Sharona made a special guest appearance in Mr. Monk and Sharona, in season 8, in order to meet her lawyer about a lawsuit involving her uncle, Howard Fleming. In this episode she explained what she had been doing since she left. She meets Natalie Teeger, Monk's new assistant, and it seems that they are going to get along until it is revealed that Monk paid Sharona $20 a week more than Natalie. Later, they begin to bicker about assisting styles, the settlement money, etc., The two women later reconcile their differences and note that each woman was just what Monk needed at the time they worked for him, and that Sharona's seeming toughness got Monk to a place where he didn't need a full-time nurse at his side. There was also a surprise hug between Monk and Sharona, which shows the first time Monk has returned a hug given by anyone (excluding when he hugs Captain Stottlemeyer in “Mr. Monk takes His Medicine” and when he hugs Natalie in “Mr. Monk Is on the Run Part 1”), and also a surprise kiss between Randy Disher, whom Sharona regularly traded teasing barbs and banter in the first 2.5 seasons.