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Literally every other episode someone points a gun at the guy. Why doesn't he ever buy a gun? Or at least Natalie buy a gun since Monk would probably be red-flagged due to his mental health issues. Every other episode he figures out who the killer is, the killer walks in on him explaining who it is and holds him hostage (NOT killing him despite literally being a murderer already). If I was held hostage every month I would probably consider getting some level of protection. Columbo never had a gun either but he also never had guys try to shoot him.
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doesn't monk live in san francisco? He probably cant get a gun legally because of the liberals
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Oct 25, 2022 03:34
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bossy lady posted:doesn't monk live in san francisco? He probably cant get a gun legally because of the liberals another thing: monk rents and in an early-ish episode he's forced to get a job for a magazine and his nurse is amazed at him being paid 40k a year. He should by all rights be homeless and yet he seems to experience no economic discomfort and has a personal assistant.
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Oct 25, 2022 03:38
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i've never seen the show OP but monks are peaceful they wouldn't use a gun they'd use a sweet and ancient martial art, but only in self defence
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Oct 25, 2022 03:40
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Panic! At The Tesco posted:i've never seen the show OP but monks are peaceful they wouldn't use a gun they'd use a sweet and ancient martial art, but only in self defence You should watch Monk. It's a pretty good modern take on Sherlock Holmes that focuses on the almost completely alienated from society part of his character instead of the he and watson should totally kiss part.
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Oct 25, 2022 03:45
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:another thing: monk rents and in an early-ish episode he's forced to get a job for a magazine and his nurse is amazed at him being paid 40k a year. He should by all rights be homeless and yet he seems to experience no economic discomfort and has a personal assistant. America really needs to stop making TV shows set in its largest cities unless the characters are all super rich.
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I scrolled to the end of the thread in anger. I had been planning to watch Monk ever since it turned up on prime but now they are charging for it! It's nice and charming but who tf is going to pay £2.99 an episode for it? Back when video rental shops existed I could go to Double Vision (you can tell by the name they always had a two for one deal) and get six-eight hours of entertainment for the same price if I picked the right DVDs with enough special features. Of course, that was back when I worked 12 hour shifts 4 days a week and didn't have time to get through it all. Had to pay a lot of late fees.
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Oct 25, 2022 04:11
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Valko posted:I scrolled to the end of the thread in anger. in america it's still included with the price and its on peacock too so free if you watch ads. Fuel prices, Liz Truss, and now they're charging for Monk? It's a sad year for the UK.
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Oct 25, 2022 04:27
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I don't remember monk much was he like autistic or what was his deal with being good at solving mysteries but also weird
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Oct 25, 2022 04:31
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Sharona shoulda been watching him more
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Nooner posted:I don't remember monk much was he like autistic or what was his deal with being good at solving mysteries but also weird he had OCD except they never said it by name. He did have a lot of trouble relating to people and had sensory stuff so I think he was on the spectrum too. He always had it but it became much worse when his father abandoned the family as a kid and then became absolutely crippling when his wife was killed in a car bomb. Him being good at mysteries is just because hes smart and observant. There's like one episode where he takes medicine that makes him fine but remove his ability to solve crime but that episodes bullshit that trope's bullshit and everyone hates it.
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Oct 25, 2022 04:36
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Remember when Markie mark ran over Monk with The Rock? ...yeah I wish I didn't either.
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:he had OCD except they never said it by name. He did have a lot of trouble relating to people and had sensory stuff so I think he was on the spectrum too. He always had it but it became much worse when his father abandoned the family as a kid and then became absolutely crippling when his wife was killed in a car bomb. Him being good at mysteries is just because hes smart and observant. There's like one episode where he takes medicine that makes him fine but remove his ability to solve crime but that episodes bullshit that trope's bullshit and everyone hates it. Nice I stopped taking my meds too 
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Can we talk about other mystery shows ITT? Anyone remember the mystery files of shelby woo? She didn't have to rely on neurodivergence to solve crimes. She was just a plucky asian american girl with a wise grandfather (pat morita ofc).
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Shelby Woo was a cop
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I thought the subtext of the show was that a teenager was smarter than the detectives of the boston PD
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how is monk? is it something you can watch while you scroll forums trying to numb the horrific pain of your awful life that you have no chance to change or escape from?
