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9. Mr. Monk Takes His Medicine

A woman commits suicide and minutes later Captain Stottlemeyer is shot nearby. Monk needs to determine if the two events are related, but his new medication has turned him into an obnoxious jerk who can't concentrate on the case.

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The SFPD launches a citywide manhunt after Stottlemeyer is shot and wounded on the job with a gun belonging to a woman who has just committed suicide. Feeling overwhelmed by his OCD, Monk starts taking a new medication to control his symptoms, but it causes a drastic personality change and hinders his ability to find a connection between the two incidents. Guest stars Ken Marino. Final regular-series appearance of Bitty Schram as Sharona Fleming.

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