#it is wild to me that my favorite tv dad co-wrote my most loathed tv dad like what are the odds

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I thought my opinion on the episode where Monk meets his dad might have softened after all these years, but nope it is still absolutely infuriating. Like this guy ditches his family basically because he was tired of them (and the show makes it clear this abandonment had a profound effect on Adrian [who was 8 at the time] and his mother and brother) and then calls up his son for the first time like 40 years later solely to get out of jail, proceeds to act like a dismissive jerk the whole episode talking about his other son from his second family the whole time, gets angry and blames Adrian and his brother's mental disorders for why he ditched them when they were kids, and then just barely apologizes for anything and we're supposed to be okay with all that because he teaches Adrian to ride a bike at the end. Like it is just as frustrating as I remembered it. Like I cannot believe Greg Universe co-wrote this.

#artie thoughts #monk #monk tv #monk series #literally what is the best tag for this show? #the 'monk' tag is mostly just dnd monks lol #Adrian is a better man than me becauae I would have killed Jack immediately when it was clear he just wanted to get out of jail #it is wild to me that my favorite tv dad co-wrote my most loathed tv dad like what are the odds #that said I do get the impression there were mixed feelings on how sympathetically they wanted to portray his dad #most episodes are not sympathetic at all but this one was just ugh #i get that episodes like this are often fix-it fics for the writer's own messed up parents and i understand that #but it is still maddening to watch lol #i'm glad they never really brought his dad back after that