This episode shows Monk's true personality, unfortunately.
He has been showing it more and more through the years. Openly insulting Natalie, making her carry heavy boxes, then saying that he was helping her carry them when someone called, when he wouldn't even open the door for her! Insulting her. Telling her she doesn't matter and is surprised when she thinks she does.
He shows himself to be rude, cruel, insensitive, uncaring, self-serving and self involved, and someone that you couldn't pay me enough to be around.
Natalie was spunky in the first episodes of her time with Monk. Where did that person go? She should have put him in his place at least ten times per episode.
I used to like Monk, but just because he lost his wife to an unknown murderer is no excuse to treat anyone like that.
I'm sure that having OCD doesn't make you completely self involved and cruel.
He couldn't have been crueler in this episode, even after Stotlemeyer told him that he was going to lose her if he didn't knock it off.
I'm sick of him and his bad behavior. All those years of therapy and he is getting worse.
This POS character is doing a disservice to mental illnesses.