What are some ideas for the finale of Monk that would have absolutley NO CHANCE of ever, ever, ever happening?

Here is my scenario.

Trudy has been alive all these years. 12 years ago Trudy decided to fake her own death so she could pursue her lifelong dream of becomong a criminal mastermind. For the next 12 years Trudy went to various cities across Europe, commitng serial murders. The only thing the killings had in common is that Trudy personally challenged the best detective in each cith to find her, so far all had failed.

Now Trudy believes that she is finally ready to go one on one with her husband. She arrives in San Francisco shortly before Sharona arrives to file a lawsuit. Trudy stalks her for a couple of days before shooting her, in broad dayight, as Sharona is leaving her hotel. Monk is immediatley called in and quickly concludes that Sharonas death is related to that of his wife. But nothing else comes of it, there is no evidence that points them to the killer. A few days later Monk recieves a package. Inside the package are crime scene pictures including the murder of Sharona. A note lists the various detectives that Trudy has bested and says "One assisstant down, for Ms. Teegers sake, I hope you're better at this than they were". At that moment his phone rings, it's the captain. "Monk, I'm sending Randy to get you right now, we need you immediatley". "What is it Captain" Monk asks "Natalie, she's been kidnapped".

Monk and Randy arrive at the scene. According to The Captain, Natalies car had been forced off the road and crashed into a tree. Security cameras then caught a woman forcing Natalie into a van at gun point. Unfortunatly the camera never picked up the Womans face.

Natalie wakes up to find herself chained to the wall of an abandoned warehouse. After she was forced into the van, the woman hit her in the head, knocking her out. The woman looked very familiar to Natalie, but there is no way it could have been who she thought it was. "Goodmorning sleepyhead" says Trudy "I thought you might never wake up". Natalie can not believe her eyes, she wasn't mistaking, Trudy Monk was her attacker. "YOU!!". "Me." replied Trudy, "now, lets make this look good. I have a message for my dear husband and I want it to keep him up for a while"...

It has been two days since Natalies kidnapping and Monk is no closer to finding her or the kidnapper. He is distraught with worry and can not think clearly. That day he recieves another package. This one contains a photo of Natalie, alive but clearly in pain. She has been tortured. A note says "Three days Adrian". Monk knows he needs to find out where Natalie is soon or she'll be dead.

Monk examines the crime tape and the photo for two days without any luck, then finally he notices something in the background. Natalie was being held in a warehouse. Not just any warehouse, but the same house in which the first murder he ever solved had been committed. Monk tells the captain that he knows where Natalie is and he, the captain and Randy race to the warehouse.

They arrive at the warehouse and find Natalie bound to a wall. The Captain quickly unties her. Monk asks "Natalie, are you alright? Who is it?" Natalie doesn't know how to say it. If Monk knew that Trudy was a cold blooded killer it would destroy him. Just then two shots ring out, The captain and Randy are hit. "Hello honey" says Trudy stepping out from her hiding place. "I've missed you".

Monk can't believe his eyes. Trudy was dead, or at least she was supposed to be. "Don't you have anything to say to me Adrian?" she asks "lost for words I see... well I'd love to chat but" Trudy shoots Natalie in the knee. "But Natalie has a show to do on the Golden Gate Bridge and if we don't hurry we'll miss the rush hour." Monk can't move. This was Trudy, the woman he loved, the woman he mourned over for twelve years and now she was standing right in front of him. "Why" asks Natalie "Trudy why are you doing this". "I'm doing this because I love my husband and I want to be a supportive wife. Adrian is brilliant and needs cases that will challenge him or else he won't feel fulfilled".

Monk watches as Trudy tries to force Natalie he van. He can't move, he is watching the love of his life forcing a woman he has also grown to love into the trunk of a car. He couldn't do it anymore... "Trudy! Stop!" Trudy turns to him and smiles "Oh Adrian, it's lovely to hear your voice again". "I'm serious Trudy" Monk pulls out a gun and points it at Trudy. "You're not killing her, this ends right now". "Sorry dear" Trudy says placing her own gun against Natalies head, "But thats where your wrong". Monk stares hard at them. "Trudy, I loved you! You murdered my first love, but you won't do it again" "Try stopping me, we all know you won't" Trudy replies. With that Monk fires and hits Trudy in the center of her forehead killing her. He rushes to Natalies side kisses her and says "So... how 'bout it".

Actually, I could see this scenario happening, except instead of Trudy being the one who kidnaps Natalie, perhaps the person who killed Trudy would go try to hurt/kill/kidnap her.


I'm new here, incidentally, and I am so glad to be at this awesome forum

ProfessorA., that's a very exciting but also very improbable ending - well done.
But I also rather thought of an outcome as AnnieB. talked about it. If so, then Trudy won't be back (how could she, without having eyes??) but anybody else would be Nat's kidnapper.
No really, I can actually imagine a plot like that - but not with Trudy being the killer. But the "Judge".

If anybody is interseted, I started writing a fan fiction based on this premis and the first chapter is on fanfiction.net right now. I never thought I'd write a fan fiction, but I had an idea so I thought what the heck.

The title of the story is "Game On".

Haha I like that even tho there's no chance of it ProfessorAwesome...its awesome lol.

I think theres no chance that:

Trudy will be alive.
Mitch will be alive.
Stottlemeyer, Randy, or Natalie will be the killer.
Monk will die.
The killer will escape.
Or that we'll ever see Monk making out with anyone....ewwwww...LOL

But I agree with the others that it would be an interesting turn of events for Trudy's killer try to kidnap or hurt Natalie to get at Monk.

End it so the mantage of fans with all of their sometime colliding aspirations will all be happy.

KF

Did you make Trudy kill off Randy and captain???

i think trudy wasn't killed i think she had to change her i dentity and she will come back at the end of the season
or...
stalemare killed truity???
i wonder whats gonna happen but i don't want thr season to end though...

A Stale mare? WOW, I never thought of that. Poor Truity