Honey Heist - Ep. 2

Spoilers ahead!*This article contains spoilers for **Honey Heist - Ep. 2**. Be warned!*

## Honey Heist - Ep. 2

### Cast

Dom, Holly, Ivan, Rosie, Sullivan, Tilly, Tom

### Characters

Bearly, Buttons, Cross Ross, Mrs Dave, Steven Bearrard, Teddy

### Series

Honey Heist

**Honey Heist - Ep. 2** is the second and final episode of the Honey Heist RPG series.

**Since these episodes have an overarching narrative structure, the episode guides contain major and minor spoilers.**

"*What is the sound of a crying maggot?*"
―Rosie
## Scenario

Our players are amid their honey heist at Buzzingham Hive. Buttons has gone completely feral, Teddy is struggling in a bee-keeper's suit, Cross Ross and Mrs Dave are on a mission for the queen, and Bearly and Steven Bearrard tricking Prince Willicomb into leading them to the royal jelly.

## Characters

Ivan is the Games Master.

* Bearly (Holly) – a young sun bear who is very excited to be a part of a crime job. She sent in her application with a message from her mother saying she was very proud of her.
* Teddy (Rosie) – a 150-year-old Cub Scout leader grizzly bear. She is very versatile and is happy to lead, follow and be in the middle.
* Steven Bearrard (Sullivan) – an old sun bear who wants nothing more than to finish his final job, move to Milton Keynes and complete his childhood wish of becoming a Winnie The Pooh for children's birthday parties.
* Cross Ross (Tom) – a honey badger. He serves as a bodyguard to Mrs Dave and was previously involved in both the police world and the criminal world multiple times.
* Mrs Dave (Tilly) – a well-dressed panda whose husband, Mr Dave, died in a tragic accident. She was previously involved in the criminal underworld through Preston.
* Buttons (Dom) – a tall black bear wearing a tuxedo and a very convincing human disguise. He speaks very ominously and refers to a traumatic backstory.

### NPC

* Queen Ebuzzibeeth II.
* Prince Willicomb.
* Prince Honey and his wife, Princess Sixleggen.
* Clementine, Ethan, Marvin, Matt and Harry, Mrs Dave's five step-children.
* Various workers and guests at Queen Ebuzzibeeth's Jubeebee.

## Notable moments

* The intros are spectacular with Ivan forgetting Holly's name and Tom's classic hello puns making a return. And Dom woofing.
* We finally get the pun behind Buttons' name! I say 'we'. Tom and Holly finally get it.
* Rosie and Dom's interactions are just delightful. Teddy: "Come on with mama!" Ivan: "I think this is sort of terrifying him straight?"
* Buttons is writing a play. Tilly: "Remarkably similar to your own life, Dom."
* Bearly's attempt at sneakery by closing the door behind her is thwarted as it does not lock. Thank goodness Steven is there is fix things by opening the door.
* Teddy is excellent at being quiet. And tickling. She's got a real ticklebug.
* Buttons is Bear-is Johnson.
* Who is Prince Harry? We only know Prince Honey. Tilly: "I don't see it personally." Dom: "They're not bees."
* Queen Ebuzzibeeth wants every single bee. Well, every bee in the building. Every available bee. Not every single individual bee. Important clarification. Queen: "Make a judgement. Bee by bee, make a judgement about if that bee is available. Are they doing an essential job or are they available?"
* Teddy dishes out some devastating insults to Steven and Steven dishes them back.
* Teddy sees an opportunity to smash a window. She takes the opportunity. She fails.
* Dom is unaffected by pupae. Ivan cannot emotionally affect him through crying maggots. All the naysayers are just voices in Buttons' head. He sees Claudia Winkleman's face among the pupae.
* Steven: "Teddy, I've got a window for you to smash through!" Teddy: "Oh really? Because I found a window into my own soul with this beautiful book right here." Rosie and Sullivan's interactions are just brilliant. You can tell they're such a comedic duo.
* Mrs Dave: "I sort of thought that crime would be a lot more exciting but it's mostly just been helping people with their family problems which, you know, I could do that at home with my own mum, so... what about you, are you enjoying it? Because we could just, you know, go to a Wimpy or something, call it a day."
* Cross Ross's beautiful moment is somewhat sullied by Mrs Dave's complete emotional detachment. However, it remains a very sweet moment between Tilly and Tom, two very talented individuals. Mrs Dave: "I take care of my family. Obviously not emotionally, but financially I will."
* These princes are getting ballsy with their insults.
* Bearly is looking very suspicious, although her adorable voice is mildly undermining of just how evil she has become.
* And now Steven is full criminal as well! He and Bearly both now have secret objectives, although they're not necessarily on the same side.
* Prince Honey wins the royal rumble, but our bears are stuck in a sticky situation with the Queen demanding the royal jelly.
* The finale fight is tense - Teddy, Steven and Buttons are all stuck together, Cross Ross and Mrs Dave are rushing to warn their crew, and Bearly is up to no good.
* Jamie Gallabear, also known as The Gun Guy, also known as The Switch because he played pool. He wasn't good at pool though.
* The wig and the character does something to Tilly. Dom: "It's like the mask, the Jim Carrey film, but it's The Wig. And it doesn't give you special powers, it just makes you insufferable."
* Rosie packs in the emotions, right at the end. She and Tom are fantastic at really ramping up the emotional stakes of the whole heist, with Ross coming in right at the end to help his friend. And with Tilly joining the crew in running away, there's a real sense of stakes as tensions rise.
* The kids make their grand entrance!
* Bearly vs. Steven is tense as anything, with evil moves and quick thinking.
* Meanwhile, Buttons is snacking on the royal jelly. Of course *he* was destined to become the next Queen.
* Mr Dave is alive! And out for vengeance that quickly turns to love as as realises that they failed the mission. Tilly and Ivan are brilliant at playing a jilted husband and wife.
* Bearly moves the entire Hums to try and defeat Queen Buttons. But alas, it is not enough and Queen Ebuzzibeeth defeats him instead.
* The final moments are oddly sad, watching the downfall of of Honey Heist crew. Buttons is killed by the Queen, the fates of Bearly and Steven are unknown but dire, Mrs Dave is stuck on the side of the road with the husband she tried to kill, and Ross and Teddy drive into the sunset with the five kids.
* Mrs Dave: "My face is the credit card." Mr Dave: "Well let's see if your face can hail a taxi."

## Trivia

* We pick off exactly where we left in the last episode.