episode is too good. the dog was a great actor too

In the episode were they think a man is killing all Julie teegers while at the first juiles house a cop gets a call telling him about Julie #2 he claims it's her because he is looking at the driver's license

Natalie should have realized it wasn't her daughter because Julie didn't have a driver's license at that moment

In the Jason Alexander episode Monk claims you can't taste dirt and tell where it's from. This is also a wrong. Anybody who ever did ffa knows about the dirt identification challenged/contest where people literally taste dirt in order to identify it. If Jason can (pretend) to know where the car has been based on the bug then logically a person can tell where a car might have been based on the dirt

Let me know if I am missing anything!

• SEASON 1-5
• Season 5 webisodes:
  •   Mr. Monk and Dr. Kroger
  •   Mr. Monk and the Computer
  •   Mr. Monk and the Blood Test
  •   Mr. Monk Goes to the Gym
• Season 6-7
• Season 8 episodes 1-3
• Little Monk episode 1 (Little Monk and the Missing Bracelet)
• Season 8 episode 4
• Little Monk and the Business Boys (Ep.2)
• Season 8 Episode 5
• Little Monk and the Business Boys (Ep.3)
• Season 8 Episode 6
• Little Monk and the Rubber Ball (Ep.4)
• Season 8 Episode 7
• Little Monk and the Monk Cousin (Ep.5)
• Season 8 Episode 8
• Little Monk and the Geography Bee (Ep.6)
• Season 8 Episode 9
• Little Monk and the Saturday Rehearsal (Ep.7)
• Season 8 Episode 10
• Little Monk and the Balloon (Ep.8)
• Season 8 Episode 11 
• Little Monk and the Talent Show (Ep.9)
• Season 8 Episode 12
• Little Monk and the Little Trophy (Ep.10)
• Season 8 Episodes 13-16
• Monk Season 8 Interview - Traylor Howard
• Monk COVID-19 Short 
• Mr Monk shelters in place
• Mr. Monk's Last Case

Other:

• (Monk Novels) 
• Mr Monk and the Leper, black and white (S5E10) (on season 5 DVD) 
• Turkish adaptation (if you want lol)
• Other Monk specials / behind-the-scenes

"there was a bomb"

I just finished rewatching the finale and I think it is one of the best ever! The way they tie everything up so perfectly is satisfying and heartwarming! I also love the callback to the pilot (the stove being on). Just a perfect ending to a perfect show!

Hopefully this doesn't break any rules, but I thought the sub would appreciate the cake me and my brothers had made for our mother. It's her favourite show and she's actually the one who got me into Monk, funnily enough lol

As you can see, Mr. Monk noticed a smudge on one of the corners and just had to clean it up, much to the dismay of Natalie

There are some episodes that are consistently in the top favorites (garbage strike, three pies, the kid) but what is an episode that you think deserves more love?