Good evening, dear listeners! 'Only Murders in the Building' — hopefully for the last time — pushes the investigation to the back burner to spend more time revealing the characters to us. In this episode, expect deserted amusement parks, crying babies, flipped puzzle pieces, and much more!
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Warning: The text below contains spoilers for the series 'Only Murders in the Building'
Part 1. Is 'Only Murders in the Building' Even Conducting an Investigation?
Well then, we're taking a break from the active investigation of Bunny Folger's murder. Again. The small amount of information obtained in this episode, in principle, doesn't really affect anything much. But there are a couple of 'buts' that prevent the viewer from becoming disappointed and giving up on the detective show. For now.
Today's episode brings back one of the most interesting characters of the first season, Theo Dimas (James Caverly), in a very curious way. As we recall, Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) ended up in the same train car as the criminal, covered in glitter. After that, she doesn't remember anything — not even that it was Theo, the deaf son of Teddy Dimas (Nathan Lane), involved in the death of Mabel's close friend, who had to rescue her.
Meanwhile, the senior members of the podcast 'Only Murders in the Building,' Charles Savage (Steve Martin) and Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), get the opportunity to assist the official police investigation conducted by Detective Williams (Da'Vine Joy Randolph), while temporarily avoiding direct suspicion.
I must note that I was really looking forward to Martin Short being given at least a little chance to sing in this series. After all, he's a Tony Award winner. And it happened. I'm satisfied. And Joy Randolph's voice is simply out of this world.
Part 2. Coney Island
The main action today will unfold at the deserted amusement park, Coney Island. Mabel needs to retrieve her bag, which was stolen by the Glitter Criminal, and her only clue is the park guard pass that fell out of the criminal's pocket. Theo volunteers to accompany Mabel, leading to a fairly lengthy joint quest as the heroes search for the park's employee records.
The narrator — a narrative device in today's episode of 'Only Murders in the Building' — is Mabel herself and her attempt to understand her own psyche. Continuing the theme of generational conflict, we get a very interesting backstory on the relationship between Mabel and her father (Mark Consuelos). This also explains the silhouettes of puzzle pieces we see after each episode, during the credits.
Honestly, I derived great pleasure from watching the interaction between Mabel and Theo. They have a lot in common and many topics for discussion, so I can't (and don't want to) get too angry about the lack of detective work. Especially since we do get a small piece of action — the Glitter Criminal shows up in person and even gets a good beating from Mabel for the second time (and how can we still not have seen their face?!).
Part 3. A Few Reflections
The episode ends with Mabel restoring her inner balance, helping Theo reconsider his relationship with his father, and reuniting with Oliver and Charles. Plus, suspense is built up for the remaining three episodes of 'Only Murders in the Building,' as the entire city suddenly loses electricity, and the Criminal had a photo of Charles's daughter Lucy (Zoe Colletti).
So, it seems we've got a good setup for the denouement. It's just that there's little time left, and our team hasn't made much progress throughout this time. Let's hope the ending doesn't turn out too rushed because of this.
But now even Howard, the prime suspect in our studio, no longer seems such an obvious candidate for the secret bad guy. The Glitter Criminal's build is clearly not his. On the other hand, more than one person could be working together... So Howard is still our working hypothesis.
And one last thing I'd like to add — the resolution of the second season of the series 'Only Murders in the Building' will definitely be tied to the theme of fathers and children in some way. It stitches all the puzzle pieces of the second season's plot together like a thin red thread. If it turns out it was just there to mislead us, it would be really disappointing, given how often this theme is chewed over. Oliver and his son, Charles and Lucy (plus a bit of Charles's father), Mabel and her father, Bunny and her mother, Theo and Teddy, just-given-birth Nina Lin... Can you see the connection?
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