Major spoilers are ahead for Bad Monkey Season 1, Episode 4 – “Nothing’s Wrong With It, I Just Don’t Need It Anymore.” Read with caution, and get caught up by streaming the show with an Apple TV+ subscription . ‘What Is My Life Right Now?’ Zach Braff’s Hilarious Story About Going On A ‘Man Date’ With Rob Delaney That Involved Alligators So far, the book-to-screen adaptation of Carl Hiaasen’s Bad Monkey has been full of wild twists and fun action.
However, Episode 4, which just aired on the 2024 TV schedule , kicked that all up a notch as we got the bloody backstory behind how Nick (Rob Delaney) lost his arm. Now, Zach Braff , who plays the doctor who sawed off Nick’s arm, is opening up about how they shot it and just how bloody it was. Despite Braff’s character getting shot in Episode 3, he’s actually heavily featured in the next episode, because it’s a massive flashback.
In it, we learn that his character Izzy is great friends with Rob Delaney’s Nick, and they were running a scammy business together. However, things took a turn, and that led to Izzy cutting off Nick’s arm. I asked Braff about filming this episode, and he spoke so highly of his co-star, specifically referencing the extra bloody scene: Yeah, just brilliantly written, you know, it's such a hard novel to crack, as you can imagine.
But Bill loves Carl Hiaasen. And, you know, Bill [Lawrence] and Matt Tarses are such good writers, and I love the way they did that whole sequence. Yo.