MONK's shrink died. what tv or movie shrink should replace him on show?

[yurbud]

I'm thinking he should go through a series of famous candidates that he rejects for various reasons like Melfi from Sopranos, Bob Newhart, and Hannbal Lecter.

Any others to add to the list?

It would also be worthwhile to cast a permanent replacement. Who would be good in the chair opposite Monk long term?

[Critters2]

1. That guy who was the shrink on M*A*S*H.

Alan Arbus.

[Mojambo]

2. Actually, a series of guest celebrities as new shrinks would be a fine idea

I don't think they need to have played a shrink on another show however.

[NJmaverick]

3. I can't think of a TV shrink

but I would like to see a female shrink that is even smarter than he is. One that can really challenge him.

[Bucky]

4. Niles Crane. After all...

... if Monk ever got better, the show would be over.

[QMPMom]

10. Niles Crane immediately came to my mind.

That would be a real treat to watch.

[Tikki]

5. Ed Begley Jr........

I don't know if he has ever portrayed a shrink but, I would like
to see him in a semi-recurring role.


Tikki

[IntravenousDemilo]

7. He KIND OF played one in "Raising Genius", or at least a social worker with a psych background. n/m

[IntravenousDemilo]

6. JK Simmons, who played...

Dr Emil Skoda on Law and Order, Law and Order SVU, and Law and Order CI -- if Dick Wolf can part with him.

[yurbud]

17. he is great! I was thinking of BD Wong, but Simmons would be even better.

[IntravenousDemilo]

21. BD Wong -- yet another Oz connection! n/m

[dflprincess]

19. Isn't he playing Kyra Sedgwick's boss on "The Closer" now?

n/t

[IntravenousDemilo]

20. Sure, but while he was doing Law and Order, he was also playing a nasty piece of work in Oz. n/m

[Bennyboy]

8. The Crane Brothers!

Frasier and Niles!

But he should be replaced permanently with Billy Crystal's character from Analyze This.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

9. I think some cameos by other TV

shrinks would be interesting. And I like the idea of him deciding on a woman shrink (as long a she doesn't look too much like Trudy).
Maybe the other shink from L&O (can't recall her name).

[Aristus]

11. Dr. Elizabeth Olivet.

Actress Carolyn McCormick. :loveya:

[TheCentepedeShoes]

12. Thank you, thank you

I like her, too. Just got finshed with our very simple tax form and had a brain cramp.

[ellie]

37. I love her!

Wasn't she on Spenser For Hire?

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

13. stephen colbert

[asteroid2003QQ47]

14. A layman (for obvious reasons)

[yurbud]

32. explain

[asteroid2003QQ47]

42. I absolutely detest the show and...

I figure Al Swearengen (Deadwood) know how to deal with Monk, the rest of the cast and the writers.
If that sounds harsh, I guess it's because it is.

[Drum]

15. Melfi please...

:)

[sasquatch]

41. Seconded!

:thumbsup:

[csziggy]

16. Bring Sharona back as Monk's shrink

After all, wasn't Sharona supposed to be a nurse? Explain her absence as training to be a psychiatrist. It'd make for an interesting dynamic with the change in roles and the difference in Monk's relationship with Sharona as assistant and Natalie as assistant.

[yurbud]

18. I forgot the most recent one: Gabriel Byrne as Dr. Paul Weston. But he'd fall in love with photo

of Trudy.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

38. Yeah, but then I would have to be bored to death.

And I don't want to be bored to death watching Monk.

[Initech]

22. Tom Cruise

:evilgrin:

[yurbud]

25. and his character would have to be the best shrink ever to really rub it in...

[Initech]

29. "There is no such thing as a chemical imbalance!"

:spray:

[yurbud]

34. ''Even if I seem like living proof!''

[Ivan Sputnik]

23. Dr. Jacoby

from Twin Peaks

[Tikki]

24. Anybody pick Talia Shire yet?

Tikki

[yurbud]

26. has she played a shrink before or are you Talia Shire?

[Tikki]

27. I guess she's a therapist...

in the commercial...

I am something else...


Tikki

[yurbud]

31. oooh...Geico caveman therapist

[Diana Prince]

28. Dr. Phil

“You can't change what you don't acknowledge.”

[yurbud]

35. I could just see his session with Monk: "Dr. Phil, I don't mean to be rude, but why...

are you shouting and how does a ph.d. in PE make you qualified to to be a therapist?''

[Nevernose]

30. That's freaking BRILLIANT.

The celebrity-guest-shrinks angle? Genius. Literally: genius. As in Ben Franklin, William Shakespeare, and Albert Einstein.

[lumberingbear]

33. Dr Freemen on "Two and a Half Men".

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Actress Jane Lynch plays Dr Freemen, a psychiatrist that sees Charlie on occasion. She would make a good choice.

RIP Stanley Kamel (Dr Kroger)

[peekaloo]

39. She was my first thought, too.

she also plays Alan Shore's sex therapist/surrogate on Boston Legal.

[charlie and algernon]

36. Dr. Stanley from the West Wing

Played by the great Adam Arkin

[SOteric]

40. Counselor Troi from ST:NG

- And for added enjoyment, have her wear that clingy bodysuit thing. If that doesn't have the dude compulsively obsessing, nothing will.

[yurbud]

43. that's a good one. Maybe she could have a bit of food in her cleavage, so he has to stare at it...

[MilesColtrane]

44. Dr. Melfi.

Just for her legs alone.

[opiate69]

45. One word...

Lilith..

[yurbud]

46. she is any man's match.