The story opens in a restaurant the place Vince Vaughn’s character, Andrew Yancy, and Rosa, performed by Natalie Martinez, are taking notes over espresso following the occasions of the Dangerous Monkey double-episode premiere. Yancy, a former police officer turned meals inspector, by chance orders the unsuitable factor Rosa desires.
As they talk about their investigation, Yancy is interrupted by the necessity to do his job and checks on Driggs (Crystal), who helps himself to grapes within the cafe’s kitchen. The cafe is owned by Driggs’ sister, and her pet monkey, Neville (Ronald Peet), steps in to barter with Yancy, efficiently avoiding a report that might have included the monkey within the inspection.
The temporary run of separate Dangerous Monkey tales ends, nevertheless, when Yancy and Rosa got down to observe down Madeleine (Nina Grollman), the girlfriend of the murdered Phinney (Brett Cormier). Madeleine works at a t-shirt store known as Chest Sweet.
Regardless of Yancy’s warning that Madeleine would possibly run away, Rosa approaches her and Madeleine proves Yancy proper by operating away, prompting Yancy’s smug comment, “I informed you she was a runner.” The display screen then cuts to the visually putting and atmospheric opening sequence, which units the tone for the remainder of Invoice Lawrence’s black comedy, which continues to unfold the homicide thriller interwoven with environmental themes.
Yancy and Rosa, now a newly shaped dynamic duo, start questioning Madeleine about her boyfriend Phinney and his doable involvement within the homicide, particularly the mysterious arm. Yancy remembers a trick outdated fishermen used to trick vacationers into considering they’d caught a fish.
The fishermen pretended to herald the vacationer’s catch, however in actuality they had been pulling out a fish they’d already caught and put aside. Yancy suspects Phinney pulled the same trick with the arm, suggesting he was paid for it, which might clarify how Phinney turned wealthy.
Yancy additional notes that Phinney’s minor involvement in Nick Stripling’s dying finally led to his personal homicide, which instilled concern and paranoia in Madeleine. In a second of levity, Rosa agrees to purchase one of many t-shirts from Madeleine’s retailer, and Yancy naturally chooses a phallic design.
The pair then resolve to go to Phinney’s former office, Midwest Cell Medical, which has since been transformed right into a deliberate workplace park. To get previous safety, Yancy dons a tie and confidently delivers an inspirational quote, convincing the guard that they’re federal brokers.
To Rosa’s disbelief, the ruse works, giving them entry. The present idea surrounding Nick Stripling’s dying facilities on his second spouse, Eve Stripling (Meredith Hagner), who’s suspected of conspiring together with her new boyfriend, Christopher (Rob Delaney), to homicide Nick for his $5 million insurance coverage coverage. Yancy and Rosa snoop by means of paperwork, hoping to discover a point out of Christopher.
Whereas they discover nothing that instantly hyperlinks him to the homicide, they do uncover a stack of prescriptions written by Dr. Israel O’Peele (Zach Braff), which leads them to their subsequent clue. Nonetheless, Yancy’s earlier remark in regards to the guard being “midway first rate at his job” seems to be true, because the guard returns with actual federal brokers. Through the ensuing escape, Yancy is bitten on the rear finish by a feral canine, which in fact provides to the episode’s darkish humor.
Yancy and Rosa then head to the house of Dr. Israel O’Peele. Earlier than reaching their vacation spot, they make a quick cease on the dwelling of Officer Mendez (Gonzalo Menendez), the place Yancy takes the chance to vandalize Mendez’s mailbox. Mendez is a corrupt cop Yancy as soon as labored with in Miami, a metropolis that, narrator Tom Nowicki suggests, harbors darker secrets and techniques from Yancy’s previous which have but to be revealed.
When Yancy and Rosa arrive at Dr. Israel’s condo, they discover it in full disarray. Israel, who has misplaced his job, has let himself go, drowning in alcohol and self-prescribed medicine. Yancy assures Rosa that they arrived “simply after bathrobe time,” though it’s already broad daylight.
Regardless of his matted state, Israel is prepared to speak about his involvement in a rip-off involving Nick, however he desires immunity in return—one thing Yancy, as a meals inspector, can’t supply. Nonetheless, Yancy’s go-to inspirational quote loosens Israel’s lips simply sufficient to disclose that Midwest Cell Medical was pulling off a “basic ghost affected person rip-off.”
The corporate billed Medicare for tools it by no means bought and stole the identities of aged residents, forwarding their checks to the corporate. Israel’s position within the scheme was to jot down false prescriptions to fake they had been treating these non-existent sufferers.
