IMDB has a dialog synopsis of Monk’s encounter with 6-fingers.

I was also most impressed by Monk finally changing his clothes at the end of the show. I loved that no one mentioned it. I was also glad to see Alona Tal live on as Trudy’s daughter since her character bit the dust on Supernatural last month. She had the Trudy resemblance perfect don’t to the part in the hair and the little lift at the top.

Trudy’s tape made me cry. It was so painful to watch Monk as he watched. I was surprised that they didn’t try to make Melora Hardin look younger but it didn’t really matter.

I thought the judge (awesome Craig T. Nelson) killing himself wasn’t a surprise. It was a good choice. Not just for himself going to jail with a bunch of angry men he’d sent there but also for his daughter.

I kept waiting for Stotelmyer to have a stroke running full out the way he did and when I saw that the train was going to hit the bad guy I couldn’t believe it!! Last show of the series? They could have easily killed off Monk which would have pissed me off. This caused me to truly not know which way it would go.

I hope that maybe Tony Shaloub and company will make a movie of the week once in a while, a la Columbo. I’m just not ready to go cold turkey yet.

Terrific show. Never disappointed. I’ll miss it but I’m glad they went out on top.

But was the judge really protecting his daughter at the end? I thought over it and figured maybe he just knew everything was over for him and he either had the choice of a life in prison or suicide, so he took the latter. I remember his last words, but even they seemed out of place. I feel like the writers only added them to nudge Monk to the conclusion that Trudy’s daughter was alive. After all, the judge had made no other inclination of caring for his illegitimate daughter.

… what did the 6-fingered man do?

;>

There seemed to be a drastic change in the judge’s character between parts one and two, wasn’t there? I mean, he was willing to kill anybody who would threaten his career or his life in the first episode, then in the second, he ate Monk’s gun. I didn’t quite understand that, so I agree with the former comments about it and the review.

Because Dale the Whale had been “dealt with” in another episode (the season finale with Monk being framed), I didn’t really care that he wasn’t in the series finale. All he could have done at this point is curse the fact that Monk lived happily ever after. But Ambrose should have DEFINITELY been there, and Sharona wouldn’t have been a bad addition either.

Which leads me to my next comment. . . I didn’t mind the sudden Sharona x Disher thing that much. I just hope they had more chemistry off-screen since we barely got to see any. At the same time, I wish Disher all the luck in the world with his new job because he was made the butt of so many jokes and so much ridicule throughout the years that I started to feel bad for him at some point!

I didn’t like how everyone had a happy ending though. Stottlemeyer and his Trudy moved way too fast for me. One week for a new episode was nine months and an engagement party for them, even if they turned that episode into a good mystery. And I disagreed with Natalie’s love interest, too. Not that he was a bad guy – I barely even saw him in the show – but I felt like she should have been more dedicated to the memory of her late husband. . . . Then again, I’m a romantic, so there we go.

The best “happy” moment was of Monk meeting his daughter for the first time. They locked eyes and slowly approached one another, and it was like Molly understood that it would be new, maybe a little strange, and a challenge. She was a very patient young woman, and you can tell there’s also some “Trudy” in her because of it. And Monk crying openly as they hugged. He did need it, and I’m glad he received, even if it was overly cliched for a plot-twist.

Last specific note is on Trudy’s confession. God awful. Just as cliched as most of the finale, and everything that I had expected, which is a disappointment. I’ve come to terms with usually being wrong when guessing what will happen next in a Monk episode, but when I heard what she had to say I just kept thinking to myself that she needed to stop talking for goodness sake because it was one generic soap opera line after another. Not that her plight wasn’t heartwrenching but they need to not pile it on so high. The best part of it by far is when she acknowledged Monk for how he had idealized her throughout their marriage.

^And to hikaru, it doesn’t look like anybody has responded, though I might have missed it. . . 2:18 of part one was part of the flashback of Trudy’s life with Monk and her death. Yes, the six-fingered man made an appearance, but it was in memory of the time twelve years ago when the car bombing took place.

. . . And I think that’s it.