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  • Actors: Tony Shalhoub, Bitty Schram, Jason Gray-Stanford, Ted Levine
  • Directors: Dean Parisot, Kevin Inch, Rob Thompson, Randall Zisk, Stephen Cragg
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 4
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: Playback
  • DVD Release Date: 27 Dec 2004
  • Run Time: 568 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0002W1A82
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 19,227 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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The ranks of fictional genius gumshoes were joined by former San Francisco detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) in the summer of 2002, and he is indeed a welcome addition. Cable channel USA Network introduced Monk, a bright comedy-drama series about an obsessive-compulsive sleuth drummed out of police work following the murder of his wife and a subsequent spike in his overwhelming neuroses. Once a rising star in the homicide department, the twitchy savant is still valuable to Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), who reluctantly calls on Monk to solve difficult, high-profile murders of judges, billionaires, police informants, and famous attorneys. Monk's talent for finding clues and seeing the big picture in criminal investigations makes him a force to reckon with, but his many phobias (germs, heights, asymmetry, and much, much else) aggravate Stottlemeyer and make Monk completely dependent on a long-suffering assistant, Sharona (Bitty Schram), a single mom who functions as Dr. Watson to Monk's Sherlock Holmes.

Each of the 12 episodes included in Monk: The Complete First Season is a delightful mix of clever whodunit puzzler, neurotic schtick, and deepening relationships. Among the latter, the bond between Monk and Sharona is most touching, as the platonic friends, sometimes aghast at how involved they are in each other's lives, surprise themselves with the breadth of their trust and commitment. In "Mr. Monk Goes to the Asylum," Monk is forced into a stay at a mental hospital, where a murderer has convinced him he's crazy; it's Sharona who makes her boss realize he's not. In "Mr. Monk and the Earthquake," it's Monk who rushes to Sharona's aid when he deduces that a lying friend is about to kill her. In almost every episode, Monk is confronted with a phobic limitation he must overcome in order to save the day. The question is whether he will heal enough, one day, to re-join his old squad. For the sake of Monk's winning formula and fans, one has to hope such good news never comes to pass. --Tom Keogh



Synopsis

An obsessive detective helps crack difficult cases with the help of his nurse.

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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars The Dysfunctional Sherlock, 17 Mar 2005
For those who dont know what or who Monk is, then here is a rough explanation:
Imagine a crime scene, there are police, forensics, and a detective. The detective is clever, ultra clever, with the level of deduction that Sherlock Holmes has. Now imagine a person there that has problems, he does'nt like being touched, he has phobias about germs, heights, milk, he cannot stand disorder, he has an obsessive compulsive disorder. Now imagine they are the same person.
The boxset contains the 12 episodes on 4 discs that make up series 1 including the pilot episode. Also included are a handful of featurettes on the last disc.

The story begins 4 years after the death/murder of Monks wife Trudy (an ongoing story that is picked up in various episodes, but by the end of the series has hardly had the surface scratched from it). Monk has been in a serious state since his loss and has had the help of a nurse, Sherona, who now works full time for him, and that is 24/7 as Monk in some ways is the boss from hell.
Monk's toe in the door to getting back on the force, from which he has been suspended, is the Mayor, who holds him in high esteem and asks for his help to solve a couple of crimes. At first the police do not like his intrusion, but as the series progresses, genuine respect bordering ever so slightly on friendship develops.

What made this series stand out for me from your run of the mill cop shows, is just the quirky nature of it. The comedic elememt of the show is never allowed to get out of hand, mostly due to Ted Levines Police Captain character, who is always focusing Monk to the job at hand, and Bitty Schram's Sherona who badgers away at him to act normal. But. the show sucks you in and before long you enter Monk's world (if only to a degree) so that when he is interviewing a suspect, and possibly moments away from cracking the case, you will suddenly notice that there are a few pencils on the desk and they are different lengths, and before long he will have to even them out if he's going to continue.

I cant imagine who could have played it like Tony Shalhoub (who for me is one of those actors that you see time and time again in movies but never really remember who he is, same as Luis Guzman or Danny Trejo). At times he just drives you mad, letting suspects escape because he's afraid to touch a dirty fence and other times you really feel for the guy as peoples prejudices blind them to his brilliance.

Some of the stand out episodes were , Mr. Monk And The Psychic and Mr. Monk Goes To The Asylum.

Overall, a very consistently entertaining series with great rewatch value.

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars highly enjoyable and strangely addictive, 15 Jan 2005
By griffin (Northants) - See all my reviews
I've watched a few Monk episodes on BBC2 but kept missing them (Monk is buried in a Sat afternoon timeslot), so I bought the DVD.

Basically, Adrian Monk is a former San Fran detective who suffers from OCD = Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. He's obsessed by neatness and detail, as well as being phobic to just about everything (germs, heights, etc). Whenever the SF police get really stuck on a case they call on Monk as a consultant, because his obsessive attention to details makes him an unbeatable detective.

Each episode is a form of murder mystery, some of which are filmed in a Columbo-fashion - i.e. We, the Audience know at the beginning who dunnit.

The show is a quirky mix of mystery and humour, with good acting and an excellent chemistry between the main cast, particularly between Tony Shalhoub (Monk) and Bitty Schrab (Sharoun, Monk's nurse and assistant). You'll enjoy trying to spot the little details when Monk does and figure out their meaning. I'm now addicted and am waiting for season 2.

The boxset extras consist of short featurette interviews with the cast and creators of the show, titled: Mr Monk and his origins (4.20), Mr Monk and his OCD (3.01), Mr Monk and his Fellow Sufferers (4.15), Mr Monk and his Emmy Award-Winning Performance (3.55) and Mr Monk and his Partners in Crime (4.35).

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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Just buy this and thank me later, 21 Feb 2005
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This is jaw-droppingly brilliant television. Tony Shalhoub's performance as Obsessive-Compulsive detective Monk fully deserves the Emmy award it received. I can't recommend this highly enough.

Monk's many phobias intensified on hearing of the murder by car-bomb of his wife four years previously - so much so that he is suspended from duty on psychiatric grounds, and becomes obsessed with working out who was responsible. He is coaxed back to a state where he can leave his house by his saintly but outwardly trashy nurse and assistant Sharona, played superbly by Bitty Schram. His former colleagues still call on his amazing powers of recall and observation of the tiniest details to help them solve the very trickiest murder cases, but now only as a civilian consultant. The plotlines are almost unerringly excellent (and as intricate as, say, Jonathan Creek) - and a neat balance is struck between slapstick and black humour to keep just about anyone entertained. Everyone I've told about the programme has enjoyed it just as much as I did myself.

Right, I'm off to order the second series box set...

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A must!

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