Rip and Saltine attend the Arky Gala, the most glamorous event of the year, where Saltine makes an unlikely friend; their reverie is shattered when the gala is taken hostage by a ragtag group of criminals.

Rip goes on an undercover mission to find a long-lost sonnet from Shakespeare's legendary oeuvre, but things get sticky when he crosses paths with a charming thespian.