Monk in Syndication

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Recently I’ve taken up watching U.S.A. Network after my daily dose of melodrama. I used to watch the news, but that’s become way too depressing for me. At any rate, Monk is now on from 4 to 6 and I have to say I really love that show. I sometimes watch it on Friday nights, but usually forget until the second showing late at night. By then I’m half asleep, so I don’t get through the whole thing. It’s a hilarious show, but sometimes Monk just seems so sad.

Today poor Monk was promised a reinstatement if he helped with an FBI investigation. The feds thought the mob had something to do with a hit of some sort (I missed that part) and the boss wanted Monk to come work for him. The FBI convinced Monk to do it, which was when they promised his reinstatement. The agent was hanging around in his Adidas golf shirt through the whole episode, generally being a pest. Monk did all the work, of course, and in the end found the real killer. It turned out that the killer didn’t have any mob ties and, in fact, only killed the victims because they were trying to stop him from stealing a gumball machine (he’d hidden 5 rare pennies inside and was trying to get them back). Monk figured it out, of course, but not without messing all kinds of things up in the process (as is his style). Then he was told he failed in his mission and there would be no reinstatement.

The sad part was at the end. Monk and Captain Stottlemyer were talking about Monk getting the agent back for breaking the deal. He said that the two FBI vans were loaded unevenly and that he wasn’t going to tell the feds. This, for some reason, was his revenge. After Stottlemeyer walked away, Monk looked very sad and seemed almost to be crying. It’s kind of like watching the Trix rabbit almost getting his prize, but always having it yanked out from under him. I never did think that was funny.

Friday new episodes of Monk are coming back on. I’m looking forward to it this time, because I’ve decided that Monk is way more entertaining than Moonlight (especially after last week).

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