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#1176: Nothing is Very Much Fun Any More – An Objectively Chronological Discussion of Monk Season 5 (2006-07)

May 25, 2024May 24, 2024 / JJ / 15 Comments

And so we reach season 5 of Monk, in which Tony Shalhoub plays the eponymous OCD-afflicted former detective, brought in to consult on a range of odd and uncommon crimes.

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#1128: Running Over the Same Old Ground – An Ordered Critical Dissection of Monk Season 4 (2005-06)

October 14, 2023May 22, 2024 / JJ / 9 Comments

Season 4 of Monk is upon us — well, upon the blog, because it aired 18 years ago and I’m only just catching up — and, since I’ve approached the three previous seasons in slightly different ways, let’s mix things up again and rank the sixteen episodes here from worst to best, eh?

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#1026: Is This the Start of the Breakdown? – Observable Calibre Decline in Monk Season 3 (2004-05)

February 18, 2023May 22, 2024 / JJ / 12 Comments

I started reviewing seasons of Monk (2002-09), starring Tony Shalhoub as the eponymous OCD-afflicted detective who helps the San Francisco police solve unusual cases, a few years ago, and then came unstuck at the start of season 3. So I’ve finally returned to it, and here are some thoughts.

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#612: A Snapshot in the Family Album – Opportune Character Development in Monk Season 2, Episodes 9-16 (2003-2004)

December 28, 2019May 22, 2024 / JJ / 3 Comments

Monk S2

Okay, I’ve made a concerted effort to get on with the second half of this second season of Monk, so how do the cases taken on by OCD-afflicted police consultant Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) and his assistant Sharona Fleming (Bitty Shram) stand up after a slightly disappointing first eight episodes?

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#606: Ooh-Ma, Ooh-Pa – Obvious Creative Divergence in Monk Season 2, Episodes 1-8 (2003)

December 14, 2019May 22, 2024 / JJ / 5 Comments

Monk S2

Thank heavens that the Andy Breckman-created TV series Monk is now finished, because at this rate I’ll probably never finish watching it myself.  One and a half seasons down, six and a half to go…how are things shaping up?

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#518: The Providential Op – Offbeat Criminal Detection in Monk Season 1 (2002)

April 27, 2019May 22, 2024 / JJ / 17 Comments

Monk S1

Running for 125 episodes over eight seasons from 2002 to 2009, the TV series Monk — created by Andy Breckman and starring Tony Shalhoub as the eponymous OCD-afflicted detective — was something that had drifted into my awareness without me ever really seeing that much of it.  Until now… [cue dramatic music]

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