MonsterMonkMaven
Aug 13 2005, 04:04 PM
His wife blown up, he's cradled the dying impostor in his arms, he had a tense encounter with his wife's killer in the hospital room, he's been to countless gory crime scenes while with the police and as a private detective.
His kindness, gentleness and decency are a big part of why we admire him, but the thought crossed my mind why his years of experience haven't hardened him more?
The thick skin of Stottlemeyer or relative indifference of Disher might seem more expected from a homicide veteran.
Your thoughts?
RomanSoldier
Aug 13 2005, 04:30 PM
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His wife blown up, he's cradled the dying impostor in his arms, he had a tense encounter with his wife's killer in the hospital room, he's been to countless gory crime scenes while with the police and as a private detective.
His kindness, gentleness and decency are a big part of why we admire him, but the thought crossed my mind why his years of experience haven't hardened him more?
The thick skin of Stottlemeyer or relative indifference of Disher might seem more expected from a homicide veteran.
Your thoughts?
Monk is pretty hardened. Like when the tree fell on that one guy and all he could think about was whether or not to call that woman. He never seems to be afraid of corpses unless they trigger one of his phobias.
How do you think he is soft?
Outside_the_Box
Aug 13 2005, 06:10 PM
We really haven't seen what Monk was like as a cop before Trudy's murder. He probably was and is "hardened", like Disher said: "That's the hardest part. Getting used to it, but you get used to it".
Having said that: I don't think that the fragility the Capt. mentioned about Monk to Disher was about Monk's reaction to crime scenes, etc. I think the Capt. was talking about Monk's psyche and self-esteem -- the constant knowledge of not being on the job and on the force.
OtB
jezebeljack
Aug 14 2005, 02:53 PM
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His wife blown up, he's cradled the dying impostor in his arms, he had a tense encounter with his wife's killer in the hospital room, he's been to countless gory crime scenes while with the police and as a private detective.
the first things you mentioned have nothing whatever to do with his job. he's is emotionally engaged, very, this makes him fragile. whenever a crime or a person dead does not concern him personally, it's very easy to concentrate on the quick solution of the crime. you wouldn't react any different i suppose, at least i wouldn't. as soon as it becomes a personal matter you can't really think straight. take the latest episode, for example... adrian knew it wasn't trudy [and he knew it for a very emotional reason, namely he still hurt when looking at her gravestone] yet he couldn't help seeing trudy in the "impostor", although he knew it wasn't her. he never had the chance to say goodbye, so i guess he took this to be it, or at least some'ing very close to it.
i can fully understand his reaction, having experienced something quite similar. it was a friend of mine who died, and i couldn't cope for years. i still sometimes think i see him somewhere knowing that it can't be. my only chance is to visit the graveyard and see his headstone, as if to make sure i am still master of my senses. if someone looking like him or impersonating him, heaven forbid, crossed my way, i should react just the same. i'd probably have a nervous breakdown. i couldn't say goodbye either. i didn't even know he was dead for weeks and we parted in quarrel. but i suppose that's nothing compared to what it's like for adrian having lost his other half, which after all was the meaning of his life.
hugs
jj
bringirl2001
Aug 14 2005, 06:21 PM
I think adrian is fragile in a way-- but in a very different way he is also extremely tough-- adrian has gone though a LOT i life and he is STILL here-- so yeah he does get emotionally detached-- but MOnk is really strong- face a it a LOT of folks would have " checked out' a long time ago-- as for seeing the imposter and still relating to her as " trudy' wel maybe it was something that adrian needed to do-- to say his version of goodbye-- and the hurt he felt was for losing HIS trudy- although this waoman was not her-- for him - in that moment she WAs his trudy leaving him again--- He is fragile in some ways-- but it takes a LOT of strength to lose like he does over and over and to continue on in life-- he ahs lost trudy- his mom- his dad- his dear friend sharona--- and who knows what esle we will learn about him-- but YET he keeps on fighting to get " better"--
Raven
Aug 15 2005, 10:22 PM
That's right, he sure does have an inner core of strength he can rely on. Think of in this ep when Dr Kroger was talking to him after learning Trudy may be alive, Adrian is almost catatonic. But when Kroger says she may be in trouble, he immediatly snaps out of it and rushes to find her, even wanting no help from them. I loved the strength in his voice when he says, "This is between me and my wife".
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