Posted on 11/16/2008 11:25:18 AM PST by Dr. Scarpetta
After six years of getting his hands dirty and then vigilantly scrubbing them clean, Monk is gearing up—probably pretty carefully—for his last case.
USA announced Friday that it has picked up its Emmy-winning detective series Monk for an eighth and final season that will air next summer.
The "Characters Welcome" network has ordered up 16 episodes, and E! News is hearing that the finale will clue Monk in on who killed his dearly departed wife, Trudy, the tragedy that turned him into the OCD-addled mystery-solver who cable audiences have come to love.
"By many measures, Monk is the most successful series in the history of basic cable television."
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The actor who plays Monk is an insufferable liberal, but the show he created is pretty excellent.
I really like this show...
Cast of Monk
The first times I saw it I did not like it and now it is one of my favorites....re runs and all........ looking forward to the return of Burn Notice
I have a close relative who has a lot in common with Monk. But he still sees the humor in the show.
I also like ‘The Closer’ on TNT...
But nothing will beat Columbo....a non-technical GOTCHA...
Uh, one more thing...Have a greeat day!!
Has watching 'Monk' helped your relative?
I think perhaps she meant diligently.
YOU TOO!
LOL
I really love the early Monk episodes with Sharona. Pretty much all those episodes are good. The last couple of seasons have been hit or miss, mostly miss.
Sharona was good, and I haven’t seen her in anything else lately.
'Sharona' with the cast...
"Sure, he's a hippy. But the kind of hippy that'll break into your office, beat you up and steal your chair kind of hippy."
I liked Sharona’s character. She and Monk had more chemistry than her replacement.
Never liked Sharona. That whiney voice. Blech.
That was great...
I don’t remember her in anything before Monk either. Whoever wrote her character understood the value of a foil for the lead character.
“The Alice Cooper antique wingback chair”
Great episode!
ditto on that and also Saving Grace......
Great show!
In my quest to avoid the NEWS right now, I enjoy watching ‘NCIS’ on USA for several hours during the evening news shows...
I agree!
I especially enjoy the cast on NCIS.
We really like Burn Notice. Monk and his ilk can go at any time and that would be ok with our family.
I never saw NCIS before, but a few weeks ago I was in a hotel and for some reason an NCIS marathon must have been on. I enjoyed the cast, Harmon’s still a hunk, and the stories weren’t too bad. I don’t understand if the characters are all supposed to be Navy personnel or what - why don’t they wear uniforms? But anyway, now that I’m home, NCIS is a good way to avoid the news, especially if all the decorating shows are in repeats. : )
New episode on Nov. 28th!
I love MONK!!
Burn Notice is cool......
Tony Shaloub is a Lebanese-American Catholic.
How liberal can he be?
Detective Adrian Monk believes in such things as hand sanitizer, disinfectant spray and color-coordinated jelly beans. But does Mr. Monk believe in miracles?
Find out as a special episode of Monk arrives just in time for the holidays. Catch the premiere of "Mr. Monk and The Miracle" Friday, November 28 at 9/8C on USA.
I’ve only recently discovered Monk. I’ve really enjoyed the series. I felt bad that Sharona departed during the second season, but I went ahead and got 1&2, 4&5 at a used video place for about $20 each. I paid about $30 something at Target for a new 3rd season. It’s been enjoyable. I’ve always like Tony Shaloub (blufftoney, huh, huh, blufftoney).
Traylor Howard
I don’t know, but I know he is. Show biz.
I bought my early seasons of Monk DVD’s from Amazon.com until I started watching marathons. Now I’ve seen the rest of the shows from marathons and daily re-runs.
I like her too.
We love Monk.
The one with the little, toddler boy he had to keep for a while, is a sweet story.
And, I liked Sharona better than Natalie. But then it worked anyway.
Sad to see him go.
That was a sweet story. The Halloween trick-or-treat story was also memorable when we first learned so much about his brother and father.
Oh...you’re right. I forgot about that one. I loved the whole show.
I didn’t have to be concerned about stuff I don’t particularly care to see or hear on screen. ;-)
Monk is one of my favorites. NCIS & CSI are also up there at the top of my list of favorites.
Favorite shows are few and far between. I'm on the look-out now for them to escape Obama...
NCIS are civilians. There are not directly under Navy command. http://www.ncis.navy.mil/index.asp
Only in the sense that it helps to know that there are enough others like him that they can make a show about one of them and people understand what it's about and think it's somewhat charming. He was telling me about a scene where Monk spotted two adjacent pots of coffee, regular and and decaf, and then poured one into the other in order to get the levels even. He doesn't do anything like that (although he used to flick light switches on and off in multiples of 5) so he was able to laugh about it.
As far as Monk's fear of germs, obsessive cleanliness, not wanting other people to touch his stuff, etc., that's about the same as Monk, and just seeing the humorous aspects of it doesn't seem to improve the situation. Just watching Monk is not going to take away his dislike of touching or even being around any animals.
My relative thought it was funny that Monk made an entire trip to Mexico without once eating, drinking, or going to the bathroom. But it's entirely believable that if he had to go to Mexico he would do the same.
In the area of food and eating my relative is undoubtedly more obsessive than Monk. This is a painful subject for him as it limits his life in many ways. He doesn't really appreciate humor about his personal situation in this area. But perhaps if the humor was directed towards a fictional character it would seem funny to him.
I hope your relative can make progress in overcoming this problem. I’m sure it’s difficult for him and the entire family.
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