Product Description
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Get even more obsessed with TV's funniest and quirkiest
detective series, Monk, as every episode from the smash-hit sixth
season comes to DVD on 4 discs! Tony Shalhoub reprises his 3-time
Primetime Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning role as the
brilliant but phobia-laden detective Adrian Monk, who never lets
his obsessive-compulsive disorder stop him from solving a crime
in the most ingenious way imaginable! Dropping the clues this
season are a roster of red-hot guest stars including Alfred
Molina, David Koechner, Sarah Silverman, Snoop Dogg, Angela
Kinsey and Vincent Ventresca. Take a tip from an insider: you'll
be "committed" to the best detective series now on TV!
Bonus Content:
Disc 1:
* Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan Video Commentary by
Writer/Executive Producer Andy Breckman
* Mr. Monk and The Naked Man Video Commentary by Writers Tom
Gammill and Max Pross
* Mr. Monk and The Bad Girlfriend Video Commentary By Writer Joe
Toplyn
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Disc 2:
* Mr. Monk and The Birds And The Bees Video Commentary By Writer
Peter Wolk
* Mr. Monk and The Buried Treasure Video Commentary By
Writer/Co-Executive Producer Jonathon Collier
* Mr. Monk and The Wrong Man Video Commentary By Writer Sal Savo
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Disc 3:
* Mr. Monk Is Up All Night Video Commentary with Writer David
Breckman
* Mr. Monk Is Up All Night Audio Commentary with Tony Shalhoub,
Ted Levine, Jason Gray-Stanford, Executive Producer David
Hoberman, and Director/Executive Producer Randall Zisk
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Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), the phobic private detective on
psychiatric leave from the San Francisco department, has
his work--both professional and personal--cut out for him in
Monk: Season Six. Typical of the long-running TV dramedy, Season
Six doesn't cultivate any new story arcs played out over its 16
episodes. But Monk does get a little closer both to understanding
himself and the mystery behind his wife Trudy's unsolved
murder--the defining event that drove Monk into off-the-charts
obsessive-compulsive behavior. The season opens with the
enjoyable "Mr. Monk and His Biggest Fan," guest-starring Sarah
Silverman as Marcy Maven, a largely benign stalker of Monk who
annoys him and his long-suffering assistant, Natalie (Traylor
Howard). When Marcy is accused of using her dog to murder a
neighbor, however, Monk leaps to her rescue, endangering himself
and Natalie. The episode is particularly noteworthy for a scene
in which Monk reluctantly takes part in a
go-on-a-date-with-a-studly-cop charity auction, and no one bids
on him. (Except Marcy, of course.) "Mr. Monk and the Rapper"
stars Snoop Dogg as a successful rap artist who hires Monk to
prove he didn't murder a rival. Problem is, Monk actually
believes Dogg's character did the misdeed. The story
re-introduces Monk's neurotic tendency to blend in with stressful
situations during a kind of mental blackout. Shalhoub is
hilarious taking on hip-hop affectations in his language and
manner, and he has the same chameleon-like problem in a later
episode called "Mr. Monk Joins a Cult." In the latter, Monk
infiltrates a religious cult under the sway of a charismatic
leader (Howie Mandel) suspected of murder. But while
investigating the alleged spiritual figure, Monk is persuaded by
him to leave his life and join the group. Monk's psychiatrist,
Dr. Kroger (Stanley Kamel), proves instrumental in helping Monk
free himself from the cult, one of many services that makes Monk
feel obliged to help Kroger when the shrink's son, Troy (Cody
McMains), gets in trouble in "Mr. Monk and the Buried Treasure."
One of the more harrowing scenes in Season Six takes place in
that story: Monk and Troy are buried alive in a car covered by a
ton of gravel. "Mr. Monk and the Man Who Santa" finds Monk a
pariah after being accused of wounding a seemingly friendly
fellow tossing stuffed toys to people on the street. Finally, the
two-part "Mr. Monk Is On the Run" finds Monk himself turned
fugitive after he appears to have a man involved in Trudy's
death. Pursued by a crooked lawman (Scott Glenn), Monk conspires
with Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levin) to help him disappear, much
to the distress of Natalie. --Tom Keogh