Mrs. Hammond

Mrs. Hammond is a villainess from "Mr. Monk Goes to a Fashion Show," episode 4.10 of Monk.

She was played by Dale Waddington.

Mrs. Hammond is a classical musician who was shown in the beginning of the episode grieving over the loss of her husband, who was also a classical musician. The couple were only married for six months at the time of the husband's death, which was quickly revealed to be intentionally caused by Mrs. Hammond. Some time before the episode's events, Mrs. Hammond turned heel and stabbed her husband to death, and during her interview with Captain Stottlemeyer in her home, Mrs. Hammond portrayed the grieving widow to mask her murderous heel persona.

The villainess claimed that she was at the studio practicing playing the cello, but Monk (despite being distracted over the woman who inspects his shirts) correctly deduced that Mrs. Hammond was lying, as she couldn't play the cello wearing a long lawn skirt like the one she was wearing. After both Stottlemeyer and Randy Disher realized that Monk was correct, the evil Mrs. Hammond ended up taken to custody and arrested.