The fourth episode of Bad Monkey titled “Nothing’s Wrong With It, I Just Don’t Need It Anymore” delves into Andrew Yancy’s (Vince Vaughn) and Nick/Christopher’s (Rob Delaney) respective past to reveal the circumstances that led them to their current predicament. In the episode we learn about Yancy’s disillusionment and Nick’s murder spree which of course is all thanks to Eve (Meredith Hagner).
Bad Monkey Episode 4 Recap
The first scene of the episode is a flashback which takes place five years ago. At that time, Nick was a single father having Caitlin (Charlotte Lawrence), his teenage daughter who grew to womanhood. She had got a modeling contract and she was requested to attend a magazine launch. Although he had his share of scepticism, Nick agreed to let her go fearing for her fate but seeing how much it meant to her he let her go. This event however was to be the downward spiral to the end of normalcy that Nick knew.
At the same party, Eve, a struggling actress, was performing as a so called “shot” girl. Her temper and desire to become a star seemed to fascinate Nick and he decided to have an affair with her even though she didn’t seem to have a soul as she failed to cry during a scene. From that very day Caitlin really did not approve the fact that her father has fallen in love with Ann, a woman of her age and beneath his standard. One year later Eve turned to the new wife of Nick, Caitlin was obliged to accept the role of the stepmother she had not even a slight desire to accept.
At the same time, Yancy was still a police officer with the Miami Police Department. He was a rather hostile, plain clothes detective who single-handedly exposes an embezzlement scandal in the precinct. One of the colleagues of Yancy, Officer Mendez was involved in the con of friends and relatives posing as the informers who dial the fake crime and receive money reward for that. They did not like Yancy’s persistent determination in seeking justice as it was causing havoc and became a thorn in the side of his superiors, they transferred him to the Keys labelling him as a reckless cop or a wayward officer. Yancy thought that he would be back at Miami-Dade soon enough, but as days went by his career was effectively over. This forced Yancy into a new chapter in his life and he begins to understand and appreciate his father and start and learn about the simple things in life such as nature which was also highlighted in the later part of the episode.
Bad Monkey Episode 4: Who killed Izzy?
In Miami, Nick and Izzy (Zach Braff), were operating a very successful health insurance fraud in their business Midwest Medical Mobile. They were forging prescriptions and the fake reports were for non- existent patients and the money went to their pockets. Eve was already rather part of the life of Nick and she got drawn into the conspiracy too soon. Her beauty and elegance were quite useful in the con jobs as it landed them targets that were easy to manipulate. The business was going strong and it was not long before they started getting into other evils which would invite the police.
Eve then assumed the leadership of the team when the tax department started getting closer to them. She proposed a drastic solution: Penny should get Nick to stage his own death and for them to take the insurance money they have and go to Bahamas to live the rest of their lives heedless of those around them. To ensure that the plan would work there was consensus that Nick would have his arm cut off by Izzy, a decision which proved costly to everyone involved. One mutual friend, Phinney was enlisted in the plan but matters got out of hand when Yancy started probing into the issue.
Yancy realised now that he was in the Keys, the disconnected pieces of information was slowly coming together in his head. As a result of meeting Phinney the latter scared Eve and she forced Nick into shooting him. It was Nick who actually killed the man with a single blow even though he was a one-armed man; thus provoking a series of events involving betrayal and killings.
Yancy finally caught up to Izzy and the latter, constantly ridden by guilt over their involvement in Phinney’s death and over his own impending demise, confessed to Yancy everything. But before he could, Nick arrived at Izzy’s doorstep, bringing her coffee in bed and proposing that they enjoy as many summer mornings as possible before they became memories. Izzy understood that he has no chances to survive and so accepted death as Nick shot him in the head. The authorities themselves did not know the nature of the conspiracy in its entirety and that is why, they saw it as a murder and suicide which made the investigation for Yancy even more difficult.
Bad Monkey Episode 4: What happened to Heather?
In the fourth episode of Bad Monkey, Heather (Lauren Buglioli), who is a meteorologist in the area, falls prey to Eve’s psychopathic nature. Heather has been introduced at the beginning of the series and her role has been quite marginal throughout the series, but in this episode viewers get to know what has become of her.
Heather has her downfall when she listens to possibly the most important phone call between Nick and Eve in which they highlight their involvement in several diabolical crimes: the murder of Phinney as well as Izzy. This puts Eve and Nick in a very dangerous sit as Heather now knows too much about their evil deeds.
Seeing a threats in Heather Eve kills her to remain the only survivor among Company’s employees and without any possibility to betray the Company.How she does this is left to the viewer’s imagination although from the evidence it is clear that Eve will do anything to ensure her safety and achievement of her goals, including ending an innocent life. Heather’s death is a bitter reminder that Nick and Eve live in a very deadly world, whereby anyone who is close to the truth becomes a goneridden.
Bad Monkey Episode 4 Recap: Ending Explained!
The climax of the episode occurs when Yancy is able to piece it all together. He also gets it through his head that Nick and Christopher are one and the same and attempts to contact Rosa (Natalie Martinez), his new partner, via an urgent message in her voice mail. However, before he could do that he is attacked from behind by Nick who knocks him out just when he is about to find out the truth.
In the last sequences, the risks are brought to the new level. After that, Eve tells Nick that they should kill Caitlin as she may know a lot of things. Nick looks shocked at the idea of inflicting harm on his daughter and resists this which makes Eve deny she ever suggested it – or misunderstood something. However, this is where the doubts have been created and the viewers realize that Eve’s trickster side is unlimited.
As the episode finishes, Yancy is in critical situation and the Miami PD starts to think that he is involved in the recent deaths. On the other hand, Rosa who has been pursuing Nick and Eve is probably the only one who can record Yancy’s voicemail; she is the only hope in arresting them before they continue causing havoc.
The fourth episode of Bad Monkey effectively creates flashback scenes, which show us how the people in the present made their decisions that led to the current events. As Yancy is in serious risk to get killed and the police are after them now, there couldn’t be much tension as there is now and that makes the upcoming fights more explosive.
