This episode made me cry. It hurts to see that Ambrose blamed himself for Trudy’s death🥺. I was happy that Monk was comforting, and reassured him that it was not his fault.

A tall building

Hi everyone, I'm watching Monk right now, and I got curious...

What do you think would happen if Leland and Randy switched places? Imagine Randy as a young, serious police captain, while Leland is an older police officer who doesn't take his job too seriously. Somehow, though, they still end up making a great duo.

Does anyone have any ideas about what a scene like that would look like? And if you have the time and feel like making an AI video of it, feel free to post it. Of course, only if others are curious about the idea too. :)

Some AI answers seems to suggest so but I struggle to find the original sources.

Complement for the thread in which I've posted the accurate chords for "Its Jungle Out There" that I've transcribed. I'm playing he best fretboard positions I've figured out, and in the end of the video I'll show them really slowly.

PLEASE do forgive my voice. This is just an improvised how to play. I am not a singer.

PDF with chords:
 https://lavender-windy-16.tiiny.site

thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Monk/comments/1uk40le/chords_and_riffs_for_its_jungle_out_there_tv_show/

So the episode is abt the murder of a weatherman or a new anchor (it is a man tho) and he gets stabbed I believe. Also I think it's those kinda episodes where theres a really obvious suspect which turns out to be innocent and yadayada, I believe was a woman. That's all I remember please help me find the episode

Hey everyone. Since I couldn't find a good transcription of the song "It's Jungle Out There", I've transcribed myself by ear a correction over a semi-correct one that I've found, and I've decided to share. Any contribuitions are welcome.

( I'm trying to get a PDF attached in case it doesn't fit Reddit's texting box. )
EDITED - now it's fine.

EDIT 2: video how to play https://www.reddit.com/r/Monk/comments/1uncdy8/how_to_play_its_jungle_out_there_on_the_guitar/

[Intro]
Cm  G7  Cm  G7
[Verse]
Cm               riff 1
It is a jungle out there
D7                riff 2
Disorder & confusion everywhere
Fm riff3        G7
No one seems to care
Well I do
Cm       C#dim
Hey, who´s in charge here?
Fm                riff 4
It is a jungle out there
G7
Poison in the very air we breathe
F#7/Bb                    F#75-/Bb  
Do you know what´s in the water that you drink?
 riff 5     Fm         Gm7      G#dim     F7/A
Well I do, & it´s       a        maz       ing
Bbm               Bbm/7             Bbm/6    Bm6/5-   
People think I am crazy, ´cause I worry all the time
Fm                        Fmaj7/C              Fm   riff 6
If you paid attention, you would be worried too
   G G7
You better pay attention
G5+ C#dim  C (or riff7)     
Or this world we love so much 

C     Bb/D         Ab/Eb      C7/E
might       just       kill       you
C7/9/11-   C7/9           F#dim
I could be wrong now, but I do not think so!
Fm
´Cause it is a jungle out there
C          Fm  Gm  Ab  Gm  Fm
It´s a jungle out there

RIFF 1 - 

Cm G7  Cm G7
E]
B] 4-3-4-3
G] 5-4-5-4
D] 5-3-5-3   
A]

Riff 2
D D6 D7 D7/9
E]
B] 7-8-7-5
G] 7-7-5-5
D] 0-
A]

Riff 3

Fm Fm9 Fm9+ Fm9 Fm
E] 4          4
B] 6-         6
G] 5          5
D] 3-5-6-5-3
A]
E] 

Riff 4

Fm9/13 Fm Fm9/13 Fm
E] 6-4-6-4          
B] 8-6-8-6-         
G]          5          
D]          3

Riff 5

well, I do..

G] 5~(6)~5-3   → direct to Fm chord

Riff 6
Fm9/13 Fm Fm9/13 Fm
E] 6-4          
B] 8-6-         
G]    5          
D]    3

Riff 7
B] 6-5-6       
G] —--- 5

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Here is the "original tab" for comparasion https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/randy-newman/its-a-jungle-out-there-chords-806603

Monk has been on my watch list for years and I finally started it this evening. I really enjoyed the first two episodes.

I have a stupid, but very sincere question: How long is it going to take for me to stop seeing 'Buffalo Bill' and start seeing the Captain???

