Jack Monk Sr. is a minor character in the TV series, Monk. He is the estranged father of the main protagonist, Adrian Monk and his brothers, Ambrose and Jack, the father-in-law of the late Trudy Monk, and the step-grandfather of Molly Evans.
History[]
Jack abandoned his family in 1967 when Adrian was only eight years old by claiming he was going out for food but never returning. His father's abanadonment of him eventually became a sore spot for Adrian. Jack eventually married another woman and had a son, who was named after him. However, he abandoned that family too.
Jack was later arrested for a parking ticket, and was reunited with Adrian, but their reunion was so intense that the normally mild-mannered Adrian was furious with Jack. He called his father out on abandoning their family and refused to acknowledge him as "Dad" and instead by his first name.