'MONK' KEEPS THINGS DELICIOUSLY QUIRKY.Byline: - David Kronke ``Monk,'' a simple idea that has proven surprisingly resilient - a neurotic genius solves quirky quirk n. 1. A peculiarity of behavior; an idiosyncrasy: "Every man had his own quirks and twists" Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2. crimes - resumes its fourth season tonight with a particularly silly case. Adrian Monk Adrian Monk is the protagonist of the television series Monk, portrayed by Tony Shalhoub. A legendary former homicide detective in the San Francisco Police Department, his obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), severely intensified by the death of his wife, interfering with (Tony Shalhoub), fearing that his favorite shirt-factory inspector is slipping, discovers her to be distraught over the apparently unfair imprisonment Imprisonment See also Isolation. Alcatraz Island former federal maximum security penitentiary, near San Francisco; “escapeproof.” [Am. Hist.: Flexner, 218] Altmark, the German prison ship in World War II. [Br. Hist. of her son over the murder of a supermodel. But there's really no mystery involved - the episode tips its hand way too early on a number of levels. But the humor manages to endure: At a runway show, Monk advises against eating the food: ``I just saw a model throw up.'' ``Monk'' returns tonight at 10 on USA. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Tony Shalhoub makes the offbeat off·beat n. Music An unaccented beat in a measure. adj. Slang Not conforming to an ordinary type or pattern; unconventional: offbeat humor. humor flow as ``Monk's'' neurotic detective. |
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