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Audience Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Binding: DVD
EAN: 5050582080407
Format: PAL
Label: Playback
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: Playback
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Playback
Region Code: 2
Release Date: December 27, 2004
Running Time: 568 minutes
Studio: Playback
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Editorial Review:Amazon.co.uk Review: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
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Back in the 1970s, every TV cop had to have either an eccentricity or an illness - Ironsides was in a wheelchair, Longstreet was blind, McCloud was a cowboy, Mannix was building a house, Hopkirk was dead. 'Monk'. about a 'tec with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, can be read as a homage to shows of that era: As such the emphasis is on sleuthing and human interaction rather than violence, making for the kind of relaxing, Sunday afternoon sort of show that hasn't been seen on the screen since 'NYPD ...
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Meet Adrian Monk, a man who suffers from severe OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) but who was also a brilliant homicide detective who worked for the San Francisco Police Department until his wife Trudy died in a car bomb attack. The news of Trudy's death caused Monk to suffer a nervous breakdown and he resigned from the force, and became a shut-in, refusing to leave his house for three years. With the help of practical nurse Sharona Fleming he was finally able to leave the house. He began to perform ...
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I first saw this when it was first aired one saturday (can't remember exactly what year it started, time goes so fast) on BBC2 just because I thought the idea of a former detective with obsessive compulsive disorder sounded interesting but I didn't expect it to be this good, from that very first screening I was hooked although I have to say I get very angry at the way the BBC treats this programme. One week they show it, next week they don't, one week they show it, next two weeks they don't etc. This really ...
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I really wanted this to work - but having rented the first 3 episodes we were really quite disappointed. I really rate Tony Shaloub - Galaxy Quest, Paulie, MIB and just had to see Monk as the idea sounded interesting. By episode 3 though, the pattern seems to have been set for the rest of the series and I'm afraid I don't have the patience to invest the time to see if there are any surprises left from the others in the set. The OCD afflicted investigator only seems to suffer occassionally from his problems (when ...
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Funniest thing ever!!! Worth buying purely for the credits where the OCD suffering detective gets his socks out of sandwich bags and pours boiling hot water on his toothpaste to disinfect it! His attention to detail makes him a super detective, buy it NOW!
