Dead Drunk Detective: Banshee's the One

This post contains spoilers for 'Banshee's the One', episode three of Dead Drunk Detective. You can listen to it here.

Each episode of Dead Drunk Detective attempts to pull off a balance between sitcom, noir, and horror. I think 'Banshee's the One' is a great example of one which successfully hits that Venn diagram.

Mr Green is a role Dan played at the preliminary casting script readthrough. He was the only one to read for that part. His deliberate overenunciating would be later put to use in his recurring role as Satan.

The banshee's screams are a combination of Vic (who played Dawn) and Kate (Betty). They were recorded at Katharine's home studio during our first table read, then played during the live recording.

Vic technically appears in the episode twice. Cast members would sit in the audience for episodes they were not in, so she can be heard as part of the crowd reaction.

In another case of doubling up, the waiter (whose presence is revealed in a splendid pull back and reveal gag) is played by Charles AKA Dracula. Episodes one to three were recorded on the same night, so it was made sense to have an existing cast member do the small role.

The Victoria Secret's joke is one of the few contemporary references in the series. Just as I keep the show's location vague, I also aim to not tie it to any particular era.

I said episode two has some crude jokes and here the gang intimate that the Invisible Man is somewhat... lacking... in a certain department. I swear the next season is less suggestive.

Episode one gathered all the suspects for the big reveal. Episode two unpacked the mystery during a standoff. This edition is the first denouement that is just Betty and Johnny, debriefing together in the office. This will become the format's standard end to an show although later iterations of this will give Betty more jokes (as opposed to her limited role here which is apparently to mainly say 'uh huh').

Johnny declares he'll never fall in love with a client again. While he never goes on another date in the series, he will face a femme fatale in the very next episode...