Fear of germs, elevators, heights, snakes and even milk are just a fraction of the 312(!) phobias Adrian Monk claims to have.
Mr. Monk has been an oddball all his life, as we'll learn time and time again throughout the series, but he's been gifted with an incredibly good power of observation.
For this reason he works as a consultant for the police in San Francisco.
He was also a police officer himself, but was fired from the service after the murder of his wife and his subsequent nervous breakdown.
His wife's murder is the only case in his entire career that Monk just can't solve.
"Monk" has found the perfect actor for its main character in Tony Shalhoub and he rightly received several awards for his portrayal of the neurotic private detective.
The secondary characters complement his character and the world around it perfectly - which makes everything look very harmonious.
In addition, the writing team has done more than excellent work here. Of course, not every case is extremely exciting, but that's hardly possible with over 100 episodes. Nevertheless, in most cases you rack your brains and keep asking yourself what just happened. Often one is only redeemed at the end of the episode by Monk's catch phrase "here's what happened", whereupon he then explains who the culprit is and how he did it.
All in all, "Monk" is a really good crime/comedy series that offers the viewer many exciting but also funny hours of entertainment.
Mr. Monk has been an oddball all his life, as we'll learn time and time again throughout the series, but he's been gifted with an incredibly good power of observation.
For this reason he works as a consultant for the police in San Francisco.
He was also a police officer himself, but was fired from the service after the murder of his wife and his subsequent nervous breakdown.
His wife's murder is the only case in his entire career that Monk just can't solve.
"Monk" has found the perfect actor for its main character in Tony Shalhoub and he rightly received several awards for his portrayal of the neurotic private detective.
The secondary characters complement his character and the world around it perfectly - which makes everything look very harmonious.
In addition, the writing team has done more than excellent work here. Of course, not every case is extremely exciting, but that's hardly possible with over 100 episodes. Nevertheless, in most cases you rack your brains and keep asking yourself what just happened. Often one is only redeemed at the end of the episode by Monk's catch phrase "here's what happened", whereupon he then explains who the culprit is and how he did it.
All in all, "Monk" is a really good crime/comedy series that offers the viewer many exciting but also funny hours of entertainment.