Any other Monk fans out there?

Tony Shalhoub is such a powerful actor, so good at making Monk’s frailties and intelligence come alive. I still kind of miss Sheronda (wasn’t that her name?)--I liked her brassiness, but the new actress and her character are also beginning to grow on me. I like the glimpses into Monk’s past--the little flashbacks with his wife, the stories that involve his brother--sometimes I want to shake him, but I usually just wnt to gather Monk up in my arms and comfort him.

The mysteries are fun, too, of course. But, for me at least, they are very much secondary to getting to know Monk the man.