"Mr. Monk Takes Manhattan" is the first episode of the third season of the American comedy drama detective television series Monk, and the show's 30th episode overall. The series follows Adrian Monk, a private detective with obsessive–compulsive disorder and multiple phobias, and his assistant Sharona Fleming. In this episode, Monk travels to New York City in an attempt to discover his wife's killer, but may solve the case of the death of the Latvian ambassador.
The cast stands in Manhattan. The scenario has been praised for exploring Monk's phobias, but also has been criticized, as "none of the scenes depicting Mr. Monk vs. the City of New York advance the plot."
Although the character did not appear in the episode, Trudy (played in flashbacks by Melora Hardin from the third season) is a driving element of Monk that producers tried to explore in this episode.
The third season of Monk originally aired in the United States on USA Network from June 18, 2004, to March 4, 2005. It consists of 16 episodes. Tony Shalhoub, Ted Levine, and Jason Gray-Stanford reprise their roles as the main characters, and Traylor Howard joins the cast. Bitty Schram left the show due to a contract dispute during the Winter hiatus. A DVD of the season was released on July 5, 2005.
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