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Captain Leland Stottlemeyer is a Fictional Police Officer played by Ted Levine on the US Comedic Crime Drama Television Series '' Monk ''. He is a Captain in the San Francisco Police department, and a longtime (if long-suffering) friend of Adrian Monk from their days on the force together. In keeping with the Sherlock Holmes referencing of the show, Stottlemeyer can be compared to Inspector Lestrade , as he is frequently forced to call in Monk whenever there is a case he or the police department cannot solve themselves. In the early episodes of the show especially, this causes a certain degree of tension between the two; Stottlemeyer was somewhat antagonistic toward Monk, as he resented being forced (frequently by powers higher than he, such as the Mayor or the Police Commissioner) into calling on Monk's assistance, and was frequently exasperated by Monk's many idiosyncracies, neuroses, phobias and quirks. Also inherent in this hostility is a certain degree of Jealousy ; Stottlemeyer appears only too aware that he is not nearly the detective that Monk is (even when - or especially - taking into account Monk's ''many'' issues) and that, in all likelihood, Monk would be in the position Stottlemeyer is in now had he not been forced to leave the police department. He is also skeptical of Monk's ability to perform as a police officer, all too aware that Monk's psychological problems are a great handicap in the high-stress life of the police department; in the episode '' Mr. Monk Goes To The Carnival '', he is forced to betray Monk by honestly revealing his misgivings about allowing Monk back into the police department to the panel evaluating Monk's request. Despite these tensions, however, there's also clearly a great deal of sympathy and respect towards Monk on Stottlemeyer's part; since even Stottlemeyer cannot deny or disrespect Monk's unquestionable abilities, once convinced of the validity of one of Monk's theories, Stottlemeyer always proves a staunch ally in apprehending the culprit of the current case. A turning point for the character came in the second season episode ''Mr. Monk and the Captain's Wife'', when Stottlemeyer's own wife Karen was seriously injured and put in a Coma . Though she recovered, Stottlemeyer was left with a taste of the kind of pain Monk lives with, and has since been far more sympathetic and respectful to him, if still easily exasperated by Monk's more extreme idiosynchrasies. Another example of Stottlemeyer's loyalty as a friend came when ''Mr. Monk in Manhattan'', with the captain continuing his investigation into Trudy's murder, so far as to following Monk to New York City to follow up on a clue, and harshly confronting a New York City police captain for concealing information that was essential to solving the murder or his "friend's wife," remarking that that was the only thing he cared about at the time. In '' Mr. Monk And The Captain's Marriage '', Stottlemeyer believes that his wife is having an affair. At the end of the episode it's revealed that she isn't having an affair, but instead is filing for divorce. The episode ends with Stottlemeyer walking out the door with his suitcases. His assistant, and source of much strife, is Lieutenant Randy Disher . |
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