thread: 2006-01-13 : Some remarks, mostly re: media
On 2006-01-13, TonyLB wrote:
For what it's worth, there is some depth in Monk, but it doesn't reveal itself in a single episode.
Basically, Monk is a broken man, in just about every way. In a given episode he is either going to rail against that and try to function normally, or he is going to accept himself and work to make a life within his limitations. I have seldom seen him do both in one show ... he's usually in one mode or another, and the character depth comes from noticing the pattern of when he is in one mode, and when another.
So, IMHO, the reason the show is fluff isn't that Monk only has those two modes ... it's that either mode is pursuing a fatal goal: the writers show no intention whatsoever of having him become more functional or more resigned to his limits in any important way, so there's no character arc.
Thanks for the reviews on Veronica Mars, folks. It's off to Netflix I go, right now.
