Picks and Pans Review: Monk

UPDATED 12/30/2002 at 01:00 AM EST • Originally published 12/30/2002 at 01:00 AM EST

This fresh series has a gimmick that works like a charm: The brilliant detective (deftly played by Tony Shalhoub) happens to be obsessive-compulsive. The mystery drew so much favorable attention on USA that ABC decided to air it too.