Monk was a great tv series. It ended, as far as I recall, and that's fine. But clearly someone decided to dip back into that well, and so we get a Last Case.
Monk is not doing well, and plans on joining his wife. However, Molly is about to get married but her husband-to-be dies and she gets Monk to get involved. And we all know who the guy is. [The movie isn't subtle, the chap is a Jeff Bezos stand in.]
Who is Molly you might ask? Apparently Trudy knew her, but... I have no idea who she is. The only kid in the series was Natalie's, but that was way after Trudy died (Natalie was what... third season?), so... just agree that this character was a major part of Adrian and Trudy's backstory and move on.
We get the team back together, Natalie, Randy, and Stottlemeyer (Sharon has a cameo). Aside from the emotional beats with Monk on the verge of moving on, this is a fairly standard story. The bad guy is obvious, and the method of the death was fairly obvious too (although it is revealed way late). The ending moment is a nice touch and... is there going to be a new series? I doubt it, but the set up is there.
It's nice to be back with the crew, and this should be enough to get me to go back to watch the series, but I'm good. Nice to revisit, but no need to stay here.
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