Mystery

Mr. Monk and the Psychic

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Mr. Monk and the Psychic

Monk Monday takes us back to San Francisco and the toils of the defective detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). The first single-hour episode of the series following the two-hour pilot episode, “Mr. Monk and the Psychic” sees Monk volunteer his services to the former police commissioner (John Bourgeois) whose wife (Kate Trotter) goes missing and is later found dead by a psychic (Linda Kash). Given the loss of his own wife, the case hits close to home, but seeing discrepancies that can’t be explained, and not believing in psychics in general (or this specific psychic specifically), Monk begins to suspect the woman was murdered by her husband.

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Will Trent – Residente o Visitante

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Will Trent - Residente o Visitante

While a good chunk of the first-half of the episode features Will (Ramón Rodríguez) in Puerto Rico with Antonio (John Ortiz), his part in an investigation doesn’t begin until he’s back home and discovers one of the friends he met on the island has been killed in Atlanta. The episode works to play on Antonio’s distrust of the police, particularly the FBI whose past with Puerto Rico is far from stellar, as well as give a chance for Will, Antonio, and the recovering Angie (Erika Christensen) to all work together to solve a crime the current FBI agent in charge (Christy St. John) seems all too willing to sweep under the rug.

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Mr. Monk and the Candidate

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Mr. Monk and the Candidate

Monk Monday takes us back to San Francisco and the toils of the defective detective Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub). Premiering in July of 2002, the double-sized opener introduced us not only to former police detective Adrian Monk, whose OCD and neuroses kicked into overdrive following the murder of his wife Trudy, but also his long-suffering nurse and assistant Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram), his psychiatrist Dr. Kroger (Stanley Kamel), and both Captain Leland Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine) and Lieutenant Randy Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford). Part Sherlock Holmes, part Columbo, and part something very different, for the better part of the next decade Mr. Monk put his unique skills to the test against his demons and phobias and always came out on top.

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Will Trent – Why Is Jack’s Arm Bleeding?

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Will Trent - Why Is Jack's Arm Bleeding?

In an episode that deals with the murder of a young girl whose remains are found 13 years after her disappearance, “Why is Jack’s Arm Bleeding?” also wraps up the flashbacks and hallucinations of Will’s (Ramón Rodríguez) younger self as the new case has just enough similarities to shake loose some repressed memories and reveal a guilt Will has been carrying around with him for half of his life. The sequences have been effective over the first-half of the season, but won’t mind them fading away. After a couple of red herrings in young men who fancied the victim, Will discovers the true motive and method of murder.

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The Veil – The Camp

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The Veil - The Camp

There’s an interesting idea at the heart of The Veil that might make for a tense 100-minute thriller. I have some doubts on whether or not it can be stretched over six hours, however. The first episode is mainly setup as MI6 Agent Imogen Salter (Elisabeth Moss) extracts Adilah El Idrissi (Yumna Marwan) from a refugee camp before she can be killed by those in the camp who have discovered she worked with ISIS. The premise of the show involves Imogene working the asset on the road while attempting to extract a vital piece of data without giving too much away. The setup isn’t half bad, foreshadowing issues MI6 may have with a trigger-happy American (Josh Charles) who isn’t too happy with the current situation.

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