So I published this a little early.
Well as far as things go. It was a good start. I didn't find Stanley Tucci very funny at all. I think he over did it. The premise of a TV movie about a case was a little humorous especially Randy's character. I look forward to better from Monk and USA. I mean I realize that this is just the season opener, but it seems to have lost some of it's charm from earlier season's.
Tony Shalhoub and Traylor Howard both did wonderfully as Adrian and Natalie respectively. Of course, Ted Levine also did a good job as Captain Stottlemeyer. All of the regulars did well, but I guess this episode just didn't do it for me.
However the few moments between Tucci's character and Shalhoub were quite good especially in provoking feelings about Monk's past. That isn't to say this is good, but I found it interesting to see what happened.
Now as per the crime. This episode really did it well. I for one like most of you didn't know what everything was about until the very end. Now true I did say that I didn't like Tucci's character, but I must admit that if Monk were evil and psychotic then he played the perfect Monk. Watching the Monk (Shalhoub) on Monk (Tucci) play was wonderfully funny. Of course one has to wonder if something like this is truly believable, but it is television so anything can happen.
My favorite part would be near the end when Monk says he wanted to play a character that wasn't so dark and depressing., referring to Tucci's character. He then goes on to say that he is England doing Hamlet. Yet another great joke.
Overall I give this episode a 7.5 out of 10. Now I haven't made any specific criteria for any specific shows or anything like that. This scale is just my overall opinion of the episode. A 10 would be an Emmy worthy episode and a 1 would be a cancellation waiting to happen. I think that's a good scale. Well I hope you enjoyed this review.
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