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Why didn't Natalie do more with her life?

posted 8 years ago by scouter227
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I know that her life with Monk as his assistant is probably very rewarding at times (and looks like it could be very dull at other times), It seems she had a real opportunity to do something better with her life. Beides her marriage to Mitch and having a beautiful daughter, she seems to have not done much as far as improving herself or making a good life for herself. Instead we saw that she was hanging out at a nude Greek beach (while getting some sort of education) bartending, working at the mall, drone office work, etc., when she had a richer opportunity.

It also begs the question, what sort of life will Julie have if she is a theater major? Is this going to imply that she intends to become an actress as a career?

[–] worldsoblue 8 years ago

Julie was kind of annoying in my opinion. Natalie though, she never really had to stress herself, she made good w her parents, she'll get inheritance. I don't know though, Natalie was too sweet. Remember when she wanted to be the lotto girl- she had some ambition. Mr. Monk kind of preyed on her to a degree, why she let him is I assume bc of Mitch's passing and how (in general) Mr. Monk was fairly peaceful.

[–] scouter227 8 years ago

Oh. Natalie turned into a jerk when she was lotto girl, and when she tried to open the P.I. office against Monk's will. Perhaps we did not want to see ambitious Natalie. LOL.

[–] dmoney32 8 years ago

Because Natalie was rebellious. She was the rebellious rich kid that did not want to be like her parents. We see this side of her character in the episode where she attends her brothers wedding to that black widow, and in the episode where Monk becomes a butler. She did not like the lifestyle and felt her parents, especially her mother, were too up-petty and snooty. That's why she didn't date the dude from the butler episode when they were in high school, because he was snooty just like her mother. She instead dated a fighter pilot which her mother disproved, which led to their falling out and her 'exile', where she decided to never live on her parents fortune and to lead her own life. This also meant turning down any schooling that her parents would've paid for her or job opportunities that her dad could've "hooked her up" with.

[–] scouter227 8 years ago

Because Natalie was rebellious.

True. But she could be "rebellious" without landing boring, low paying, dead end jobs. Especially since she seems to be intelligent and ambitious.

I mean, if she didn't want a prestigious, well paying job, she could have worked at an interesting job as a cashier at a quirky San Francisco bookstore or something. Not a high paying job, but one where she could use her brain and help and meet different people.

A bartender seems unlike Natalie.

That might have been a draw for working with Monk. But just taking "any job" seems a bit lazy.

She also seemed to ejoy the private investigator business, so she's ambition and a business mind, like her grandfather (and her father, maybe? You can't keep a corporation (3rd largest toothpaste company in the world) going strong without some business acumen. She liked being the Lotto girl. She liked being in the public attention and doing "vapid" things on tv, so she liked high profile, prestigious work.

She was the rebellious rich kid that did not want to be like her parents.

Well, being rebellious AND rich had its perks. I'm sure it was drastically different to Randy's rebellious stage, which consisted of "The Randy Disher Project", (IMHO) And for all we know, Mom and Dad Davenport might have been rebellious before they became a toothpaste power couple.

We see this side of her character in the episode where she attends her brothers wedding to that black widow, and in the episode where Monk becomes a butler.

Didn't she ask "Daddy" for his wallet without a moment's thought and take money out To pay her boss to take a case? Hmmm.

She did not like the lifestyle and felt her parents, especially her mother, were too up-petty and snooty.

I also have to repeat, she wears expensive clothes (maybe they are knockoffs?), her shoes are $1,000 a pair and she always drives new, current cars (sometimes two new cars in one season). You'd think if she didn't care about status, those things wouldn't be important to her. Especially on what Mr. Monk pays her.

As for her relationship with her mother, I think it was that she was controlling, maybe too controlling of Natalie's life, of course. That being said, Natalie asking her original wedding date

No, Roger, you can't.
Because you can't.
Well, I can't find anybody else.
Because the dinner's tonight, Roger.
The wedding's tomorrow.
So what did the doctor say? So it didn't technically burst.
All right, fine, Roger, you take care of yourself. Bye.

This reminded me a lot of Natalie's mom running around trying to match the blood on Randy's pants to her new color scheme.

That's why she didn't date the dude from the butler episode when they were in high school, because he was snooty just like her mother.

I thought it was because she always thought he was a creep. She didn't like him because he came on really strong & smug and maybe she wasn't attracted to him.

She instead dated a fighter pilot which her mother disproved, which led to their falling out and her 'exile', where she decided to never live on her parents fortune and to lead her own life.

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He wasn't just a fighter pilot. He was an officer in the Navy, which is isn't the pilot equivalent of a high school dropout with a Hog. You see him in his dress uniform and you can tell he isn't "just" a fighter pilot. Maybe Natalie and her parents "rejected" each other, so her parents wouldn't be happy with anyone she brought home.

This also meant turning down any schooling that her parents would've paid for her or job opportunities that her dad could've "hooked her up" with.

I always assumed that the nude beach trip/ exchange student escapade in Greece came out of mummy and daddy's money. Not sure why. Maybe because it didn't seem like something you could do on a Pell Grant.

[–] Captain_Wesker 8 years ago

She did good.

Don't worry .

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[–] scouter227 8 years ago

She did good what?

[–] Captain_Wesker 8 years ago

With her life choice.

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[–] scouter227 8 years ago

Oh. I was talking mostly about career choices. I think Mitch was a good life choice, and working for Monk was a good life choice. The rest seems to be a bit lazy IMHO?

[–] Captain_Wesker 8 years ago

How so?

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[–] scouter227 8 years ago

Picking boring, dead end jobs that you either hate or have no interest in seems lazy for someone with the intelligence, "advantage" and seeming ambition of Natalie Teeger.