She is introduced in Mr. Monk on Patrol, where she runs a store in Summit called Poop, which (as the store's name suggests) sells dung and other objects made from fecal material. She visits Sharona in "Mr. Monk Goes to the Theater", just when Gail is framed for murder. His original name for the pilot was Randy Deacon, as part of the creators' homage to Sherlock Holmes' Lestrade (LEland STottlemeyer and RAndy DEacon). However, in "Mr. Monk Goes to a Farm", Captain Stottlemeyer calls Randy "Son", implying that he feels like a father to Randy. In this episode, she has started a website about Monk, and we see her digitally replacing Natalie's head with her own. Police say 'Monk' actor stabbed parents, killed himself Unlike Karen, Linda unashamedly presents herself to Stottlemeyer, Monk and Natalie as a very confident and calculating woman who will not be intimidated by anyone. He has a romantic interest in Natalie Teeger, Adrian's second assistant. Once convinced of the validity of one of Monk's theories, Stottlemeyer always proves a staunch ally in apprehending Monk's primary suspects. Now serving on the San Francisco City Council, Harold initially votes against Adrian's motion to preserve the parking garage where Trudy was murdered, instead of demolishing it to build a children's playground. They married on August 8, 1990. She has a sister. Adrian (in "Mr. Monk Is Up All Night") sees a Brazilian woman named Maria Cordova, whom he chases for several blocks for no apparent reason. The two of them once traveled to Mexico to elope, much to the horror of Natalie's parents. The actor also had recurring roles on Days of Our Lives , Melrose Place , and Stottlemeyer also looked up Sharona Fleming and hired her as Monk's practical nurse, which helped Monk to recover from a state of near-catatonia caused by Trudy's death. Adrian becomes furious when he learns that Jack's obsession with Paraguay is because its new extradition laws do not allow for extraditing individuals indicted for crimes other than murder. Trudy has already suspected that Rickover was involved in Wendy Stroud's death after she read about it in the newspaper. Fearing that Monk's involvement in the investigation may ultimately lead back to him, Rickover orders Kazarinski to kill Monk as well. Julie also initially helps Monk out when Dale "the Whale" Biederbeck apparently escapes from police custody while at SF General Hospital undergoing a bypass surgery. Rather than recast the role, the writers wrote Dr. Kroger out of the show by having him also die of a heart attack, and cast Hctor Elizondo in the replacement role of Dr. Neven Bell, who is a friend and colleague of Dr. Kroger's, and as such, can sympathize with Monk's feeling of loss. Ambrose has both more severe problems than Adrian and more acute powers of observation. He explains that Randy is able to solve so many cases because he is a "people person" who gets people to say things they would not have said otherwise.