Bad Monkey is not a hugely enticing name for a TV show to me, and even now I’m not 100% sure how it ties in to the story. There is a monkey in it, but most of the time it seemed to be a pretty good one.

The star of the show is not, as it turns out, the monkey, but actually Vince Vaughn who puts in a really star turn as Andrew Yancy, an on-again off-again police detective who does NOT stop talking but has a heart of gold and goes with his gut to somehow get to the right result. He draws people in around him, they trust him even though he annoys them, and sometimes he even gets the girl.

I wasn’t completely convinced by the first episode - it’s beautifully shot in some great locations, but the storylines felt disparate, the narrator was gravelly and grumpy, and as I said, the main character could sometimes be annoying. But there was something about it that kept me watching, and I’m so glad I did because all those things that felt like they were turn offs ended up being what made it special.

The locations were amazing, flitting between Florida and The Bahamas, featuring local wildlife and spell-casting traditions alongside the more expected stories of murder and mayhem. The various storylines all gradually came together like the tightening of a drawstring so that they not only make sense but complete the jigsaw puzzle of the narrative in a superbly satisfying way.

And the narrator. What to say. You find out pretty quickly that it’s Yancy’s father who is narrating, (and also appearing in some scenes which can be confusing) and he is not taking any shit. He voices over the ‘previously on’ recaps and makes no effort to hide that he doesn’t want to. By the time you get to the end of the series, his stance is ‘if you’ve reached the final episode and still need these recaps, you shouldn’t be watching.’ It’s a real treat at the start of each episode, particularly if you’re binge-watching and don’t usually need those recaps.

It’s an odd one to describe, this show, and quite hard to pitch. Vaughn is more known for comedy and there are laughs in this, but it’s not hugely funny. It’s very entertaining but does have dark moments, and as I’ve said, takes a while to really get its claws into you. But I’m really glad to have stuck with it and am sincerely hoping for a second series.