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I think Trudy is really dead, Craig T Nelson's character confessed to having murdered her (Coach did it!). They did a "trudy might be alive" episode a few seasons ago and it would be really lame to come back now and say she's been alive all this time.

Since Monk already knows he is too damaged to ever be a police officer again (he resigned after the first day on the job when he got his badge back after striving for it for over 12 years!), the best way to end the show is to put him out of his misery - but only after he gets resolution to Trudy's murder, and his own murder.

That would be an ideal ending to the show, but because modern-day fans are so whiny, emotional, and overly effeminate, I don't think the writers have the guts to actually kill off Monk. So here's what will happen: Monk will live long enough to solve Trudy's murder and in doing so, they will find the exact poison so they can give him the right antidote in time to save him. Long live Monk for future TV movies.

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I thought Randy implied that there was not enough time to reverse the poison by analyzing the components in the dead guy's hotel room, but if they could find the source then they'd be able to do something. Anyway, that's my guess: they'll discover it's in the wipes and Monk will survive to realize the reason that they wanted him dead links the birthing center doctor and Trudy and he'll solve both cases. His brush with death will be closure from his grieving and he'll be able to truly move on and enjoy life, as indicated by his speech to his therapist in part 1 about having wasted all that time being obsessive.

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I FEEL DOWN IN MY HEART THAT HIS WIFE IS DEAD AND HE KNOWS IT. IS A TYPE OF GUY THAT HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND HE WILL GET THROUGH THIS AND HE WILL FIND THE KILLER. I FEEL THAT WHEN HE FINDS THE KILLER LET HIM HAVE IT AND THIS WAY HE WILL NOT BE RUNNING THE STREETS.

THANK YOU
HANK

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I FEEL THAT HE KNOWS HIS WIFE IS NOT ALIVE AND THAT IS WHAT IS KEEPING HIM GOING. I FEEL THAT HE IS STRONG ENOUGH AND HE WILL NOT DIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!
I FEEL HE WILL FIND THE KILLER AND WHEN HE DOES LET HIM KILL THE KILLER, THIS WAY HE IS NOT RUNNING THE STREETS.

THANK YOU
HANK

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Well, don't forget that this not The Sopranos, it's basically a kids show, or if you prefer a Family show. I think it would be extremely out character for them to kill off Monk, even if it is the final episode.

They just aren't that clever or that daring on the show -- that's not an insult because they aren't aiming for it to be.

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Just don't read the blurb about Monk in the Entertainment Weekly this week. It will tell you exactly how Monk ends. Argh.

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Anna: no he gave his badge back after he almost got killed on the hanging scaffold high up on the side of the building. Yeah he didn't like having to start off at the bottom, but that was a given coming back to the force after 12 years and he understood that and accepted that. He realized that while he may have been able to handle the dangers of the job before Trudy died, he is no longer able to deal with those dangers now on a day to day basis. I found that very disappointing... that he'd give up on his dream job so quickly. All he's ever wanted is to get back on the force. The job didn't change - Monk did.

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The poison was put in the wipes. They'll figure that out and eventually be able to determine exactly which strain it is and get the antidote.

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I'm glad that you asked. I think that Trudy is alive and has been in the Witness Protection Program all this time. After they arrest the bad guy who was responsible for the bombing, she will be able to go home again and be with Monk. They will live happily ever after, or until USA does a Monk movie. Doesn't Monk deserve a happy ending?

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It wouldn't surprise me at all if the whole series didn't turn out to be a character's narrative therapy.

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My guess?

Trudy's not dead, she's been in witness protection. The judge will turn out to be a good guy, who originally set-up Trudy entering the witness protection program. Monk being "poisoned" is actually a ruse to finally draw out the real killer. At first it will appear to have worked, but at the last minute he'll somehow escape. Monk and Trudy will have to go into witness protection, this time together, both 'dead' as far as the outside world knows (The writers get to have their cake and the fans get to eat it too :)).

The final scene will be Monk promising Trudy to swear off his OCD ways, but the closing shot will, of course, be something, dirty silverware, a crooked picture, pens on a desk, that Monk has "fixed."

I'm not a Monk fan, just watching the finale, so that's probably the biggest WAG you'll see on this. :)

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I hope Trudy is alive. I hope Monk solves her "murder" and then they can be together. This isn't a logical ending based on past episodes that contained clues to her murder. For me, Monk is more than a mystery drama/comedy. There is always that true love story in the background. I want true love to prevail.

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Of course we all know Trudy was put in witness protection and is now a single mom in Scranton, PA... it's just a question of how Monk will find out.

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It could turn out that the whole series was just some weird dream that his character on Wings was having ;)

Beats having him die...

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What's so offensive about having Monk die? Can you people not handle any sadness, even fake fictional TV sadness? Why are happy endings required for modern american audiences? Aside from it being a sad but very effective and meaningful way to wrap up the series, it also makes the names of the last two episodes ("Mr. Monk and the End") slightly less lame, as "the end" can refer to his life as well as the show.

At the end of the day, the only ending that would really piss me off would be an ambiguous "Sopranos" ending where we don't know whether Monk lives or dies. THAT would piss me off.

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