Saw him on try the TV show Mistresses.

After many rewatches of Monk and Columbo I wanted something new. Tried Psych, it's not for me. Tried Pokerface, it's ok. Tried Mentalist and I kinda enjoy it but I just can't get over how arrogant he is at times with a constant smirk on his face. Like there's a double homicide in front of you and you're making immature jokes. Also don't like how he's supposed to be super intuitive and excellent at reading people but it usually just means the suspect confesses (for no reason!) within a second just because he's the one asking them. It's stupid. I like my heroes broken and humble, there's no such show as good as Monk & Columbo. But I guess I'll keep watching it,some actors from other shows in it make it feel familiar.

I'm a Psych fan and I have heard for years that Psych fans also like Monk and I've been watching the first season and am on the episode where he is boarding the plane and the situations Monk has gotten into have been just awkward and annoying to sit through. The things I don't like are him under 'this guy is racist but is also awkward so he can't explain himself' and the episode where he's with Willie Nelson I liked all the way up until they made it awkward which for the character is justified, germaphobe had his stuff touched and did not have time to disinfect, and that just pisses me off because it was something that just didn't make sense.

There have been parts of the show I did like such as Willie Nelson's episode I liked everything about that one until that one scene. The episode in the hotel where Monk was just on a investigation spree with the Head of Security was fun and him not giving up on the kid was one of the best things I liked from that season. The solve in the pilot was great.

My question is when does the vibe of the show change from society just hating the fact that he needs to verify that the t's cross and the i's are dotted? Those situations I am sure are just Season 1 things but it makes me want to skip most of that or the show entirely.

Is there any way to get the episode in black and white? It’s so much better that way! If I can’t get it from Netflix in black and white, is there a way to adjust my Netflix? Or even adjust my phone screen? (I’m currently watching it on iPhone because my husband is watching Monday Night Football on the TV.)

I’m on Season 2 already and hooked. I love everyone on the cast and the acting is so good! It’s funny, but it also depicts mental health in a way that I think was before its time.

Now I’m ranting. Just wanted to share how much I’m loving this show!

Saw a post on here a couple of days ago where someone pointed out how silly Chris Kedder's balloon filled with his mint-flavored inhaler was the piece of evidence that cracked the case in "Mr. Monk Goes to a Rock Concert". This got me thinking about what other things in the show have been used as proof that may not hold up during a trial.

Since I finished the show almost ten years ago, I don't remember every specific case but would love to hear any opinions, especially those who are currently watching!

I'm watching season 2 - episode 11 - Mr. Monk and The Three Pies - I did not expect this - he meets his brother after years of no contact along with Sharona, and all of us, the viewers and Sharona are in for a surprise when we find out that he is more intelligent than even Adrian Monk is!!! And Adrian hates it!!! I think both the actors are equally good and this episode is funny and cute. What's your favorite?

Just watched the episode we've Harold took a bullet for Dr. Kroger and he told Monk "beat that" 😂 I don't know why but that was hilarious to me

So I came across this and I was wondering if the account was legit? Does anyone know? I've came across so many fake accounts these days so it's hard to tell whether or not this is actually him.

I am a fan of so many movies and series, but most of them are either too fast or too loud or too sci-fi or stuff like that. Monk is probably the only show or one from a few different options where your mind can completely relax. No loud music, even the theme song is gentle, no frequent use of cuss words, no crazy, loud drama, no weirdo action, ... It is really good when you need that relaxation! I love Monk!

(disclaimer finished the show in 2024 but this kinda doesn't sit right in Season 8)

So we have Disher in Season 8 Episode 12 "Mr. Monk Goes Camping" and his best scene for me was the "Happiness is a Choice" conversation he had with Monk. Here Disher is opening up true emotions and feelings, and we see a guy made fun of a lot have a loveable and good attitude towards it all.

Monk doesn't get reinstated, and acts all happy even though he just had been rejected. Here you might think it's Monk not understanding, but it's Disher who says quietly "Happiness is a Choice", as Natalie and Leland are surprised at Monk's happiness and trying to explain it's bad news. I loved this, it connected to my own life, and I thought "How awesome that Monk doesn't even care!"

But two episodes later he is all over the place happy that he gets the badge back!?

