"How Many Guys You Got in the Back?!" | Monk

[@JJ_R]

That shot really was lucky! Not only did Monk hit his intended target, but he somehow managed to simply _graze_ the head, rather than kill him with a headshot!

[@dmf1301]

Monk used to be a cop. He knows how to fire a weapon - just because he has OCD and is a major germaphobe doesn't mean he can't do ANYthing!

[@BeginswithPIE]

@@dmf1301 You greatly underestimate how disorienting sudden darkness is. Also he wasn't in a proper shooters stance.

[@dmf1301]

@@BeginswithPIE That's not always true. The dark might be disorienting to YOU, but not everyone experiences the same sensory experiences as everyone else. Some people far prefer the darkness. Monk is very likely to be one of those people - given what we know about his character.

[@BeginswithPIE]

@@dmf1301 "not everyone experiences the same sensory experiences as everyone else" That is mostly not true. We've hooked up enough people to brain scans to know that same signals are received in mostly the same way, bare unusual cases. The disorientation involved in suddenly going from somewhere with light to pitch darkness is a part of human biology, like vertigo. Yeah, some people can psychologically handle it better than others, but the experience of having your eyes rapidly trying to readjust causes you to lose your center of gravity and human beings are wired to use sight to judge distance and angles. The episode where Monk goes temporarily blind shows that he can't judge distances well enough to even navigate his house without the assistance of sight. Guy just got lucky.

[@dmf1301]

@@BeginswithPIE Well I can tell you from experience that is just rubbish. Sensory overload disorder is something I have, where I react to sensory stimulation differently to the average person because I'm autistic. Monk was quite possibly autistic, too - the character was written for a time period when that was not well known about, but 20 years later, I can say it's definitely a possibility, even if the writers didn't intend that. Sensory overload in autistics can make them shut down, yes... but it can also work the other way. Did you know some people's senses can be ENHANCED due to stimulation? Their senses can function much better for them than in their usual state. It's very common for people on the autism spectrum to also have sensory issues, which is why I use that example... but it's not exclusive to autistics. People who don't have autism at all can also have enhanced or decreased sensory reactions. You truly don't know what the human brain is capable of. The possibilities are infinite, and even scientists who study the brain would never ever claim to know absolutely everything - there is just so much more potential than anyone could even guess! Not that I'm saying scientists don't know what they're doing, by the way. I'm saying they don't know everything because there's too much information as yet unknown, not because they're stupid or don't know what they're doing at all. I champion scientists who study all this stuff and give this knowledge to me - and the world. The brain is so fascinating to me. Truly. :)

[@ShadowDemon_4]

I love how Monk gets passed his fears for the sake of his friends.

[@machinmon.]

It's spelled past

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

For me, the most brilliant bit comedically starts at 3:10 where we see Monk lay a hand wipe down on the rung of the ladder. That's the set up. Then five seconds later the camera pulls back to show us the larger picture: a trail of hand wipes, one on each rung, and alternating in an orderly way, left-right-left-right. That's the magic moment.

[@chanchito4401]

This scene directly continues from the scene titled "You Were The Only One Who Pointed" just so anyone who isn't aware knows so they can watch it

[@hayhay9844]

“How could I have missed him he’s King Kong” 😂

[@globbyakaweirdjellyguy954]

1:56 Smooth moves right there.😉 I love how honestly worried Monk is about Sharona.😊❤️

[@hannahhamilton1886]

Adrian going down the stairs, while holding a wipe, in the sewer, "Adrian, hurry up, and help me, he's got me"

[@RobinBobcat]

"He's, uh, got my gun?" That *look*.

[@davee6878]

"Who does she think she is?!" Monk: "Lois Lane." Does this mean Monk sees himself as Superman?!

[@Aurasoul.]

Or the poor camera guy that Lois drags to almost every dangerous situation XD

[@YouTubeallowedmynametobestolen]

@@Aurasoul. Jimmy Olsen?

