i find it difficult to fathom that in all the year this show have be on the air and the hasn not be the slight hint of public outcry at it portrayal of ocd sufferer . sure and it a funny little detective show that can occasionally be downright clever in it plot and dialogue . but despite what the producer or ocd expert have apparently say and the character of monk be insulting beyond word . from the very first episode and the show have treat ocd a a joke and a comical disorder and easily dismiss and therefore easily mock . i daresay if a new and lighthearted detective show attempt to portray a character with and say and no leg and the subject would be take a bit more seriously . like ironside and for instance . do you ever see that episode where he try to get up the stair without his wheelchair and and he just keep thump along and then fall back down while the goofy music play and and then his assistant come in and say oh and ironside and would not you ever learn . youre only half a man . and then everybody have a good laugh . no . how about the six season worth of episode where that happen . that one of my very favorite thing about the show . the way everyone be so desperately patronize and and monk naturally put up with it . because and yknow and he deserve it . honestly and that the character of sharona and that streetwise single mom who really need the job and could get away with constantly and publicly criticize and second guessing and and mock her employer be the ultimate testament to how the show creator really view the condition . in anything approach a plausible situation and she would have be instantly fire and and if there be any justice and slap very hard before be eject from his home . but no . she mean to be the realistic character we all relate to and isn not she . i know that some ocd sufferer have take some solace from the show and and from the fact that ocd have be recognize by the mainstream at all and and that a wonderful thing . in the main and though and this show depiction of a man with something the writer inexplicably think be ocd simply make people who have the real condition feel more ostracized than ever . and pack the first season dvd set with a moist towelette . what a stroke of sensitivity from the marketing guy at usa . but no and it a care show and the producer say so . i have be look through some of the comment post here . ocd become something of a popular buzzword the last few year . everyone who like to keep a tidy house or have both shoe point the same way giggle and say they have it . you know how you can tell when someone doesn not know what theyre talk about . when they say oh and i be a little bit ocd . here an important detail and folk represent ocd be not an adjective . if someone use it that way and you can feel completely justify in ignore everything else they ever say and ever . personally and i would like to see an episode call mr. monk can not leave the room . it could be a full hour of tony shalhoub try to move his hand from the doorframe . in act two and after the break and he can start to cry . the denouement can be when he can not make it to the bathroom in act five and and urinates on himself . and we will all have a good laugh .