Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If it wasn’t for Sharona Fleming, Adrian Monk wouldn’t have ever overcome his nervous breakdown following the murder of his wife.

Bitty Schram left Monk in season 3, but her character, Sharona Fleming, still had some story left before the quirky detective procedural was done.

Monk aired for eight seasons on USA Network, between 2002 and 2009. In that time, Adrian Monk (Tony Shaloub) the “defective detective,” as he was rudely called by his detractors, solved hundreds of ...