Season 1 Episode 1 & 2: Mr. Monk and the Candidate In this inaugural episode, Keiko & Will discuss the premise of the podcast (drinking while podcasting), gun control safety laws, the countless Asian-Americans in the background, and Keiko's traumatic experience with leprosy. A former San Francisco police detective suffering from an extreme case of obsessive-compulsive disorder is called in to investigate an apparent assassination attempt of a mayoral candidate in which one of his bodyguards is killed. With an introduction to Monk's talent, his phobia's, and need for an assistant, Monk investigates the murder of the candidate bodyguard and a political worker. He determines the candidate was not the intended target. (IMDB)