该片是由迪恩·帕里索,兰迪·奇斯克,迈克尔·斯皮勒,劳伦斯·特里林,卡尔·谢弗,汤姆·迪西罗,MichaelZinberg,MichaelFresco,托尼·比尔,克雷格·齐斯克执导的欧美剧,于2003年上映，主要讲述了:Forme.r police detective Ad.rian Monk (Tony Shalh.oub), whose photograp.hic memory a.nd amazing ability to piece. together. tiny clues .made him a l.ocal legend, has s.uffered from in.tensif.ied ob.sessive-c.ompulsive di.sorder and a variety .of phobias since the .unsolved murder of hi.s wife, Trud.y, in 1997. Now on psychiat.ric leave. from the Sa.n Francisco .Police Department .and working as .a free.lance .detective./ consultant. on difficult cases, .Monk hopes to convinc.e his former boss, Ca.ptain Leland. Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine),. to allow. him to retu.rn to the fo.rce. Stottlemeyer,. who wavered be.tween .admira.tion for .Monk and ann.oyance at his eccentr.icities during the fi.rst season, is becomi.ng more of a. friend to Monk as the seri.es develo.ps, frequent.ly calling h.im in to help, as .much for Monk's. benef.it as .for his o.wn. However,. he knows Monk's limi.tations as well as hi.s strengths and may s.till harbor .doubts about the wisdom of .allowing .Monk to carr.y a gun or s.ubdue a perpetrato.r. Stottlemeyer.'s sec.ond-in.-command,. Lieutenant .Randall Disher (Jason. Gray-Stanford), also. seems to be developi.ng both admi.ration and compassion for t.he man he. once labele.d