Former police detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub), whose photographic memory and amazing ability to piece together tiny clues made him a local legend, has suffered from intensified obsessive-compulsive disorder and a variety of phobias since the unsolved murder of his wife, Trudy, in 1997. Now on psychiatric leave from the San Francisco Police Department and working as a freelance detective/ consultant on difficult cases, Monk hopes to convince his former boss, Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), to allow him to return to the force. Stottlemeyer, who wavered between admiration for Monk and annoyance at his eccentricities during the first season, is becoming more of a friend to Monk as the series develops, frequently calling him in to help, as much for Monk's benefit as for his own. However, he knows Monk's limitations as well as his strengths and may still harbor doubts about the wisdom of allowing Monk to carry a gun or subdue a perpetrator. Stottlemeyer's second-in-command, Lieutenant Randall Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford), also seems to be developing both admiration and compassion for the man he once labeled "the defective detective." 　　Despite flaws and inadequacies all around, the three are becoming an increasingly effective team, with additional help from Monk's personal assistant. From the double-episode pilot through the first half of season three, Monk was aided by his nurse, Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram). But in the tenth episode of the third season, Sharona was replaced by a new assistant, Natalie Teeger (Traylor Howard). Like Sharona, a divorcee with a son named Benjy, Natalie is a single parent, a widow with a daughter named Julie (Emmy Clarke). Unlike Sharona, Natalie is not a nurse but a former bartender with a fresh perspective on "Mr. Monk," as she still addresses her new boss. 　　译文(3): 前警探阿德里安·蒙克（托尼·沙胡布饰）的照片记忆和拼凑微小线索的惊人能力使他成为当地的传奇人物。自1997年妻子特鲁迪谋杀案未解以来，他一直患有严重的强迫症和各种恐惧症。Monk现在正在旧金山警察局（San Francisco Police Department）的精神病假中，并在疑难案件中担任自由侦探/顾问，他希望说服他的前老板Leland Stottlemeyer上尉（泰德·莱文饰）允许他重返警察局。在第一季中，斯托特梅尔在对蒙克的钦佩和对他的怪癖的不满之间摇摆不定，随着剧集的发展，他越来越成为蒙克的朋友，经常打电话给他帮忙，既是为了蒙克的利益，也是为了他自己的利益。然而，他知道蒙克的局限性和长处，可能仍然对允许蒙克持枪或制服罪犯是否明智心存疑虑。Stottlemeyer的副手Randall Disher中尉（Jason Gray Stanford饰）似乎也对他曾经称之为“；有缺陷的侦探"；