Benjy Fleming
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Benjamin "Benjy" Fleming was a fictional character in the TV Show Monk, the son of Sharona Fleming.
He was played by Kane Ritchotte in the pilot and second season and by Max Morrow in the rest of the first season, excluding the pilot. This is because Ritchotte lives on the west coast, where the pilot was filmed (in Vancouver) and where the second season was filmed (in Los Angeles), while Morrow lives on the east coast, where the remainder of the first season was filmed (in Toronto).
Monk bonds with Benjy but has his problems in relating since he never did the things normally associated with kids growing up. As a result he is clueless in giving Benjy a pep talk about baseball (Mr. Monk Goes to the Ballgame) since Benjy has to show him how to hold a bat. In his own way in most cases he comes through since he becomes friends with MLB star Scott Gregorio who does Monk the favor of becoming Benjy's hitting coach.
Benjy, like his mother, has a sense of justice no matter what. This was evidenced in Mr. Monk and the Panic Room when his mother is angry with him for defending his younger friend from a bully. When Sharona is arrested for helping the accused in the murder, a chimpanzee, to escape, she apologizes to Benjy and said he was right -- sometimes you have to stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves. In Mr. Monk and the Playboy when Sharona tells him of her less than reputable past which was about to be revealed if Mr. Monk persisted in his investigation even though she knew Benjy would be open to ridicule and perhaps even lose respect for her, Benjy reassures her that he could handle it.
Julie Teeger took his place in the show when he returned to New Jersey with his mother to reunite with his father, Trevor Howe. He is in little league ("Mr. Monk Goes to the Carnival"). He is a sixth-grader and wants to be a writer ("Takes a Vacation").
His first appearance in any Monk-related story since he and Sharona left the television show was in the Lee Goldberg novel Mr. Monk and the Two Assistants, where Sharona returns to San Francisco because her husband was accused of murder.
Benjy and his mom were mentioned in "Mr. Monk is On the Run Part 2", having sent flowers for the presumed deceased Monk and flying in with Benjy to attend his funeral.
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