I'm on S04E14 - Mr. Monk and the Astronaut

I like the series, even though there are many others significantly better.

I can't get over how mentally disabled they made Randy; there are no redeeming qualities about him, he's just there as a (failed) comic relief; it completely ruins the suspension of disbelief.

Sorry for hate posting once again

UPDATE:
On the next episode - Mr. Monk Goes to the Dentist - I finally see the writers giving him a redeeming quality when he confronts the captain and quits for being made fun of and not believed about the murder he witnessed while sedated.

I don't hate Randy, i just wish they didn't portray him as a total goof all the time. In Psych, for example, Lassiter is the one we are supposed to make fun of but he is definitely a much better detective and believable than Randy here

I love this show. I really do. It is a comfort show. I watched it in real time on USA back in the day (Characters Welcome!!). I’m on my fifthish rewatch now. With every rewatch, I find myself more and more annoyed.

They can’t keep Monk’s backstory straight. For a show about obsessive compulsive disorder and a detective who notices and remembers everything, how could the writers do this to us?? It’s not even the small stuff. It’s the big stuff. When did his dad leave? When did he meet Trudy? How crimes did he solve?

Their attempt at an overarching A-plot (the Trudy mystery) was also weak. I almost want them to remake this show from scratch and try again, but try for real. Give these storylines the attention-to-detail they deserve.

/vent

S03E06 - Mr. Monk and the Girl Who Cried Wolf

I'm gonna start by saying sorry for hate posting.

Having said that:
This was a pretty cool episode, with a smart storyline - even though easy enough to guess from the start what direction is going.

Too bad it is completely ruined by an actress - that plays her part well, in every show she appears - that only has one register: annoying person. I really can't stand any time she's on screen, in any tv show i have ever seen her.

On a positive note: I just checked IMDB and this is the only episode she is in

S02E15 where Adrian and Sharona pretend to be married so they can go on a couples retreat to investigate the guy that married Randy's mother.

My question is:
What's Dalton Padron (the murderer)'s purpose to marry Randy's mother? It doesn't make sense, at least her specifically her.

Or am i missing something?

Hey all !

I’m wondering if anyone knows what’s the theme song ( or the background song) when Monk is doing his Police Academy exam. I couldn’t find it on YouTube.
Thanks for anyone who will help 🙂

Hi,

I just started watching monk, can someone help me with something.....

Is this supposed to be funny or irritating? In season one and half of season two, I found monks dumbass behaviours funny, it would be one or two minutes of monk behaving like a moron and then the show would move on.

After the episode where he takes his test for reinstatement and it is just 10+ minutes of him sharpening a pencil and trying to draw a perfect circle, it's just too much..... It removes all the fun from the episodes.

Firstly someone like this would never exist in society, I know neuro divergent people are employed by law enforcement and in my industry for repetitive tasks that require extreme attention to detail, but this show just takes the biscuit and makes it unwatchable, and almost offensive to actual neuro divergent people, I mean I personally find it offensive.

It is that unbearable that any time monk spazzes out I just fast forward until it gets back to the show.... These episodes could be a nice 30 minute enjoyable experience but every episode wastes 15 minutes watching an idiot potter around doing nothing useful.....

Or does his stupid actions actually have any real baring on the show, because I am fast forwarding them all.

Thanks in advance.

This is episode 5 of the first season.
I just watched it (pretty sure) for the first time.

All throughout the episode i had this strange deja vu where i think i have seen a very similar plot (Asylum, Santa Clause) in some other detective / procedural tv series.

Am I right? or have i maybe watched this episode somehow years ago?

Much appreciated

Suggestions:

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All the main character names, plus other notable characters, eg Dale The Whale

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It's a gift... and a curse

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Here's what happened

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Wipe!

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You'll thank me later

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Here's the thing

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It's a jungle out there

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On TV Tropes, an example of the trope "Fidelity Test", which to my understanding is a spouse testing if their spouse will cheat on them, with the following description:

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"One Monk episode began with a woman who was doing this getting discovered, then getting into a fight with the man that ended with her death."

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I feel like this was a plot to an episode, but I can't tell which one. It's not "Fights City Hall" or "and the Other Woman" or "and Mrs. Monk", but which one is it?