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Anyone out there watch the show Monk? We stumbled upon it (as I do with most TV) as a free video from iTunes maybe even a couple years ago. It’s been around for a while, but on USA, so perhaps you’ve not heard of it.

The premise is that Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) is a genius detective whose attention to detail solves many crimes, but went way off the deep end when his wife died. He has an assistant who tends to his many needs from his many phobias, and a pretty funny cast for the police dept he works with. Tony Shalhoub is a pretty funny actor, and plays the part of Monk perfectly.

We just borrowed Season Four from the library, and watched it over a couple weeks. Great stuff. The show is not rough, overly violent, sexual, or just bad in general. The language is occasionally rougher than your TV from the 80s (what we usually watch) but it’s infrequently so, and overall very clever writing.. just a fun show.

The best part is, I have noticed probably another reason I like the show. Maybe Jen, too. I am a bit like Monk! 🙂 The character is exaggerated, but I really do need things to be in their place before I can relax. Monk will enter a room and can’t do anything else until he straightens things on desks, window blinds, etc. Before we sit down to watch the show, I must put everything back in its place in the room. 🙂

Pretty funny.

I don’t think I’m neurotic, but I definitely do have those tendencies. Just, in small doses.

So, if you’ve never checked it out, put it in your Netflix queue, or check your local library. Good stuff.