“Bad Monkey” tells the story of Andrew Yancy (Vince Vaughn), who has been bounced from the Miami Police Department and is now a health inspector in the Keys. But after stumbling upon a case that begins with a human arm fished up by tourists, he realizes that if he can prove murder, he’ll be back in. He just needs to get past a trove of Floridian oddballs and one bad monkey.

改编自阮清越的普利策获奖同名小说，是一部间谍惊悚兼跨文化讽刺类型的剧集。讲述了一名法越混血的越共间谍在越战最后几天里的斗争，以及他作为难民在洛杉矶的新生活，在那里他了解到自己的间谍生涯并没有结束。