Дефективный детектив Mr. Monk and the Red Herring (2002–2009) Online

Natalie Teeger, the single mother, living alone with her daughter, Emily, hears a noise inside the house. She wakes up and decides to go take a look to see what's going on. Her worst fears are realized when she discovers an intruder in her own living room. Armed with a bat, she tries to hit the criminal, but he proves he is stronger. Natalie, as a way to defend herself, grabs a pair of scissors and kills the thief.

During the investigation, Natalie gets to meet the investigating team. Monk, who has been having a hard time finding a substitute to be his assistant. We watch him interviewing a few candidates. Natalie, who has come to see Monk, puts out the fire caused by the last woman Monk spoke to. He is useless when it came to using the fire extinguisher, something that Natalie did without any problems. Monk believes he has found his substitute! The next step takes Monk and Natalie to the Museum where Emily had bought the fish tank kit. Monk puts two and two together and realizes there was something in the package that was what the intruder was looking for, in the first place. Before all that, Monk is made to go through the fallopian tube exhibit, something that horrifies him to no end.

Randall Zisk directed this funny installment of this funny series. Andy Breckman, the creator of "Monk" wrote the screenplay. The result was the arrival to the series of Traylor Howard, who went to become a regular. Ms. Howard is sassy, down to earth and smart. She is a great addition to the show. As always, Tony Shalhoub's neurotic detective is absolutely disarming. Mr. Zisk does wonders with the way he sets the action for this amazing episode. Just to watch Tony Shalhoub's going to great pangs of horror in entering the fallopian tube is an unexpected joy.

'Monk' has always been one of my most watched shows when needing comfort, to relax after a hard day, a good laugh or a way to spend a lazy weekend.

"Mr Monk and the Red Herring" is most notable for being the episode that introduced us to Natalie Teeger, a very short notice replacement for Sharona Fleming, after Bitty Schram left following contract issues. It is very sad to see Sharona go, especially since the it was very hard to buy the explanation provided for her leaving (though at least they provided one), too out of the blue and didn't make sense considering it went against what was shown in the previous episodes. The good news is though that the replacement is not a bad one considering the circumstances.

Since it is her first episode, Natalie is not quite an interesting character yet, her personal life is established well but there is not yet much to the character personality-wise that sets her apart from Sharona. This is more to do with the writing though than Traylor Howard, who actually does very well, one misses the sass and no-nonsense nature of Sharona but Howard makes Natalie down to earth and sensitive and she clicks very well with Tony Shalhoub's Monk. Even at this stage, there is a preference for how Natalie deals with Monk's quirks and problems, seeming a little more caring and sensitive than Sharona.

As said many times, one of the best things about 'Monk' has always been the acting of Tony Shalhoub in the title role. It was essential for him to work and be the glue of the show, and Shalhoub not only is that but also at his very best he IS the show. Have always loved the balance of the humour, which is often hilarious, and pathos, which is sincere and touching.

Ted Levine and Jason Gray-Stanford are amusing, and it is always fun to see them together and how Stottlemeyer interacts with Monk in a seesaw kind of chemistry. The supporting cast are all fine, if not any standouts.

It's not just the cast or story though. Another star is the writing, which is also essential to whether the show would be successful or not and succeed it does here. The mix of hilarious wry humour, lovable quirkiness and tender easy-to-relate-to drama is delicately done. The quirks are sympathetically done and never exploited or overdone.

Regarding the character moments, faring best were the hilarious fire extinguisher scene, the touching one with the parrot and a pretty tense one involving a decision between the rock or the fish. The mystery is fun and engaging, if with a little too much emphasis on the big clue and the previously mentioned plot inconsistency during the otherwise pretty clever and not too silly summation is head-scratching.

Visually, the episode is shot in a slick and stylish way, and the music is both understated and quirky. While there is a preference for the theme music for Season 1, Randy Newman's "It's a Jungle Out There" has grown on me overtime, found it annoying at first but appreciate its meaning and what it's trying to say much more now. Oh and a good job is done with the different opening credits sequence to accommodate the changes made.

Overall, very good episode and a worthy if not perfect introduction to Natalie. 8/10 Bethany Cox

We're re-watching the series and have come to the sad good by of Sharona. I wish they would have written it out a little better but I understand it was a pretty abrupt money issue with Bitty. Sharona was great, but Natalie is also great, the casting for this part was flawless. This was a great introduction to Natalie and we'll look forward to the rest of the series with her (again) My only question is when Monk sums up the crime it left me scratching my head: First he says the bad guy swapped out the moon rock and nobody, even the museum had no idea the real one was missing, then the next sentences explains how the bad guy had to hide it in the aquarium box because he couldn't get it out of the museum as everything was being searched etc etc. How can both be true? If they didn't even know it was missing, why were they searching everyone leaving for it? This plot hole was wide enough to drive a truck through and very out of character for the writers of this great show.

Traylor Howard's bow as Natalie Teeger,the next assistant for everybody's favorite obsessive-compulsive,joy-killing former police detective-turned consultant,is an interesting and oddly disarming ep where a at that time still assistant-free Adrian helps out our future assistant to the detective who kills an burglar breaking into her place when she fears for her life and the life of her daughter. The break-in is to steal a...fish. And,as per many of these episodes,it just gets weirder from there.

A good and unusual episode,highlighting a new turn in Adrian's world to come.

When did it become so acceptable to bash men and use generalization to insult an entire gender. I was out when Natalie states that all men lie. If a male character had said something like that it would have never been made. The most egregious fact is that she is lying to her daughter the whole time. What a garbage way to introduce a new character.