Former police detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), whose photographic memory and amazing ability to piece together tiny clues made him a local legend, has suffered from intensified obsessive-compulsive disorder since the unsolved murder of his wife, Trudy. Now on psychiatric leave, he works as a consultant with the eventual goal of reinstatement.
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08x16 Mr. Monk and the End (Pt. 2) Aired: Dec. 04, 2009Conclusion. In the series finale, Monk hunts down Trudy's killer. [continue reading]
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Monk's eighth and final season concluded on December 4, 2009. The series currently holds the record for the most-watched scripted drama episode in cable television history with 9.4 million viewers.
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Directors
- Randall Zisk (35 episodes)
- Jerry Levine (12 episodes)
- Andre Belgrader (9 episodes)
Writers
- Andy Breckman (143 episodes)
- Hy Conrad (32 episodes)
- Tom Scharpling (22 episodes)
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- Goof (revealing mistake): The newspaper clippings in Monk's scrapbook (seen throughout the series,) which have headlines about Trudy's murder, are in fact articles describing the state of the…
[show]Goof (revealing mistake): The newspaper clippings in Monk's scrapbook (seen throughout the series,) which have headlines about Trudy's murder, are in fact articles describing the state of the economy.
[hide] - In France, the first episode (in 2 parts) was re-edited into a single 44 minute episode, so half the minutes were cut and are still unpublished in France.
- The characters and basic structure of the series were inspired by the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The character name "Adrian Monk" was intended to be unusual like that of Sherlock Holmes.…
[show]The characters and basic structure of the series were inspired by the Sherlock Holmes mysteries. The character name "Adrian Monk" was intended to be unusual like that of Sherlock Holmes. Other characters correspond to Holmes characters: Sharona Fleming (a nurse) and Dr. Watson; Capt. Stottlemeyer and Inspector Lestrade; and Monk's brother Ambrose and Mycroft Holmes (Sherlock's brother).
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