Former police detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) has suffered from intensified obsessive- compulsive disorder and a variety of phobias since the murder of his wife, Trudy, in 1997. Despite his photographic memory and his amazing ability to piece tiny clues together, he is now on psychiatric leave from the San Francisco Police Department. Aided by his friend and practical nurse, Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), Monk works as a freelance detective/consultant, hoping to convince his former boss, Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), to allow him to return to the force. Stottlemeyer wavers between admiration for Monk and annoyance at his eccentricities. Moreover, he harbors serious doubts about the wisdom of allowing Monk to carry a gun. Stottlemeyer's second-in-command, Lieutenant Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford), also has his doubts about Monk but seems to be developing a reluctant admiration for the "defective detective...

Episodes Comprise:

1: Mr. Monk's Favorite Show   
2: Mr. Monk and the Foreign Man   
3: Mr. Monk and the UFO   
4: Mr. Monk Is Someone Else   
5: Mr. Monk Takes the Stand   
6: Mr. Monk and the Critic   
7: Mr. Monk and the Voodoo Curse   
8: Mr. Monk Goes to Group Therapy   
9: Happy Birthday, Mr. Monk   
10: Mr. Monk and Sharona   
11: Mr. Monk and the Dog   
12: Mr. Monk Goes Camping   
13: Mr. Monk Is the Best Man   
14: Mr. Monk and the Badge   
15: Mr. Monk and the End: Part 1
16: Mr. Monk and the End: Part 2.