"Monk" Mr. Monk and the Candidate: Part 1 (2002)

Directors:

Eric Laneuville
Dean Parisot

Writers (WGA):

Andy Breckman (creator)
Andy Breckman (written by)

TV Series:

"Monk" (2002)

Original Air Date:

12 July 2002 (Season 1, Episode 1)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

Plot:

A former San Francisco police detective suffering from an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder is called in to investigate an apparent assassination attempt of a mayoral candidate in which one of his bodyguards is killed. |

Plot Keywords:

Made For Cable TV | Campaign | Politician | TV Series Pilot | Detective

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Tony Shalhoub	...	Adrian Monk
Bitty Schram	...	Sharona Fleming
Ted Levine	...	Captain Stottlemeyer
Stanley Kamel	...	Dr. Kroger
Gail O'Grady	...	Miranda St.Claire
Michael Hogan	...	Warren St.Claire
Ben Bass	...	Gavin Lloyd
Jason Gray-Stanford	...	Lt. Deacon
Kane Ritchotte	...	Benjy
Rob LaBelle	...	Sheldon Burger (as Rob Labelle)
Vincent Gale	...	Jesse Goodman
Fred Ewanuick	...	Jake
Shawn Reis	...	Ian Sykes
Dion Johnstone	...	Lieutenant Gitomer
Christopher Shyer	...	Carl (as Chris Shyer)

Runtime:

120 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Portugal:M/12

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Mandeville Films

Trivia:

In this pilot episode, the character played by Jason Gray-Stanford is listed as "Lt. Deacon". Throughout the rest of the show's run, his name is Lt. Randy Disher.

Goofs:

Continuity: Throughout most of the show, Sharona drives a beige Volvo wagon. But when she and her son approach Monk in the garage where Trudy died, she is driving a beige Jeep Cherokee.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Adrian Monk: [surveying a crime scene] Stove.
Lt. Gitomer: Over here. It's in the kitchen.
Adrian Monk: No... I mean *my* stove. I-I think I left it on.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Third Man (1949)

Pretty good TV movie

I really liked this first episode of Monk and hope that its lasts a few years. Adrian Monk is sort of like Columbo taken to such an extreme, he is unable to function alone. Luckily, he is aided by his nurse, Sharona who sees her self as Lois Lane, but reminds me more of Sister Stevie from Father Dowling Mysteries.

Sharona is a single mom with a son who is either a genius, or just appears to be a genius because he is just smarter then all the adults in his life. Which is a pallor trick when you live in San Francisco. I would say he is probably a genius if he is that smart and attends public school.

Fans of Sci-Fi's First Wave will be pleased to find Crazy Eddie working as a mayor's aid who mistakes Oreos for homemade cookies.

Hopefully, the regular TV show will continue to be as much fun as the first movie, but with less commercials. And more Crazy Eddie.