Randall Disher is a fictional character portrayed by Jason
Gray-Stanford on the television series Monk.Randy is Captain
Stottlemeyer's second-in-command and employed at the San Francisco
Police Department. He is usually portrayed as loyal and tenacious, but
with a comical lack of insight and given to far-fetched theories,
which were a running gag of the series. Aside from his truly
ridiculous theories, which often involve defying the very laws of
physics (for instance astral projection), he is competent within his
own range of abilities.Randy is Captain Stottlemeyer's
second-in-command and employed at the San Francisco Police Department.
He is usually portrayed as loyal and tenacious, but with a comical
lack of insight and given to far-fetched theories, which were a
running gag of the series. Aside from his truly ridiculous theories,
which often involve defying the very laws of physics (for instance
astral projection), he is competent within his own range of
abilities.Another running gag in the series is the rather awkwardly
ceremonial way in which he delivers news to Stottlemeyer, asking him
to guess what it is or sit down for it; this method mostly annoys
others who would like him to get to the point. His feelings towards
Monk change from the pilot episode of the series. In the pilot, Randy
is not only skeptical of Monk, but he seems to find Monk a joke, even
calling Monk "the defective detective" to Stottlemeyer. What appears
as his jealousy of Monk in the beginning becomes admiration as their
relationship develops.In the book, Mr. Monk and the Blue Flu,
Stottlemeyer, in a covert meeting with Monk and Natalie, reveals that
Randy has a high clearance and conviction rate. While teaching Monk
how to be a Captain and delegate, he tells them how Randy is a people
person, who gets people to say things they wouldn't have said
otherwise. They aren't high profile or unusual like the cases Monk
gets, but it is how Stottlemeyer delegates cases. The implication is
that Stottlemeyer is a good captain for matching staff to cases, and
Disher, while incapable of solving a weird case, is good at others,
which is his gift. Randy Disher Top Movies & Young Movies