Tuesday TV Touchbase: Only Murders In the Building

So last week, Andrea and I watched the season finale of Only Murders In the Building and we got the answer as to who killed Bunny Fogler. 

And the surprising answer tied back to a plot point introduced early on in the first episode of the first season.  

Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) first bonded over their mutual admiration for a true crime podcast called "All Is Not OK in Oklahoma" where host Cinda Canning (Tina Fey) investigates the disappearance and murder of Becky Butler.  

The fickle arrow of  suspicion for the murder of Bunny Fogler points toward Cinda.

Close but not it.

OK, if you haven't watched this yet and think you might, skip this part.

SPOILER ALERT MODE RED!!!

OK, the murderer of Bunny Fogler is...

SERIOUSLY, if you do NOT want to know, DON"T READ THIS! 

SPOILER ALERT MODE RED!!!

OK, the murderer of Bunny Fogler is Poppy White, Cinda's much abused, maligned assistant.

Who isn't really Poppy White. 

What the hell?

Now we are in serious spoiler territory. 

SUPER DUPER SPOILER ALERT MODE DOUBLE RED!!!

Poppy White is really...

Becky Butler! 

What the what?

Yep, the subject of the true crime podcast that first brought Charles, Oliver and Mabel together in episode one of season one is really NOT dead!

Damn!

And is the murderer of Bunny Fogler?!?!?

Double Damn!!!! 

And she would've gotten away with it too if wasn't for the liverwurst and marmalade sandwich.

The... WHAT?!?! 

It makes sense in context. 

Anyway, besides the murder investigation, other stuff was going on.

Oliver finds out the real father of his son is Teddy Dimas which sucks in so many ways.

Mabel gets a girlfriend. But Alice is not completely to be trusted. And we get some history on the source of Mabel's mental trauma. 

Charles is still dating Jan which is a surprise in that she is in jail for murder and attempted murder. One of those attempts was Jan trying to kill Charles with poison.  Charles does eventually break up with Jan although he sends his stunt double (Jane Lynch) to do it.  

The second season does seem to be spinning it's wheels a few times. "We've got 7 episodes of content and 10 episodes to make."  But if things moved a bit slower than they should, it's still good to spend time in the company of Charles, Oliver and Mabel.  

One person we mercifully didn't have to spend time with was Amy Schumer. Her turn as this season's celebrity resident of the Arconia was limited to the first of the season and that was all we had to put up with that.  Nothing against Amy per se, just she felt too intrusive and loud compared to Sting's understated but clever turns as the celebrity resident in season 1.  

The season ends with a time jump, a year in the future. Oliver has gotten a gig directing a new Broadway play and in the opening monologue of the play, lead actor Ben Gilroy (Paul Rudd) dies.

Mabel stands up in the audience and speaks for everyone watching at home, "What the fuck?!?!"  

Next week, we take a look at  season four of Stranger Things.  

All 17 hours of it! 

Until next time, remember to be good to one another and try to keep it down in there, would ya? I'm trying to watch TV over here.