Stumbling Toward the Light

The now-ended USA Network series Monk has been a favorite of mine almost since it began in the early Naughts, even though mystery is usually not a genre that interests me all that much in books, films or TV. This is largely because of the main character (with whom I identify probably way more than is good for me) and the amazing performance of the actor who portrayed him: Tony Shalhoub, who first came to my attention in the painfully-accurate Disney fandom spoof GalaxyQuest, and has since rightly earned an Emmy® Award for his work in this show. (And if you haven't seen it, good God almighty, go rent a DVD or stream of it somewhere already; you're missing out on some damn good viewing.)

What follows back of the cut is a short-short I wrote of a scene that never happened in the show, but damned well ought to have: the defective detective being honored at an official ceremony for his work by his city's then real-life mayor (who turned up in the show and got just as peeved at Monk as nearly every real-life celebrity he encountered, much like Dr. Sheldon Cooper later on in The Big Bang Theory...except Monk's not nearly as obnoxious). Let me know what you think.
( Mr. Monk and the Medal of Honor )