Janet Novak (Monk)

Janet Novak (Nicole Sullivan) is the main villainess from Monk's third season finale, "Mr. Monk and the Kid" (airdate March 4, 2005). She and her husband, Raymond, were foster parents of (among others) two-year-old Tommy Graser.
It was later revealed that Janet was the mastermind of a kidnap-for-ransom plot, which had her and Raymond abducting Daniel Carlyle, a famous 25-year-old violinist. The villainous couple demanded $500,000 from Carlyle's mother, Abigail; and as proof of their seriousness of bringing harm to their victim, the evil Janet instructed her husband to cut off Daniel's pinky finger. Tommy found the finger in the beginning of the episode, as it was in Janet's purse while she and her foster kids were at the park. 
Monk, who took in Tommy during the investigation, figured out the couple's role when he found Natalie's tube of lipstick in Tommy's possession, as he took it from Natalie's purse. Following this, Monk gave his summation in the form of a bedtime story, referring to Janet as a "wicked queen" who was very greedy. As Monk stated in the summation, Janet had said that Tommy found a pinky finger, which also gave her away as the police never revealed what type of finger it was. Daniel was later rescued from the Novak home by a SWAT team, who arrested Janet and Raymond.
== Trivia ==
* Nicole Sullivan lent her voice to the psychotic Joan on Family Guy, but is perhaps best known as the voice of the villainous Shego on Kim Possible.
Category:2000s
Category:Blonde
Category:Conspirator
Category:Greedy
Category:Kidnapper
Category:Live Action Villainess
Category:Villain's Lover
Category:Villainous Reveal
Category:Fate: Arrested