You're right! Good eye!

Here's a big question. In "On The Run PT. 2, Adrian and Natalie take Rollins' car. Natalie obviously left hers at the car wash. They still have Rollins car at Folsom prison, visiting Dale but when they arrive in Riverton, CA they have Natalie's car again. Surely they didn't go back to Nevada just to get her car before going to stop a boming in Riverton. There would have been no time!!

Monkwriter, you can always (usually) get pictures from Google Image Search or IMDb page for the actor:
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I noticed this car problem in On the Run pt. 2 also. Monk says to take Rollin's car so he can't get away. Then you see them going through Rollin's things, which they could have done at a rest stop. The only thing that makes sense to me is if they each drive a car.

I like this thread. You are all very observant.

Also, Natalie's character is portrayed as someone who had a hard time getting paid for her services by Mr. Monk. Earlier in the episode, they were arguing about whether her night of reorganizing his drawer was work or fun and the fact that Monk still owed her $1,800. Despite all that, however, did you notice immediately after the Audi commercial ran during the show, the next scene was Natalie and Monk sitting in a 2008 Audi A8? This is about an $80,000 car and a fairly big move from a Jeep Grand Cherokee! Apparently, Natalie's got some money coming in from somewhere!

I'm sorry but this is just plain nit-picking. Audi has chosen to use Monk as their way of advertising their line of vehicles. Any implication that Natalie can't afford one beats all logic since this isn't about whether Natalie is an heiress or not. It's Audi's way of getting their vehicles seen by over a million people who watch this series, the advertising pays the actors salaries.

Why is this always such a big deal when a car company picks up advertising on this series...everyone should know it has nothing to do with Natalie's income from Monk or her families money, it's all about getting Audis advertised on a very popular series.

You're also an encouragable shipper.

I'm not sure if Monk has changed, if TS has just not totally gotten into the role yet, or if the writers just haven't given him a whole lot of opportunities to be Monkish yet -- I'm waiting to decide, but he does seem a little different -- a little more in control. I kind of like it.

But weighing in on the "going all the way" issue -- I think it was totally in-character to say. I'm a little younger than Monk, but there was a lot of pressure in school to be sexually active. Anyone who wasn't was a prime candidate for mocking. I'd imagine Monk was exactly that -- for that reason and many others. I think the inner child in Monk just wanted his old classmates to know that he had 'caught up' -- and he would have used the euphemism commonly used in his teen years. Monk is a genius in many ways, and a child in many others. In dating and sexuality, his maturity level is probably closer to a teen's than a 49 year old.

I was actually a little more surprised that he now uses the word sex -- he didn't seem to at the beginning of the show -- and now he uses it inappropriately -- throwing it in front of words like affair, lover, and prostitute. (In comparison, I've never heard my very Monkish husband use the word at all -- and we've been married for 22 years)

If I may, I'd like to revisit the Trudy death continuity thing. I couldn't find the previous conversation. Anyway, In Genius, Monk said Trudy couldn't speak and Leland said he was there. However, in Mrs. Monk, when Natalie asked Leland if he was there when Trudy died, he said no. He got there an hour later and then he told Natalie she talked to a paramedic before she died. Continuity? It doesn't match with the rest of the story.
By the way, How do I get a new thread on this topic going? Is it the new topic button? I have a Cobra continuity issue. Still learning the forum. Thanks Bflo!

I think that Trudy could speak but only for a few minutes...she told "Bread and Butter" to the paramedic but when Monk got there she couldn't speak. As I remember from the Genius episode Monk said " I got there almost too late"
I also think that Leland wasn't with Monk and Trudy in the hospital. Trudy probably died in the way to hospital or in the hospital few minutes later. What Leland meant by that he got there an hour later could meant that he got to the hospital when Trudy was...you know...dead. Monk and Leland probably arrived to the crime scene (to the parking garage) when the paramedics were taking Trudy to the hospital and then Monk just run to her and she couldn't speak so she took Monk hands in hers and Leland witnessed it. Leland as the Captain (I think he was Monks boss already) must've stayed on the crime scene to help everything secure...and then he arrived to the hospital...(an 1 hour later)

I hope you understand what I mean and how I see the Trudy's story continuity....
From my point of view everything is ok with the continuity...everything match perfectly...at least for me...
If something still doesn't match for you please let me know

This makes sense to me -- I only have one minor qualm about this as the scenario --

If Monk held her hand, and was with her when she died, how could he have been convinced for an hour and a half that she was alive in Mrs. Monk?

Oh, well... it's television.

I suppose Monk may have ridden in the ambulance, but had been separated at the hospital?

This makes sense to me -- I only have one minor qualm about this as the scenario --

If Monk held her hand, and was with her when she died, how could he have been convinced for an hour and a half that she was alive in Mrs. Monk?

Oh, well... it's television.

I suppose Monk may have ridden in the ambulance, but had been separated at the hospital?

Just my thoughts here but to me putting Monk in the flamboyant purple suit was paying tribute to the boxing theme of the episode. Boxers often wear flamboyant colors as their signature so purple would be Monk's sissy color. As for his athletic skills, he was asked to pass a pysical exam and Adrian has problems when he is confronted with doing something so normal. His anxiety gets in his way when he has to think about doing something but when he is just tossed into a situation, like he was when he spotted the hitman with the rifle, he doesn't have time to think and just reacts.

As for the whole was Monk there when Trudy died scenario; since each episode is written by a different writer I think they should have a 'Trudy timeline' they use to keep the Trudy facts consistent. It would sure make it a lot easier on all of us.