The Rita Minute 2 - The Rita Detective Agency is a bonus episode in the first season of The Penumbra Podcast. It was released November 29, 2016.
Overview[]
A thrilling adventure in the life of Rita, Private Eye.
Episode Summary[]
Juno Steel is sick, which means Rita has to hold down the Steel Detective Agency by herself. She has locked Juno in his apartment in order to stop him from leaving and attending work in such a bad state.
While ensuring that Juno is unable to leave his apartment, Rita receives a call from Patricia Marlowe, stream star, game-show host, and many other things. Rita, a big fan of Patricia, offers to take her case for her as Detective Rita.
Patricia has called in order to inspect a mysterious package which appeared on her front door this morning that she did not order. She suspects it may be a bomb, due to its ticking. Rita says that Patricia should just open the box, partly because she doesn't think there's anything to fear and partly due to her own curiosity. Just as Patricia begins to open the box, Rita hangs up due to another call coming in.
On the line, Juno begs Rita to unlock the door to his apartment. He fears there may be something out to kill him. Rita shrugs it off, thinking Juno is lying in an attempt to get to work. There is the sound of a drone crashing through a window over the comms, and Juno once more begs or Rita to unlock the door when she hangs up, thinking he is making up the attack to convince her into letting him return to work before he has recovered.
Rita picks up the call with Patricia again, who updates her that the box was, in fact, a bomb. Patricia begins to fear for her life and Rita discusses how this is just like one of the many streams she watches. Rita slowly becomes irritated at Patricia's constant request for immediate help. She asks Patricia to bring the bomb over so she that can disarm it herself, and she then ends the call again to take another from Juno.
Juno has managed to break out of his apartment though a shattered window in order to escape the large army of drones attempting to kill him. He notifies Rita that he's on his way to the office, which Rita quickly rebuffs, making excuses as to why Juno can't come. She eventually cracks and tells Juno that she's been solving cases while he was out. She fills him in on the Patricia Marlow bomb case. Juno, who meets Patricia (Patty) in front of his office, grabs the bomb and flings it at the assassin drones following him.
After the explosion, Juno resigns himself to taking the day off and decides it's best for him to rest back home. He scolds Rita and tells her not to pick up any more calls while he's out. The request is short lived, as the episode ends with Rita answering another.
Cast and Crew[]
Cast[]
Starring
- Kate Jones as Rita
- Joshua Ilon as Juno Steel
- Harley Takagi Kaner as Patricia Marlowe
Crew[]
- Kevin Vibert, Co-creator, Lead writer
- Harley Takagi Kaner, Co-creator, Director, Sound designer
- Ryan Vibert, Composer and performer of original music
Quotes[]
RITA: Hello, this is Detective Rita, private eye of Detective Rita Private Eye's Detective Agency!
RITA: Bein' a PI ain't easy, it turns out. Maybe I oughta retire, spend a little more time with the family, like Franny or Mistah Steel.