Monk - Season Two
by Craig Zisk, Daniel Dratch, Jerry Levine, Lawrence Trilling, Michael Fresco
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Actor: Jason Gray-Stanford, Stanley Kamel, Ted Levine, Tony Shalhoub, Traylor HowardDirector: Craig Zisk, Daniel Dratch, Jerry Levine, Lawrence Trilling, Michael Fresco
Brand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 671 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Monk - Season Two
Movie Review: Even better than season one
Summary: 5 Stars
Meet Adrian Monk ( Tony Schloub). He is a man who has a countless number of phobias with being afraid of everything from heights and germs to milk. Adrian is also the greatest private detective around with a photographic memory and such a great eye for detail that it is almost creepy. As Adrian says, "it's a gift and a curse". Adrian used to be a homocide detective for the San Francisco Police Department, until his wife Trudy was killed in a car bomb. Three years have passed since, and Adrian's fears have made it impossible to be on the force. Adrian is now a private consultant for the department and assists Captain Leland Stottlemeyer ( Ted Levine) and Lieutenant Randall Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford). Also along for the ride is Monk's nurse/personal assitant Sherona Flemming ( Bitty Schram)who keeps Monk in line and helps him with each case.
If you were to describe private detective Adrian Monk, it would probably be along the lines of "Sherlock Holmes being afraid of everything". This is what makes "Monk" one of the best shows that is currently on television. It is hard to classify what type of show Monk really is. Some people including myself watch the show for the cases that Monk solves. Each case is very unpredictable and you actually have a great time trying to solve the case before Monk does. Others watch the show because it tends to be quite funny at times. Tony Shaloub is an amazing actor and is extremely versatile. He made a name for himself playing the character Antonio on the show "Wings". He brings the same comic genius to the character Adrian Monk. Bitty Schram is also brilliant as Sherona. Watching her take care of Monk is hilarious. They almost appear to be like the "Odd Couple" at times. Ted Levine and Jason Gray-Stratford are excellent as well.
So far, there have been three seasons of Monk that have aired. I could not be happier that the second season is coming to DVD, because in my opinion it is the best season of the show. The storylines manage to become better written and even more entertaining. A few examples of this are in episodes like - "Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico" in which Monk heads to Mexico to investigate the death of a man who supposedly drowned while in mid-air during the middle of skydiving. This is actually my favorite episode of the show because Monk's phobia's come into play big time in Mexico. Especially when he can't find his favorite brand of water and he refuses to drink anything until he does. This episode offers a great case and even better laughs. Another really good episode from season two is "Mr. Monk and the Three Pies" in which John Turturo guest stars as Monk's brother Ambrose that is afraid to leave his own house. Monk must investigate the murder of a woman that lives next door to him. This episode offers plenty of entertainment watching John Turturo and Tony Shaloub play off each other, and the case is fun to watch unfold. The rest of season two is filled with other episodes guaranteed to make you love this show even more than you already do.
Overall, "Monk" is one of my all time favorite shows. The actors involved are superb, each case is completely unpredictable, and the laughs are non stop. With the second season being even better than the first, and with each episode being commercial free, there is no way you can pass this set up.
A solid 5/5...
Summary of Monk - Season Two
A quirky obsessive-compulsive detective with unconventional investigative methods solves some of San Francisco's most puzzling and unusual cases.Genre: Television
Rating: NR
Release Date: 11-JAN-2005
Media Type: DVD
Monk: Season Two finds the popular cable dramedy all the more satisfying and fun in its second year. Relationships between the series' core characters have (against all odds) actually deepened and sweetened, while the new whodunit storylines challenge obsessive-compulsive investigator hero Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) in fresh and novel ways. There are no big changes, but there is more compassion, even friendship, exchanged between Monk and his former boss, Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), and grudging admiration for the difficult private sleuth from Stottlemeyer's second-in-command, Lieutenant Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford). As for Monk's crucial bond with his long-suffering assistant, Sharona (Bitty Schram), well, nothing comes easier than before. On the other hand, Sharona continues to draw Monk out of his self-obsession by giving him someone to care about.
Highlights include the strong season opener, "Mr. Monk Goes Back to School," starring Andrew McCarthy as a science teacher whom Monk instantly suspects of killing a colleague. (The latter's death was disguised as a suicide.) Monk's investigation leads him to take, with many pitfalls and funny moments, a post at the school as a substitute teacher. But the episode also demonstrates the series' increasing preference for mysteries that concern how a crime was committed rather than who did it. Also good is "Mr. Monk Goes to Mexico," in which Monk finds himself in a panic without bottled water while working alongside two south-of-the-border equivalents (in looks and personality) of Stottlemeyer and Disher. "Mr. Monk Meets the Playboy" stars Gary Cole as a girlie-mag publisher who blackmails the chivalrous Monk by acquiring, and threatening to print, old topless photos of Sharona. One of the season's best shows, "Mr. Monk and the Paperboy," finds the fastidious, orderly detective in a major freakout when his own home becomes a crime scene. Still a comic joy and still stimulating for mystery buffs, Monk: Season Two is highly recommended. Among appealing guest stars are Rachel Dratch, Glenne Headley, Tim Curry, and John Turturro as Monk's Mycroft-like brother. --Tom Keogh
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