Adrian Monk (Tony Shalhoub) — everyone’s favorite anxiety-plagued detective played by Tony Shalhoub — returns to TV in Peacock’s “Mr. Monk’s Last Case: A Monk Movie” to solve one more case. Or as the title of the movie suggests, his last case. The world has changed immensely since we last visited Mr. Monk. But, one thing hasn’t changed. Or, to paraphrase Randy Newman’s theme song: “It’s still a jungle out there.”
In its original run, “Monk” aired a total of 125 episodes. Can this standalone movie sequel live up to its groundbreaking predecessor? Tonally, it does for the most part. But in this post-pandemic era where streaming TV rules the land, “Mr.
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