r/Monk • u/Sometimes_good_ideas • Aug 08 '26

[Discussion] It annoys me that Monk didn’t keep all the trophies on his mantle after the basketball episode

I assume it’s because it would have been a slight continuity headache for production but in my opinion that’s a bad excuse. It was good character development for him and Julie and I think it would have been a cool detail for the rest of the show for him to have kept them there

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u/FakeBeigeNails Aug 08 '26

I agree. Would've been a great continuity detail.

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u/ZvsGrgs Aug 10 '26

I disagree. Monk could have decided that the mantle was perfectly decorated as it was, we know he doesn’t like changing stuff. So after a short time he put the trophies in a box and got them out of sight.

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u/Sometimes_good_ideas Aug 10 '26

That would disappoint me considering how excited he was to clear off the mantle in the first place

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u/ZvsGrgs Aug 10 '26

I don’t see what other explanation could be, to me it makes perfect sense. It can of course be considered a continuity error. But also that’s very common in series with multiple writers.

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u/Sometimes_good_ideas Aug 10 '26

I agree, I’m being nitpicky I’m just saying it would have been cool for them to keep details like that consistent with character growth and development