托尼·比尔

　　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.

　　这部影片主要讲述的是一个母亲和她六个孩子来到陌生的小镇生活的故事。他们家的破房子最后被大火烧了，母亲带着孩子们在废墟里哪怕捡没烧完的钉子，她也坚持不愿接受别人的施舍想独立把房子重建起来。

　　广告人越疯狂，做出的广告就越有笑点。某广告公司的文案编辑安·莫瑞（杜德利·摩尔扮演），发现自己只能想出老实的广告文案之后，被公司送进了精神病院。然而讽刺的是，他的这种直言不讳的文案风格却大受欢迎，并开始和精神病院中的“疯子”们一起合作，写出更多既实在又疯狂得让人拍案叫绝的文案。以下就是几则“疯子”们创作的搞笑文案和片中的部分爆笑点。　　爆笑点之一：为美联航空公司做的广告文案——“乘坐美联航空公司的飞机，大部分乘客都能活着回去。”　　爆笑点之二：为邮局做的广告文案。一辆飞速行驶的邮车在公路上横冲直撞。邮递员亲切和蔼地说：“为了能把您的信件及时送达，撞死几个人又何妨？”　　爆笑点之三：给某旅行社做的巴哈马群岛的旅游广告。一个丰腴性感的比基尼女郎充斥整个画面，她的名字叫做“巴哈马”，广告语为：“进入巴哈马！”镜头一切换，无数接线员在跟投诉者解释：“我们提供的服务不包括‘进入女郎身体’这个项目。”　　爆笑点之四：一个亚裔青年精神病患者在得到了一辆汽车的奖赏后，急于试试身手，一边脚踩油门，一边骂骂咧咧：“他妈的，先轧死几个白人。”　　爆笑点之五：给纽约市做的形象广告——“这里的谋杀案发生数量比去年少了一件。”　　爆笑点之六：给索尼公司做的广告文案。播出前版本（美国人描述）：“因为日本人（个子矮）的眼睛离电子元件的距离比较近，所以电器由他们生产。” 播出后版本（日本人描述）：“由于西方人（个子高）的眼睛离电子元件的距离比较远，所以这种攒精密仪器的活儿由我们来干，索尼电器。”

　　本片讲述21世纪初期，美国爆发内战，独裁政权推翻民主制度，自号国会监察。各义士奋起抗暴，全国烽烟四起，各地更严密实施军管。唯一的自由城市钢港，市内龙蛇混杂。火凤凰在此经营酒巴，兼职捕快与一批抗暴分子并肩全战。艾素是一名自由战士，与火凤凰曾有过一段恋情，帮助女科学家戴博士逃离华盛顿，并与她一起逃到钢港，在走投无路之下求助火凤凰，相处之下二人发生微妙的感情。