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Damn, apart from Shaloob she was the best thing on the show.
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Shalhoub....him too...
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No way this is a good thing. With the rest of the cast staying the same, a new character is going to have to perform Sharona's function without seeming an obvious substitute. I'm sure it's been done well at some point on some show, but I can't actually recall an example.
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How about when Na'Toth on Babylon 5 got replaced with different actresses in the early seasons of B5?
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Bring back the black nurse from a few episodes ago.
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Yeah, I never saw it as anything but a fairly lighthearted yet satiric comedy show with a little Hardy Boys mystery thrown in for good measure.
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Law & Order and M*A*S*H are two examples of shows that got better or at least didn't lose ground with major character changes. The obviously better example from B5 was Michael O'Hare's replacement by Bruce Boxleitner. Over-all most people (including the rest of the cast) agreed that that change was an improvement. Night Court didn't hit its stride until Markie Post joined the cast. NYPD Blue survived the loss of two leads and the promotion of the original "quirky second banana" to leading man and did just fine, thanks.
I wouldn't go into full-blown "the sky is falling" mode until I see who replaces Sharona and how. Shaloub's Monk himself is the heart and sould of the show. It can probably survive the loss of just about anyone except him. Frank Burns made a pretty good butt for Pierce's jokes, but he was less a character than a comic device. When Charles Emerson Winchester III was added to the cast he was a genuine comic foil for Pierce who could give as good as he got and sometimes even win. Pierce became a better character for having an equal to play off of. It may be that the writers will be forced to think a bit outside the box of their own making in bringing in a new character who is not just a Sharona clone, and this may make the show better because they'll have to try new things and approach the show and the characters from a new direction.
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Were we watching the same show? The pilot didn't have as many laughs as many of the episodes, but I think that's because it was badly paced and too full of exposition. I don't think it was an attempt at "serious drama" so much as an attempt at comedy that didn't quite come off. Once the show proper started it always struck me as a comedy first and a mystery second (with only the occasional moment of genuine drama.)
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If something terrible happened to Sharona, that could send the series in an interesting direction (or a terrible direction depending on how they handle it). I haven't heard anything about how they plan to write her out, though.
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Sad to hear, as I really like Sharona.
I would have liked to see Monk try to cope for a while without a Sharona, that could have been an interesting approach for the show to take. Or at least go through a few replacement nurses before finding someone he's comfortable with.
Whoever replaces Sharona, she has to be different. She should not be Sharona wth a new face and name, we have to believe that she is a different person. That's what shows like MASH did so well - Henry to Col. Potter, Frank to Charles, they weren't carbon copies, they were their own characters that offered their own new elements to the show. Unfortunately,
according to this FilmForce article, it sounds like she is just the same character. A shame, really.
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Don't forget Cheers doing it twice, once due to the death of Coach and also with the Shelley Long character.
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Traylor Howard huh? I always wondered what happened to her...personally I think Suzanne Cryer would have been a more interesting choice from Two Guys....although maybe it's just because I find her more attractive than Howard.
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I liked Howard a lot of Two Guys and a girl. She is funny, and attractive.
I, for one, don't think the series is going to die. After all, it's called "Monk", not "Sharona".
I think that the last couple of shows, showing us Monk's wife, and his complete undying love, really grew the character a bunch. Before that, he was really just a crime solving robot. Now, he's a human character, with so much more depth that just being able to find a clue on a crime scene.
As long as they keep going down that road, I think it will be fine.
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FYI, tonight is a new episode of Monk on USA, consult your local listings. (usually 10 p.m. EST)
And it will be Traylor Howard's first episode on "Monk".
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