Sorry, love the show, but this was just another example-I can't imagine the writers connected on these sub-plot events. It ruined the beauty of that moment in episode 12.

Sure, in the end all good anyway...but they didn't need to do it this way, they could have built off the episode 12 ending.

pretty funny they snuck in an "i dont think so" in to every episode

Characters like Monk are common in Media and I really like the show.

I think it’s important to humanize these characters but also be cautious with the writing where they come off as cruel.

Up to this point, I liked Monk. He seemed like a genuinely good dude. He’s smart and capable but also flawed.

But the scene where he tells Sharona really turned me off on the character because of just… the cruelty and hypocrisy. I really feel like the writers didn’t do a great job at resolving the conflict between Monk and Sharona. At the end Sharona even jokes about Monk’s “empathy” and it just…

I didn’t find it to be a super satisfying ending. What did you folks think? I wanna hear different perspectives on this.

Leland be giving off dirty harry , .Mr monk and the panic room

Know this is probably really late but couldn't find anyone else making this connection.

When Monk is in the hospital after being shot, his Doctor walks in and introduces herself as "Dr. Levinson".
In The Office, Melora Hardin plays Jan Levinson.
In Monk, she plays Trudy, his late wife.
This episode aired after Jan was introduced in the office, making me think this is a tongue in cheek reference. Way too weird to be a coincidence!

43 years old now and very hard for me to be interested in shows as shows these days don't always cut it. I decided to see if I liked Monk and bam, my mom got into it too and so we jumped in so we could discuss it. I really liked the non-digital age (compared to now) feel. Great show of course and I really enjoyed a lot... HOWEVER...

Season 5 was the first time when I saw the quality of the writing take a hit. I can still remember when I thought, "Wow. For the first time, that's two episodes in a row that were ok but not great great episodes." Season 6 and 7 the same. Season 8 picked it up, but I liked 1-4 the most overall.

I don't feel the continuity was good between writers overall.

I liked Sharona more than Natalie (both were awesome but I was annoyed that Natalie called him "Mr. Monk" and not 'Adrian' all the time personal problem) and felt they changed Monk and Natalie near the end. Monk in the later seasons, I mean geeze he was like an action hero, running all the time, punching people, being downright mean to people in certain scenes in the later seasons (usually to people who were grieving over the loss of someone murdered).

The OCD scenes, they overdid those, but I saw this was a filler, making it easy for the writers. They could add any scene at any time of him and OCD. It became normal to fast forward through certain scenes. So then I rated each episodes in two categories: the mystery, and then the outside of the mystery (OCD scenes, extra stuff).

It also seemed that some murder mysteries of the show had some similar elements/aspects as to what happened, but I was always intrigued to see the solution. I wonder also if this was a way to help the writers write out. "Where's your proof?" became a standard line for the accused. It was like they were contractually obligated to say the word 'proof'.

And of course I had to accept how much they doubted Monk. In season 1, this made sense. But even in the late seasons, Leland, Disher, Natalie, others, still had to doubt his theories like Monk was crazy, but I get it.

I found it funny too that through out the show, there were scenes where people would go to Monk's front door. This is an important nuance to me, because in a lot of scenes it was like "lock the door, Who is there?" But other times we have times Monk would blindly let people into his home. ("Come in" and Monk was in another room). He is s a detective and doesn't lock his door!? Maybe I was too critical there.

I checked the viewer statistics and season 4 had the highest viewership overall. Makes sense to me.

My two questions are am I in the ballpark of anyone else's thoughts on the show, and is it worth it to dive into all the spinoffs, novels?

Thank you Monk!!!! 8.5/9 out of 10 rating for me overall, carried by seasons 1-4 and 8...that made up for some hokey-ness

I'm neurosivergent and a hygiene freak in comparison to neurotypical people. I'm not OCD. I love the series inspite of the fact I'm not into murders and stuff. I love Tony shalhoud, he is doing a great job but I wish more attention to the hygiene aspect. I love all the other actors. They all did a great job. Who feels the same way about hygiene here?

Edit: he is germophobic but he is more of hygiene freak and there are many incohérences in the show. OCD is one thing neurogence and manias are different. Generally the goal to be achieved beats the phobia or mania etc.

I completed monk psych and white collar please suggest some series like these