Based on panel 1, does it seem like to you that we missed a day of panels?

Presumably, Agent Gunn tutored Mark Trail on the requirements for a successful undercover impersonation. Being subtle was apparently not one of the requirements. Let’s give Agent Gunn points for at least typecasting Mark’s exuberance into a flamboyant music producer so it all sounds normal.

But is Jules Rivera kidding us or herself!? Does she believe that having a stranger saunter into the shop and all but announce that they want to purchase illegal animals is going to fool everybody!? Has Rivera ever watched any undercover cop movies or TV shows? That “shop clerk” in panel 2 looks like he sees an obvious ringer and is ready to introduce Mark to the boys in the back room. Well, maybe the staff at this shop really are that dim.

Unfortunately, Rivera is dispensing with any attempt at reality for the sake of brevity, as if this story has to be done by Thanksgiving. That would explain the quick transitions between airport, the drive out of town, and the meet up in today’s strip.