Apparently, Israel additionally describes Nick and Eve as deeply in love, which provides a layer of confusion as to why Eve could be courting Christopher on the similar time. This element is vital to the investigation, but additionally raises additional questions.
Regardless of Israel’s willingness to share data, he refuses to say extra with out immunity. Fortunately, Yancy finds a brochure for Curly Tail Lane, the purchasing heart Christopher plans to construct after he demolishes Neville’s cabin. Whereas Rosa contacts somebody to run a background test on Christopher now that they’ve his full title, Yancy continues to cover the investigation from his good friend Rogelio (John Ortiz).
In the meantime, Israel, feeling more and more weak, calls Eve in regards to the murders, involved for his personal security. Realizing she would not care about his destiny, he considers calling Yancy as a substitute.
As Yancy’s investigation continues, his private life turns into extra thrilling. He receives a telephone name from his ex-girlfriend Bonnie/Plover (Michelle Monaghan), who’s on the run whereas sunbathing on a seaside. Throughout their dialog, Bonnie casually admits that she slept with one in all her college students who was three months youthful than eighteen.
Rosa, who overhears the dialog, calls Bonnie a “child-fucking sociopath” however insists she’s not thinking about Yancy’s romantic entanglements. Regardless of the stress, Yancy and Rosa share various comically romantic moments, together with an ice cream date and Rosa stitching up Yancy’s chew wound — a job she admits she’s extra accustomed to acting on corpses.
In the direction of the top of the episode, Rosa lastly admits that Yancy had gotten her unique espresso order proper; she had drunk black espresso to show him unsuitable. A small, however endearing, revelation.
The episode takes a extra severe flip when Rosa receives lab outcomes confirming that the bones present in Eve’s home match Nick’s DNA. Nonetheless, Caitlin had already dominated Nick’s dying an accident, prompting Yancy to go to her and inform her in any other case.
Sick of the encompassing corruption, Yancy tries to reconnect with Dr. Israel, who’s now prepared to share extra particulars. Regardless of being a corrupt physician, Israel appears prepared to disclose extra in regards to the homicide case. However by the point Yancy reaches Israel’s condo, Israel has been shot useless and a witness sees Yancy leaving the scene.
This unlucky flip of occasions leaves Yancy reluctant to get Rosa into bother once more. Nonetheless, after an earlier paranoid telephone name from Madeleine, by which she expressed her concern that she was being adopted, Yancy turns into involved for her security.
Decided to search out Madeleine, Yancy enlists Rosa and Rogelio, who pulls Yancy away from a paella dinner along with his husband, to trace her down. Yancy reveals a softer facet as he feels genuinely responsible for not having taken Madeleine’s earlier issues significantly.
Fortuitously, they discover Madeleine protected. This light facet of Yancy additionally involves the fore when he scares off a pair thinking about shopping for the home subsequent door by exaggerating the feral canine state of affairs within the neighborhood, utilizing his latest chew as proof. Whereas his technique is unorthodox, it reveals Yancy’s small however honest efforts to protect the native ecosystem.
In the meantime, Neville’s storyline takes a mystical flip when he returns dwelling from his sister’s café, nonetheless stung by Samara’s (Aba Arthur) comment that he’s not doing something significant along with his life. Decided to show her unsuitable, Neville goes to the Dragon Queen (Jodie Turner-Smith) with cash in hand, desirous to speed up the curse on Christopher.
The queen, nevertheless, is on the funeral of a shopper whose life she had quickly prolonged. The shopper’s daughter, nevertheless, is skeptical of the queen’s powers, resulting in a dialogue between the queen and Ya-ya (L. Scott Caldwell) in regards to the lack of respect from youthful generations. This scene subtly touches on the theme of fading traditions, and ties it to the broader ecological themes in Dangerous Monkey.
When Neville lastly meets the Queen, after Christopher has shot him for breaking the legislation, the magical duo argue that the curse can’t work with out religion. It is a situation prompted by Ya-ya, who remains to be offended in regards to the lack of respect proven to the Queen and their practices.
To show his religion, Neville is requested to sacrifice one thing he cares about. In a surprising and heartbreaking second, Neville decides to surrender Driggs, the monkey he loves.
Impatient to see outcomes, Neville decides to take issues into his personal palms. He breaks into Christopher’s workplace to precise revenge. The guard canine that attacked Yancy earlier is absent this time, seemingly traumatized by his encounter with Driggs, giving Neville quick access to the workplace. There, he discovers a mysterious USB that could possibly be the important thing to his plans.