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thin blue whine posted:how is monk? is it something you can watch while you scroll forums trying to numb the horrific pain of your awful life that you have no chance to change or escape from? It was a show almost designed for middle-aged women to watch in the background while they do jigsaw puzzles especially the Natalie seasons so yes
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You know what? It's a jungle out there.
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Tony Shalhoub is another guy who really Looks Like His Name.
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He just going to deflect the bullet and throw it back idk 
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I started watching Sons of Anarchy which is WAY more badass than whatever this is
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Lol sons of anarchy gets absolutely insane the longer you watch it, not particularly in a good way It was a solid show to watch and make fun of w goons when it was on tho
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BIG FLUFFY DOG posted:another thing: monk rents and in an early-ish episode he's forced to get a job for a magazine and his nurse is amazed at him being paid 40k a year. He should by all rights be homeless and yet he seems to experience no economic discomfort and has a personal assistant. 40K was like a million dollars in 90’s bux
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bossy lady posted:I thought the subtext of the show was that a teenager was smarter than the detectives of the boston PD No that was the subtext of real life
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Why Monk, OP? Just curious as there are lots of other 1000-episode pieces of slop out there in the world
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I watched this a few times when it was on TV and in my very bad opinion he seemed like a less fun version of Columbo.
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My wife loves Monk but watching it makes her OCD actively worse
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"oh, and just one more thing" [washes his hands repeatedly]
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Empty Sandwich posted:"oh, and just one more thing" [washes his hands repeatedly] [runs back upstairs to verify, for the third time, that he did in fact lock the door to his apartment] [the killer strolls away effortlessly] Hey so I've never really watched the show except for one time back in...I think 2006, when I was visiting my girlfriend-at-the-time-now-wife's home for the first time. Her mom was watching Monk so I sat there and watching it with her and answered questions like "Why do you like <daughter>?" and "Why aren't you a cowboy? We always expected <daughter> to get with a cowboy." The show was fine, I guess. So then much later on, my wife <daughter> (yes this is her real name, I don't want to talk about it) started watching Monk and I caught a glimpse of it here and there. I came up with an absolute zinger, okay? I said, "He's quite the...defective detective," right? <daughter> didn't laugh, she just said, "I think they made that same joke in the show before." Ladies and gentlemen, this man is for the birds!
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LargeHadron posted:[runs back upstairs to verify, for the third time, that he did in fact lock the door to his apartment] She's right. They made that joke in the pilot episode when Randy Disher meets Monk for the first time. And they also made the verify for the third time joke in the very first scene of the show. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHsjnGeHQOY Sounds like you should've written for monk. satanic splash-back posted:I watched this a few times when it was on TV and in my very bad opinion he seemed like a less fun version of Columbo. nothing is as fun as columbo. If you compare every painting to da vinci you'll never enjoy the art museum. BIG FLUFFY DOG fucked around with this message at 15:06 on Oct 25, 2022 |
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BAGS FLY AT NOON posted:40K was like a million dollars in 90’s bux This is no exaggeration. I use the rough formula of doubling the amount for every decade that's elapsed (due to compound inflation). That makes $40K then around a million now. And let us remember to use the correct terminology for psychiatric conditions, based on the income and assets of the sufferer:
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binge watching old shows that weren't meant to be binged watched is weird. You notice how much stuff gets recycled and repeated
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WILDTURKEY101 posted:binge watching old shows that weren't meant to be binged watched is weird. You notice how much stuff gets recycled and repeated yeah every other frame-up in columbo is "burglary gone wrong"
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I rewatched Monk last year, it's still fun but occasionally a writer seems to hate Monk and puts him in even worse fish out of water situations than usual that just suck
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you should watch Psych next, Op
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AARD VARKMAN posted:I rewatched Monk last year, it's still fun but occasionally a writer seems to hate Monk and puts him in even worse fish out of water situations than usual that just suck yah those episodes suck Ted Levine is awesome on Monk
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AARD VARKMAN posted:you should watch Psych next, Op i love psych and since i think its implied they take place in the same universe and the show ends with everyone moving to san Francisco I really wanted a cross-over movie or episode where Monk and Shawn compete for the same case because they would have hated each other.
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At best monks binge-watch the walls of their lovely cloisters
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I remember really liking it when I was younger. For some reason the scene of Monk I always remember was the episode where he runs for mayor of SF, and everyone thought he was racist because he wiped his hands after shaking hands with a black guy (he wiped his hands after shaking everyone’s hands)
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