神探阿_#)蒙 第二季

　　Form+`er polic
?*$e detective Adr:@i^
an Mon?^ k (Ton!*y :[S[halhoub)=#,
*whos e p_(=hotographic  memor+#]y
]and=-: am
` azing ability to piece )-t_%ogether tiny clues made him a lo_+ca.l legend, has suffer-/_ed fr;_om intensified obsessive-compulsiv
`;@e diso..r%der and a variety of ph%*obia (s s:ince the unsol`v\ed ?
m `u-rder of h/+#is wife, Tr.#\udy, in] -! 1997,. N-ow on psychiatr,ic leave from the S,an;
Francisco Police Depar+tm@en% (/t and working as a free[lance detecti: ve/ cons
ult]-.ant on difficult cases, Monk h
@/opes;
? to c%o?-@nvinc?/e his for:mer bos-s,\ Captain Leland [:+S`[to@?^[+ttlemeyer (Ted*, Levin,/ e), to allow \/him to retur$ n to,` the fo#;rce%. Stot :^,tleme
yer, ;@who/= wa^\vered between admiration ;f
?or . Monk an(+d anno:?yan_ce at h\is eccentri=;ci
ties du)[rin)g [ the first # se!!ason, i^^s b ecoming more -* of a friend (^to Monk a,s t!$,he ser`$ies dev[,;elop? *s, freque:+*n*/tly cal/l+ing) him in `:.to_ hel/p, as muc h =\.$for ]%^ Monk9s benefit a s fo!r his own. H=o`\wever, he k$*nows#[- Monk's limitations as wel(,l `+as his strengths and may %still harbor dou=bts about# the wi*!sdom of allowing M@onk to %carry`-  /;a gun or subdue a perpetra\to.!/r.
#St:ott %lemeyer& (
#39s second-in-command,
+Lieutena? @nt Rand_all Dish :e=]r (Jaso?;n Gray- +;S(.tanf^%_ord), als
\:.o seems to be dev?el+@o.$pi#+n, /g b ^oth %#*a%dmirati_%on an`$d compassi,!^on fo(-r t^$h%]e man]( he once% labele_$/d ^[&quo$`tthe def$(ective de:
tecti(ve. "　　Des]^+pite fl [aw?s and inad+_ /equacies all ar(ound, \th++e thr%ee are becomi .ng a+n i .nc@r_e asingly( effective  te am, wit h additional help from Monk&@#:39s personal?
assistant. F;rom\ the\ _double-episode pilo t;\ thro# ^ugh the f(?i($rst half o^.f season th+r#;ee, , Monk %was aided= by his nurs :e*/, Sharo$na ? F,/lemin (^g (Bitty :+]Schram);+. But in the tenth/\ ep-;!isod\-e of th e :;/third sea_: son, Shar
^
#ona was replace $d by a new assistan/t, Natalie) T)eege--r (Traylor Howard). (@*Like Sharona, -a _(:divor:cee with\; ,\a ;son #^named B.
$/enjy, ?`_.Natalie i% $s a single parent, ].a  widow wit:h a daugh $ter+`, n ,^amed Juli@ e (Emm.y Clarke). Unlike S.haron+ a, Natal
ie is not a nurse=
b?^ut #a \()former bartender wi/th 
a f!.r:esh# pers#?p %ec[tive on "Mr. M.;%\on--k,&qu(o+.t a
s ; $`sh-:e still addresses her n
:ew boss.