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| - Get ready for the yellow tape and siren noises. The tough-guy boss with a heart as soft as warm chocolate is on the scene, mercilessly taunting his client Mr. Monk. Meanwhile, randy Randy, the flamboyant police assistant, has his shirt off. Monk's assistant is complaining about having something important to do relating to her children or love life, but shuts up when Monk does something adorable. Suddenly, Mr. Monk notices a clue surprisingly planted in such a way that only an OCD patient would notice. The chase is on!
- Adrian Monk was an exceptional police detective who worked for the San Francisco Police Department until his wife, Trudy, was murdered by a car bomb, which Monk believes was intended for him (Monk eventually learns that this wasn't the case). Trudy's death led Monk to suffer a nervous breakdown. He was discharged from the force and became a recluse, refusing to leave his apartment for over three years. With the help of Registered Nurse Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), he was finally able to leave the apartment. Captain Leland Stottlemeyer of the SFPD hired Monk as a private consultant, to keep him occupied and to prevent his thoughts from lingering on the death of his wife.
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| - Adrian Monk was an exceptional police detective who worked for the San Francisco Police Department until his wife, Trudy, was murdered by a car bomb, which Monk believes was intended for him (Monk eventually learns that this wasn't the case). Trudy's death led Monk to suffer a nervous breakdown. He was discharged from the force and became a recluse, refusing to leave his apartment for over three years. With the help of Registered Nurse Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), he was finally able to leave the apartment. Captain Leland Stottlemeyer of the SFPD hired Monk as a private consultant, to keep him occupied and to prevent his thoughts from lingering on the death of his wife. Monk's compulsive habits are numerous, and a number of phobias (312, later, 311) compound his situation. The OCD and a plethora of phobias inevitably lead to very awkward situations and cause problems for Monk, and anyone around him, as he goes about investigating the cases. However, these same personal struggles, particularly the OCD, are what aid him in solving cases, resulting in his catchphrase, “It’s a gift...and a curse.” Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) and Lieutenant Randall "Randy" Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford) call on Monk when they have trouble with an investigation. Stottlemeyer is often irritated by Monk's disorder, but respects his friend and former colleague's amazing observational abilities, as does Disher. Ever since childhood, Monk's obsessive attention to detail allowed him to spot tiny discrepancies, find patterns, and make connections that others often fail to make. Monk continues to search for information about his wife's death, the one case he has been unable to solve. When Sharona decides to re-marry her ex-husband and move back to New Jersey, Natalie Teeger (Traylor Howard), a widow and mother of an eleven-year-old daughter, is hired as Monk's new assistant. Monk has a brother, Ambrose, and a half-brother (on his father's side), Jack, Jr.
- Get ready for the yellow tape and siren noises. The tough-guy boss with a heart as soft as warm chocolate is on the scene, mercilessly taunting his client Mr. Monk. Meanwhile, randy Randy, the flamboyant police assistant, has his shirt off. Monk's assistant is complaining about having something important to do relating to her children or love life, but shuts up when Monk does something adorable. Suddenly, Mr. Monk notices a clue surprisingly planted in such a way that only an OCD patient would notice. The chase is on!
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