Monk is by far one of the best detective shows I've seen. It uses a pretty standard template for each episode where we as viewers are handed parts of the puzzle early on and for the remainder of the show watch Adrian Monk investigate the murder. In the end you'll probably have the solution right before Monk does and you can feel as clever about yourself as he does.
It's really brilliant in fact and the wonderful acting of Tony Shalhoub on top of that is just frosting on this wonderful cake.
Tony Shalhoub's character Adrian Monk is a former cop who has turned private investigator after his wife's death. He's also suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder and believes cleanliness to be more than a virtue. Those little quirks plays out altogether coherently. In other show the characters are pushed around by explosions or threatened by gunshots. Monk gets intimidated by a messy room or are scared half to death having climb through a dusty window. It's really extremely fun to see Monk in action, how is a very different sort of anti-hero.
However as the show progressed things started getting predictable. I don't believe they got sloppy writing it. But as Monk is suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder his behavior and reactions does tend to repeat itself. And some episodes left so many obvious clues that we had solved the riddle during the first 15 minutes.
Still, Monk is something different. It's refreshing and it's fun. Definitely worth viewing.
It's really brilliant in fact and the wonderful acting of Tony Shalhoub on top of that is just frosting on this wonderful cake.
Tony Shalhoub's character Adrian Monk is a former cop who has turned private investigator after his wife's death. He's also suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder and believes cleanliness to be more than a virtue. Those little quirks plays out altogether coherently. In other show the characters are pushed around by explosions or threatened by gunshots. Monk gets intimidated by a messy room or are scared half to death having climb through a dusty window. It's really extremely fun to see Monk in action, how is a very different sort of anti-hero.
However as the show progressed things started getting predictable. I don't believe they got sloppy writing it. But as Monk is suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder his behavior and reactions does tend to repeat itself. And some episodes left so many obvious clues that we had solved the riddle during the first 15 minutes.
Still, Monk is something different. It's refreshing and it's fun. Definitely worth viewing.