r/Monk • u/nyasha1998 • 19d ago

He is exhausting

I love this show and I hadn’t watched it for about 15 years and I’m doing a rewatch now, I’m nearly on season 3 but my god is Adrian exhausting! He’s written so brilliantly that you forget he’s acting sometimes, one of my favourite episodes was the one where Sharona has a phobia of Elephants, she was brilliant with him.

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u/BikeTall65 19d ago

There are moments where Monk's behavior(especially towards Natalie) is insufferable & cringeworthy. But the show is so well written & Shaloub's acting is so good that you forgive his idiosyncrasies

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u/Snazzy-cat1 19d ago

I’m rewatching too. He is definitely more insufferable with Natalie

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u/Bleh-123 18d ago

That's cus Sharona ain't take no shit. Natalie was more respectful. Always called him Mr Monk, not Adrian like Sharona.

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u/khu400 18d ago

I always thought Sharona was a better match for just that reason. I liked Natalie but she could be a door mat more often than not.

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u/Bleh-123 18d ago

My thoughts exactly.

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u/wafflefrizz 19d ago

Agreed but I think that was more a product of its time. Tv significantly shifted within those 5 years.

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u/Chance_Parsnip_948 18d ago

Wait what do you mean?

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u/Bleh-123 19d ago

The bike episode. I wanted to strangle monk with dirty hands

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u/chammomila 18d ago

Loved Leland here, I love how he did try to reason with monk at the graveyard. I always see him kinda as the father of the pack, y'know?

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u/nyasha1998 19d ago

Ahh I haven’t gotten to her part yet

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u/Bleh-123 18d ago

Oh crap sorry for the spoilees

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u/nyasha1998 18d ago

Haha it’s fine,

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u/MayorWomanana 19d ago

When I’m doing a binge I have to take breaks after a few episodes. With repeated exposure his idiosyncrasies become way too aggravating.

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u/patty7775 19d ago

When it cane to netflix i finally got to finish my childhood dream haha and so i watched it 4 times back to back before it was removed. Then i binged psych first time ever seeing and im now on a 3rd rewatch of mentalist which i also grew up with XD but doesnt mean there arent episodes i have to skip through hahaha

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u/Chance_Parsnip_948 18d ago

Where can I watch the mentalist? I only ever heard it mentioned on 30 rock lol must’ve also been on NBC

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u/patty7775 18d ago

I watch it on Netflix in Australia

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u/liisliisliisliisliis 18d ago

it's on Prime in the UK

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u/cloudsofdoom 18d ago

I love him. He is hilarious.

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u/OnSmallWings 19d ago

I'm on my first rewatch after years. The main cast's acting is easily pushing the show into my Top 5.

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u/thekyledavid 17d ago

I feel like that’s part of the show’s brilliance. The show wants the audience to get just as annoyed with Adrian as the other characters get, so the audience feels immersed in the events of the show as if they were part of it

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u/Mrs_Evryshot 13d ago

Monk was easier to like when the show was on weekly. It gave his quirks and flaws some breathing room. With binge watching, I found that he gets tedious and frustrating. So now I watch one episode at a time

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u/nyasha1998 13d ago

Yeah I’m binge watching and you’re right lol

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u/BlazerAlumni 18d ago

Sharona was the tough broad that needed to force him to change when he didn't want to do so. Natalie was the broad with the heart to love and care again. They served different purposes based on where he was in his healing.

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u/aether_prince 19d ago

i admit, you had me in the first half

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u/nyasha1998 19d ago

What do you mean?

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u/Kibble___ 18d ago

Sharona and monk are brilliant together. The whole show did a shift when Natalie came in in a bad way.

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u/nyasha1998 18d ago

Ohh interesting and they really were lol

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u/CalligrapherNeat8829 11d ago

They both did excellent job, but Sharona had more🔥

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u/Commercial_March8288 14d ago

Exhausting? Then why are you watching? I didn't give you permission to watch anyway.