As the proverbial 'monk' - The word's Greek root means 'living and being alone' - Adrian Monk lives a solitudinal lifestyle. He may not physically reside in a monastery, but his obsessive-compulsive disorder, as well as his phobias related to cleanliness, chaos and certain foods - the after-effects of his wife Trudy's murder several years earlier - have all but psychologically imprisoned him in a cloister of his own making.Tony Shaloub is less annoying than Larry David.
I've decided.
The squirm appeal of Curb Your Enthusiasm.