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A breezy, sun-bleached crime comedy with a strong lead performance and enough eccentricity to keep it moving, but it’s more enjoyable as a shaggy hangout than as a tightly plotted mystery. The first season is the main draw: if you like offbeat Florida noir, deadpan banter, and a lightly absurd tone, it’s worth a look.
57% (29,517)
Where to watch: Apple
2024 · ★ 57% (29.5K)
The shady side of paradise.
Starring: Vince Vaughn, L. Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney
A detective turned restaurant inspector in Southern Florida is pulled into a world of greed and corruption after a tourist finds a severed arm while fishing. And yes, there's a monkey.
Warner Bros. Television, Doozer
Vince Vaughn, L. Scott Caldwell, Rob Delaney, Meredith Hagner, Natalie Martinez, Alex Moffat, Michelle Monaghan, Ronald Peet, Jodie Turner-Smith
Apple TV Plus
A breezy, sun-bleached crime comedy with a strong lead performance and enough eccentricity to keep it moving, but it’s more enjoyable as a shaggy hangout than as a tightly plotted mystery. The first season is the main draw: if you like offbeat Florida noir, deadpan banter, and a lightly absurd tone, it’s worth a look.
Bad Monkey has the laid-back, sun-faded confidence of a show that knows its appeal is mostly in the ride. It pairs a cynical investigation with a goofy, sometimes shaggy sense of humor, and Vince Vaughn gives it a relaxed, likable center that keeps the whole thing from drifting away. The Florida setting is a big part of the charm: humid, corrupt, and weird in all the right ways.
The series works best when it leans into its oddball supporting characters and the sense that everyone is compromised in some small, entertaining way. It’s less satisfying if you expect a razor-sharp mystery, since the plotting can feel secondary to the vibe and the banter. Still, the first season is easy to watch and often amusing, with enough momentum to reward a weekend binge.
If Bill Lawrence’s lighter touch usually works for you, this lands in the sweet spot between crime caper and character comedy. It’s not essential viewing, but it is a pleasant, well-cast detour with enough personality to stand out from more generic streaming procedurals.
A sharper, more propulsive blend of crime, wit, and regional texture, with a similarly charismatic lead and a strong sense of place.
If you want a pulpy crime series with swagger, violence, and a relentless pace, this is the more intense companion piece.
A darkly funny crime story that balances absurdity and menace, with tighter writing and a stronger escalation of stakes.
For viewers who like crime stories that mix grotesque violence, deadpan humor, and eccentric characters in a distinct regional setting.
A con-artist crime dramedy with a breezy, twisty feel and a strong appetite for morally compromised characters.
A more straightforward but similarly bingeable legal-crime series with a likable lead and polished streaming pacing.
A lean, dryly funny criminal underworld series that pairs menace with understated humor and strong character work.
For the corruption angle, this is the grimmer, more serious version of the same institutional rot and moral decay.
A classic for watching compromised lawmen navigate corruption, with far more intensity and cumulative pressure.
An offbeat, melancholy crime-adjacent dramedy with deadpan humor, eccentricity, and a distinctive voice.
A light, star-driven crime series that prioritizes charisma, fish-out-of-water energy, and easy streaming appeal.
If you want the corruption and criminal escalation without the comedy, this offers a darker, more tightly wound alternative.
crime and corruption, Florida noir, dark comedy, investigation, moral compromise, eccentric ensemble, greed and greed-driven violence, small-town coastal decay
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