Monk
Mr. Monk and the End (2)
TV Flash files “Mr. Monk and the End (2)” as a desk essential hour — Monk (2002–2009) on USA, season 8, episode 16, aired 2009-12-04, 60 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S08E16: listed hour 124 of 124 in the Monk guide, last listed hour of season 8. It aired 2009-12-04 (60 min). The listed hour before it is “Mr. Monk and the End (1)” (S08E15). No later hour is listed in this guide.
Essential hour: “Mr. Monk and the End (2)”. Mr. Monk and the End (2) is the two-part closer — Emmy pathos billed, the grief he could not close finally given a last case number.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
A videotaped clue from Trudy provides Monk with the clues he needs to solve her murder - but he has very little time to catch her killer while finding out what poisoned him.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Mr. Monk and the End (2) sit in the Monk guide?
S08E16 is listed hour 124 of 124 — last listed hour of season 8, season 8 episode 16.
When did Monk S08E16 air?
Mr. Monk and the End (2) aired 2009-12-04 and is listed at 60 minutes.
Is Monk a joke about OCD?
No. Tics are treated as method, not a running gag at the detective's expense. Humor and pathos: he solves it between panics, and the grief does not close.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Tony Shalhoub's Adrian Monk wipes down the crime scene in his head, then solves it between panics and a grief he cannot close. Monk is USA's gentle-procedural mascot — feel-good mystery, Emmy pathos, and tics treated as method, not a running gag at the detective's expense.
Adrian Monk wipes the crime scene down in his head before the camera finishes the establishing shot. That is the silhouette: Tony Shalhoub in USA's gentle-procedural tailoring, OCD as method rather than a gag at the detective's expense, grief for Trudy as the garment he never takes off. Andy Breckman's Monk (2002–2009) is feel-good mystery with Emmy pathos — Bitty Schram's Sharona, Traylor Howard's Natalie, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine's Stottlemeyer, Stanley Kamel — tics treated as craft. Multiple Emmys for…
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