Randy Disher
| Randall Disher | |
|---|---|
 Jason Gray-Stanford as Randy Disher |
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| First appearance | "Mr. Monk and the Candidate" |
| Last appearance | "Mr. Monk and the End - Part II" |
| Created by | David Hoberman |
| Portrayed by |
Jason Gray-Stanford (2002-2009) |
| Information | |
| Aliases | "Dirty Randy" |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation |
Philadelphia Police Department, Police Sergeant (pre-1999) San Francisco Police Department, Police Lieutenant (1999-2009) Summit, New Jersey Chief of Police (2009) |
| Family |
Sharona Fleming(wife) Benjy Fleming(stepson) Maria Disher (mother) Harvey Disher (uncle; deceased as of "Mr. Monk Visits a Farm") |
Lieutenant Randall "Randy" 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 (like 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 (or to in one case put down his coffee cup); 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.
One of Randy's other gifts is that he is an excellent female impersonator. In "Mr. Monk and the Missing Granny", he dresses up as a homeless woman by wearing a big wig and some "dirt"; although Sharona sees through his disguise, the disguise even fools several cops. And in "Mr. Monk and the Three Julies", Randy is disguised as Matthew Teeger's deceased mother in a trap to lure Matthew out of hiding, which succeeds thanks to Randy's ability to speak falsetto.
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