[@randomfullywonderful]

😆Monk's not that arrogant. It means earlier in the episode she described herself as feeling that way when she's by Monk's side solving crime... but I think she said that to her date, not to Monk, so... maybe Monk thinks she's going rogue, but he'd never think of himself as superman.

[@name2.040]

Like how he aims to grab Randy’s gun all slick 1:53

[@sanddagger36]

Both sharona and natalie try to follow criminals by themselfs and they always need to be rescued by monk. despite the fact that he has compulsions, he is still a trained police officer and is better and taking down criminals than they are.

[@azkabhatti2887]

2:58 would make a good meme 😂

[@h.a.s.7612]

0:28 "He's leaving. I'm gonna follow him." *WHY?*

[@Hamstray]

"what's next for you mister monk?" buying new shoes i guess

[@michaeledmunds7056]

And every wipe in the store

[@richa.s9912]

A pair of new pants 👖 and jacket 🧥 and a headband waterproof sweatproof head flashlight.

[@richa.s9912]

Oh ya new pair of waterproof sweatproof socks 🧦.

[@rtpoe]

A very long shower.

[@davepowder4020]

Careful, Monk! He's a Cylon!!!

[@waynewright5023]

🙄😒.. Umm...."Sykes" was in a different building across from Sharona..🤔🤔

[@sackettfamily4685]

I wouldn't have ever gone into that sewer!

[@keithbannister9271]

You wouldn't go into the sewer? Sure am glad you aren't my friend!!! 🤔

[@Lariel172]

@@keithbannister9271 You know....they COULD be talking about Sharona going into the sewer to follow the murderer and saying they wouldn't do that.

[@reneshay889]

More clips please!!!

[@MormonScape2010]

Poor brave guy. Lol. He probably had to shower for hours after that.

[@whyphy2213]

6:25 this part always confused me. It looks like Monk and Sharona size shrink and they are toy like.

[@DomWeasel]

The snowmen are big. But the actors, are far away... Big. Far away...

[@sully9080]

Umm, the sewer chemicals shrunk them. I mean, duh.

[@randomfullywonderful]

I think the snowmen ornaments are just giant in size.

[@TheShiningEnergy]

i thought the smile at the end would signify that this series would be him slowly getting over his fears. I was wrong.

[@ryansoloman9137]

When monk took the shot that what I call a calculate risk and shot1😂

[@only257]

Excellent 🎉

[@PS-bs8oe]

So sad, Miss Sharona deserves the métal, attention and whole lot. She's investigator, solver, victim...

[@lukacunningham342]

Fun Fact: a cut scene shows Gavin shooting Sikes, just to explain the “contract dispute” Monk joked about

[@estebanaurelio2447]

that scene confused me, i thought he had died. but then it magically appears at the end. It was weird 

[@julieoluna8887]

I find it rather ridiculous that the guy didn't hear the radio in an empty big building and what was the lady planning to do once she caught up with him?! 🙄

[@roundcore]

The producer should have made the character monk wear gloves. When Covid was going around I had five pairs of gloves and washed them once a week.

[@johns9652]

So what did you do Saturday and Sunday?

[@aimeepollock2943]

This has to be the stupidest thing Sharona did. I can understand trailing from a distance to give the cops a better lead. But the second she went into that tunnel she essentially walked into the murder woods like an idiot.

[@joshuaengleman1131]

# 72!!! WHOOOOOOOOO.... DOGGY!!! 🤘🤘🤘

[@depresso9534]

I know it's a movie but cops would have off their sirens bcoz the shooter doesn't know the cops know where he is!!

[@arielg7000]

OMG NO WAY

[@dwayne601]

I haven't been keeping up but I really hope this wannabe-hero-when-I-told-you to-stay-put trope is retired by now

[@MrLego3160]

well the show ended over a decade ago, so no worries.

[@dwayne601]

@@MrLego3160 it's a trope which means dozens of shows use it so no, it could still be alive

[@MrLego3160]

@@dwayne601 oh you're against the entirety of fiction, so no, it's not gone away and it's never going away.

[@dwayne601]

@@MrLego3160 ok I'll take that answer 😂