Monk 1.02

Mr. Monk and the Psychic

A police commissioner murders his wife. A psychic finds the body. It looks like the commissioner's wife drove off the road by accident. Monk suspects foul play. He does not believe in psychic abilities. Sharona is impressed by the psychic.

Monk discovers evidence that links the psychic to the police commissioner. He thinks the psychic is working with the police commissioner, at first, but later decides that is not the case. He works with the psychic to fool the police commissioner into confessing.

Thoughts

The part of the psychic was played by Linda Kash. She had a small role in Season 3 of Fargo.

Monk 1.01

Mr. Monk and the Candidate

Adrian Monk is a former San Francisco Police Detective. He's consulting on one case in Santa Clara and brought back to work on another case. He's something. He as issues. Everything went south for him a few years ago after his wife was killed. He's a germaphobe, he's obsessive-compulsive, he has problems with heights.

He has a nurse, Sharona Fleming, who looks after him. She drives him around and helps him to deal with his issues. 

San Francisco Police Captain Leland Stottlemeyer is forced to bring Monk in after there is an attempt on the life of Warren St. Claire, who is running for mayor. Someone tried to shoot St. Claire. Monk thinks it is connected to the other case he is working on, in Santa Clara. No one else agrees. Sharona thinks Miranda St. Claire is behind the attempt on her husband's life.

It turns out that Monk is right about there being a link to the other case he is working on. It takes a while for Monk, Sharona, and the police to track down the killer but eventually they do. The killer gets away, but they track him down again. Sharona gets taken hostage. Monk saves her despite his issues.