Last Stop - Part 1

**Last Stop - Part 1** is the second episode of Season 1 of Wild Card: Shuffled and the second episode overall. It is the first half of the full Last Stop episode and debuted on YouTube on December 21, 2021.

## Synopsis

Jack Barter and Nolan Vice get more than they bargained for when they board a bus in the middle of the city and witness a mystery unfold onboard. With time running short, the pair must put the pieces of the crime together before the bus reaches its final destination.

## Cast

* **Brendan Blaber as Jack Barter**
* **Cougar MacDowall as Nolan Vice**
* **Xanthe Huynh as Connie Dali**
* **Cyrus Rodas as Felix Luckless**
* **Emma Breezy as Claire Lee**
* **Patrick Mealey as Eddie Hemm**
* **Kdin Jenzen as Patrick Riarque**
* **P.M. Seymour as Narrator**
* **Melissa Medina as Lucy von Deita**

## Logistics

### Evidence

The bus app
Eddie's Citrus bracelet

Claire's science project

Claire's scarf

Claire's alphabet stickers

Nolan's wallet

### Case outcome

Unknown as of Part 1

The episode opens with Jack Barter and Nolan Vice waiting for the bus. Felix Luckless sits nearby. Nolan tries to console a visibly irritated Jack and assure him the bus will arrive soon. To prove this, Nolan shows him an app on his phone that displays the current location of the next bus as well as a profile of their bus driver, Patrick Riarque. Jack lights up a joint and begins smoking, much to Nolan's dismay.

As the bus finally arrives, Felix cuts the pair off and enters the bus first. As Nolan boards, he excitedly flashes the app on his phone at Patrick, but in his haste, drops his phone. Embarrassed, he quickly picks it up and shakily moves toward the back of the bus. This prompts Jack to mock him with a crude impression and also elbow Felix in the face under the guise of being "a pair of klutzes". As the two sit down, they encounter Connie Dali who Nolan grows concerned about when he realizes she's not with her parents. Offering to help, Nolan goes to find a toy in his jacket for Connie, but realizes his wallet is now missing. He heads back to the front of the bus to find it and also ask the bus driver why the bus hasn't made any stops. Connie pleads with Jack to help her pay for her ride home. Jack questions how she was able to get on the bus in the first place if she has no money and realizes she's pulling a con just as Connie retaliates against him.

At the front of the bus, Nolan speaks with Patrick who informs him they are on an express bus to Unity Park. Nolan finds this odd, questioning why the app on his phone wasn't updated with this information. Meanwhile, Jack screams for Nolan's help after being pinned by Connie. Nolan rushes back to help him and Jack reveals Connie's true nature and intentions. He then begrudgingly helps Nolan search the bus, but the pair find nothing. Jack brushes off Nolan's concerns, stating he can just replace his credit cards, but Nolan insists there's something more valuable in the wallet that he can't just replace. Jack deduces that the only possibility is that the wallet was stolen. When Nolan questions what they can do to prevent any suspects from getting off the bus, Jack realizes that if they are currently on an express bus, it shouldn't have been able to pick up all of these passengers at various other stops between the first stop on the route, King's Square, and Unity Park.

As the bus arrives at the park, Jack dashes forward to prevent Patrick from opening the doors, much to his annoyance. Jack claims the bus is now a crime scene and that nobody can leave until the culprit is found. Patrick threatens to call the transit investigators, to which Jack responds he hopes he he does so that there will be someone there to apprehend the thief.

Jack then gathers all of the suspects together and begins to question each of them. He first confronts Eddie Hemm, questioning why he's been so quiet and why he's attempting to hide a bracelet he's wearing. Connie immediately recognizes it as a bracelet for a popular glam rock singer, Citrus. In embarrassment, Eddie claims the singer is talented, but that none of his friends know he likes her. Connie mentions she heard a rumor Citrus was looking at apartments by the park and Eddie confirms this was his reason for wanting to go there.

Next, Jack confronts Claire Lee, addressing her by name and revealing her profession as a teacher. Claire is shocked and demands to know how Jack came across this information. Jack points out her initials are embroidered on her scarf and also that her papers clearly show she's working on a science project featuring butterfly lifecycles. He also says he was able to deduce her name based on the alphabet stickers she's using which are missing each letter of her name.

Felix retorts that none of the potential suspects has any motive to take the wallet, to which Jack asks him his reason for being on the bus. Felix confesses that he didn't even want to go to the park, but that Patrick neglected to mention that it was an express bus. Patrick chimes in and reminds Jack he only has three minutes until the transit investigators arrive. The episode ends with Jack claiming he knows exactly who has the wallet.

## Trivia

* Lucy von Deita and Beau Bleu both make cameo appearances during the crowd scene in the first few moments of the episode
* A lost cat poster on the bus showcases a cat very similar in design to the one on Connie's shirt, as well as a real cat owned by a member of the Wild Card crew
* At both the bus stop and on the bus itself, there are posters advertising open bus driver positions, and that there's lots of overtime available, but not much else
* When Nolan digs through his jacket to find a doll for Connie, we can see a Polly Pocket in his pocket
* Connie's wrestling moves in the episode are modeled after real professional wrestling moves
* Felix insults Jack in Russian and the rough translation to English is "bitch"

The lost cat posterThe Polly Pocket in a pocketThe bus driver posterBeau's cameo appearanceLucy's cameo appearance
## Gallery

Jack gets high before boarding the busNolan bumps into passengers by mistakeJack's Nolan impressionConnie reveals her true colorsConnie wrestles JackJack rushes to stop the passengers from leavingJack confronts the suspectsConnie notices Eddie's braceletJack reveals he knows who took the wallet