Obsessive. Compulsive. Detective.
Monk Aired From July 12, 2002 - December 04, 2009 On USA
The Plot:
Adrian Monk grew up with obsessive-compulsive disorder, including a variety of quirks and tics. He has a full brother, Ambrose, and a half-brother, Jack, Jr.
Monk was a brilliant homicide detective working for the San Francisco Police Department until his wife Trudy died in a car bomb attack in 1997 while picking up cough medicine for Ambrose. Monk suffered a nervous breakdown 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 consulting work for the police on particularly difficult cases.
Captain Leland Stottlemeyer and Lieutenant Randall "Randy" Disher call on Monk when they can't crack a case. Stottlemeyer is often infuriated by Monk's disorder, but respects his friend and former partner's amazing observational abilities, as does Disher. Monk's obsessive attention to detail allows him to spot tiny discrepancies, find patterns, and make connections that everyone else in an investigation misses. Monk continues to search for information about his wife's death, the one case he has been unable to solve.
In the third season, Sharona decides to re-marry her ex-husband and moves to New Jersey. Natalie Teeger, a single mother with a daughter eleven years old, is soon hired as Monk's new assistant.
Monk is almost never described as having OCD. Sometimes the characters go out of their way not to mention it, even to avoid an inconvenient misunderstanding. For example, in one episode, Monk shakes the hand of two white women, then a black man, then wipes his hands. Monk and Sharona allow this to be taken as evidence of racism rather than explain his disorder. Natalie has referred to him as "particular" and "persnickety" rather than explaining the true extent of his problems.
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Descriptions adapted from: wikipedia & IMDb
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