In a lot of ways, this has been the perfect show for Sam. It's introduced him to some "mature" (for lack of a better word) concepts and while it's been done with seriousness and tension at the appropriate (again, for lack of a better word) times, it's also been with some humor.
I also think that there are things about the character that Sam, sometimes consciously, sometimes not, relates to. And I think that's been an important part of the show - for both of us. It's given us small, but sometimes important, things to talk about.
Tonight, we'll watch the show one last time and at some point, I'll listen to Sam say, perhaps for the last time, "Oh, come on Monk! You don't need to worry about that!" And I'll think about how long and hard it's been for Sam to learn something like that.
Tonight, Sam and I will sit and have some popcorn, and we'll again share that time together. And then we'll probably spend the rest of the week wondering where we'll go from here.
Right now, I have no idea what we'll go onto next, but one way or another, we'll come up with something. I know it's not going to be quite the same. But that's ok. We'll still have that popcorn.
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Epilogue...
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