Any fictional detective written in the last 100 years has a a little A little by Sherlock Holmes in them. But the procedural dramatic series "Monk" is in shape very explicitly after "Sherlock Holmes", to its acting ensemble. Lynchpine on that team is Adrian Monk (Tony Halhub, who once audited for self-neurotic George Costanza of Seinfeld), Detective in San Francisco with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and extreme German.

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Although Monk shares Holmes' bothering power, it's not a perfect comparison. A monk has a tragic story (the death of his wife Trudi, a mystery that never solved) Holmes did not do. Similarly, Holmes is arrogant while Monk is awkward. And while Holmes only has Dr -Johnon Watson for his part, Monk had two different sides.

In the first two and a half seasons, a personal assistant at Monk/Nurse/Watson is Sharona Fleming (Beatty Sham), Jersey of the BBC. Then, after the "Monk" Season 3, Episode 9, Mr. Monk takes his medication, "Harona leaves abruptly, returning to Newu Jerseyers and remarries for her ex-husband. In the next episode, Mr. Monk and Red Haringa. They hit him and he hired him as his assistant, a role in which it remains until the end of the series.

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Natalie fitted well into the show, so the change was smooth and did not reduce the quality of later seasons. But if you think it sounds inorganic, you'll be right. Harona did not leave because that was what Mokk needed, she left because of the salary dispute between Sham and the show.

As early as 2004, the US Network (where the "monk" was broadcast) said Through a spokesman for Sram/Sharona leaving "Monk" was a creative decision. As her statement said:

"The Monk has decided to go in another creative direction with some of his characters. Beatty will not continue with the cast and we thank her for her significant contributions and we wish her best. "

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Sham's management company, "Unscrewed Fun", said it was a friendly splitting. But these Boatherplate statements were a spin that read it. Halfway up to the 3rd season, they were under way with the "Monk" actor contract. (One episode of one season 3, "Mr Monk and the game of the game", only features Monk himself, apparently because Halhub was the only main member of the cast contract at that moment.)

The deal dispute was at the center of Sharona's departure. Allegedly, Sham wanted an increase in the show. She received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Actress in TV Comedy or Musical That Year, so probably (understandably) felt she had a good position to bargain - people wanted what she was doing, and "Monk" was a better series for her presence.

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Raising did not happen. Is not completely clear if the United States let Shram go or if She He chose to leave because he would not sign for less than he thought it was worth. But whatever, Harona was gone, while her fellow main members of the Ted Levin cast (like Captain Lealon Sotlemier) and Asoneerson Gray-Stanford (Colonel Randy Disher) continued their contracts.

After the first season of 13 episodes, Monk maintained a regular release schedule for most of the original work. Each season was 16 episodes and will start airing in early summer. The show will then rest in the end of the summer, around the eighth or ninth episode of the season, and then continue the next January with the rest of the season. "Mr -Monck took her cure" was the last episode before the 3rd season at the break, giving the impression that Harona left in the meantime. She didn't even get a dedicated episode of goodbye ... at least, not immediately.

Beatty Whether Return to "Monk" as a guest star in 2009 During Season 8, appears in the episode titled - what else - "M -Monck and Harona". The premise is that Sharona's uncle died. So while she visits San Francisco to put his stuff in order, she also checks Adrian. Of course, there is a murder that needs to be investigated, which Harona does so with Monk and Natalie.

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The whole essential essence of the episode is about the differences between Sharona and Natalie and how they handle a monk. Natalie did not have the hardness of Sharona; It is unstable iteus, less prone to lower her leg and used soft encouragement to remove the monk from his comfort zone.

Sham and Halhob talked to MovieWeb To publish the episode. Both actors described how to feel like they were right, where they left.

"It was honest as if I had never left," Gram said. "Beatty and I both looked at each other while doing the first scene, which is the scene - the first day was the scene where she was coming back. And we just looked at each other and laughing because she just felt like there was no time spent at all," Halhub added.

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The episode itself relies on the feeling that there is no time to pass; Harona walks around in Monk's apartment by accident and deletes him as if he were still his assistant. Then Natalie enters and sees Monk and Harona behave like the old days. Monk's relationships with Sharona and Natalie are not romantic in generalBut the whole scene is designed to look like someone who enters your partner and their former. ("This is not what it looks like!" The monk assures Natalie.)

Sham deserved to keep his job, but Trajlor Howard/Natalie was far from dragging a "monk". This puzzle can make you feel indecisive as the monk-iam Although Mr Monk and Harona have proven that Harona and Natalie could coexist as characters. Neither Sham nor Howard had the most prolific actors after finishing "Monk"But the play itself will ensure that they are remembered.