Tony Shalhoub returns to his accled three-time Primetime Emmy®
Award and Golden Globe®-winning role for a stellar seventh season
in the quirky and irreverent detective show, Monk. Join him and
phenomenal guest stars Brad Garrett, David Strathairn, Eric
McCormack, Sarah Silverman, Hector Elizando, John Turturro and
more in 16 hilarious, unforgettable episodes – including the
all-star 100th episode, “Mr. Monk’s 100th Case!” Despite his
overwhelming fear of germs, crowds, small places and almost
everything else, Monk proves once again why he’s the only man for
the case and why mystery lovers "...can't deny how amusihg it all
still is..." (Entertainment Weekly).
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Monk: Season Seven finds San Francisco's most famously phobic
detective, Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), tested on many fronts and
facing issues of revenge, loyalty, attraction to a woman other
than his late wife, the excitement of home ownership, and fear of
inevitable change and loss. In "Mr. Monk Buys a House,"
Shalhoub's neurotic hero snaps up the abode of a murder victim in
order to get away from annoying neighbors. His anxiety doubles
over, however, when a repairman (Brad Garrett) begins tearing the
place apart, cling that nothing is up to code and making Monk
wish he was back at his old place. "Mr. Monk and the Genius" is
graced with a guest appearance from David Strathairn as a chess
master more than happy to match wits with Monk over a murder.
Out-strategized at every turn, Monk has to step back from the
case to see what his next move should be. "Mr. Monk Gets Lotto
Fever" finds Natalie (Traylor Howard)--Dr. Watson to Monk's
Sherlock Holmes--drunk on her sudden celebrity status when she
takes over as a television station's Lotto Girl after the last
one turns up dead. The episode is an interesting study of
obsessive behavior (besides Monk, there's a Lotto superfan whose
walls are covered by photos). Meanwhile, Monk's impatience over
all the attention Natalie is getting is hilariously childish.
"Mr. Monk Falls in Love" is one of the more poignant stories in
season seven, in which Monk is thunderstruck by a beautiful
social worker who also happens to be the lead suspect in a cab
driver's murder. Denying his feelings (fearing he is being
unfaithful to the memory of his late wife, Trudy), Monk springs
into action when it looks like he might lose a second chance at
love. "Mr. Monk's Other Brother" offers a very funny performance
by Steve Zahn as Monk's long-lost and very much alleged brother,
an escaped convict. Deeply dubious, Monk nonetheless hides him
and openly lies to his cop friend, Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted
Levine), while trying to prove the fugitive is innocent of
murder. "Mr. Monk and the Bully" is a dark episode in which the
detective is hired to follow the wife of a former school bully
who made Monk's childhood hell. When the husband is accused of
murder, Monk savors the thought of his nemesis being convicted,
even if he knows the villain is innocent. Finally, "Mr. Monk
Fights City Hall" concerns Monk's frantic efforts to stop the
demolition of a garage where Trudy was murdered. Touching but
funny, the story is a fitting end for Monk: Season Seven. --Tom
Keogh