Monk (2002–2009)

Adrian Monk is a brilliant San Francisco detective, whose obsessive compulsive disorder just happens to get in the way.

Creator:

Andy Breckman

Stars:

Tony Shalhoub, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine

Won 1 Golden Globe. Another 16 wins & 38 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Tony Shalhoub	...	Adrian Monk (125 episodes, 2002-2009)
Jason Gray-Stanford	...	Lt. Randall Disher (125 episodes, 2002-2009)
Ted Levine	...	Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (125 episodes, 2002-2009)
Traylor Howard	...	Natalie Teeger (87 episodes, 2005-2009)

Storyline

Former police detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) has suffered from intensified obsessive- compulsive disorder and a variety of phobias since the murder of his wife, Trudy, in 1997. Despite his photographic memory and his amazing ability to piece tiny clues together, he is now on psychiatric leave from the San Francisco Police Department. Aided by his friend and practical nurse, Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), Monk works as a freelance detective/consultant, hoping to convince his former boss, Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), to allow him to return to the force. Stottlemeyer wavers between admiration for Monk and annoyance at his eccentricities. Moreover, he harbors serious doubts about the wisdom of allowing Monk to carry a gun. Stottlemeyer's second-in-command, Lieutenant Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford), also has his doubts about Monk but seems to be developing a reluctant admiration for the "defective detective."

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Plot Keywords:

detective | obsessive compulsive disorder | murder | multiple actors for one character | san francisco california | 

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Taglines:

Obsessive. Compulsive. Detective.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Mystery | Crime

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

USA Network

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 July 2002 (USA)

Also Known As:

Detective Monk

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mandeville Films, ABC Studios, Get It Straight Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min 60 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The police station where Stottlemeyer and Disher work as well as a number of crimes throughout the series are said to be located on Vinton Street in San Francisco. However, the real Vinton is in Madison, New Jersey, where series creator Andy Breckman lives.

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Goofs

The newspaper clippings in Monk's scrapbook (seen throughout the series,) which have headlines about Trudy's murder, are in fact articles describing the state of the economy.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Adrian Monk: Here's the thing...

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Connections

Version of Die unlösbaren Fälle des Herrn Sand (2005)

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Soundtracks

"It's a Jungle Out There"
Written and Performed by Randy Newman
(all season 2-? episodes)

User Reviews

Absolutely AMAZING

Tony Shalhoub is a genius in inhabiting the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects of this character. I myself am an obsessive-compulsive, and he gets the experience of suffering from this disease exactly. I watch this show regularly. It's therapeutic (partly because I get all the OCD jokes and get to laugh at myself) - and HILARIOUS, even if you don't know anything about OCD! Shalhoub completely deserves the Best Actor Emmy and SAG Awards he's won for this role. Shalhoub's sweet, anxious genius, Adrian Monk, is dead-on. And Bitty Schram as his nurse is also hilarious and so marvelous! I highly recommend you watch this show!

Thank you Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, and everyone else involved in this show!