If you watched "Monk" last season, then you know what a clever show it is. If you didn't watch, you really missed out on a great show. The second half of the seventh season premieres on USA Network on January 9, 2009.
Jack Jr., Monk's half brother who he did not know existed, is on the run from the police and comes to his apartment. He is the opposite of Monk in every possible way - unkept, unshaven, touchy - except one: they share the same DNA. After convincing Monk that he is his brother, he explains he had been arrested for selling stolen cars and needs Monk's help. In the process of escaping from the police he ended up being accused of killing a woman, something he swore he did not do. He tells Monk he found the woman already dead in a car after he was crawling through the sewer to escape. The thought of Jack crawling through the sewer sets off Monk's OCD tendencies, but once he is cleaned up Jack explains that he has to solve the case of the dead woman before he can go back to prison to serve the sentence for the stolen cars. Against his better judgement, Monk allows Jack to make a phone to his mother (on the speakerphone). She is appalled that Monk wants to turn Jack in without helping him and guilts him into agreeing to help. When he takes Jack along with him to look into the crime, he introduces Jack as his pen pal although that does create some unusual situations. Needless to say, during the course of the investigation nothing goes right and the two half-brothers manages to get on each other's nerves. What they find out and how they learn it is fun to watch in this exciting all-new episode of Monk!
If you watched "Monk" last season, then you know what a clever show it is. If you didn't watch, you really missed out on a great show. The seventh season premieres on USA Network on July 10, 2008.
Monk picks up where it left off, with Monk unable to consider a new therapist to replace Dr. Kroeger and bored with his job. He can't get any sleep because his neighbor plays the piano at all hours (although only Monk can hear it). He decides to investigate an "obvious" accidental death and finds his perfect house - one that is absolutely clean and soundproof. What more could America's favorite OCD detective want? He decides to buy it on an impulse. His new therapist determines he is upset about the piano playing because it is the same music Dr. Kroeger played in his waiting room. He decides he doesn't like that therapist either and spends the session sitting. While at a hardware store to buy items for the new house he meets a handyman who gives him a business card in case he needed any work done. Once in the new house Monk starts finding little things he needs fixed and he calls the handyman. Unfortunately, the little things turn into big things as the handyman keeps finding things wrong that need major overhauls. Monk, who values clean and quiet above all else, has to endure noise and dirt. When the handyman turns out to be more than what he seems and a dead body turns up, it's time for Monk to get back to work. He has to figure who the handyman is and what the house has to do with everything. Just another day at work for him.
