Monday, October 04, 2021

Only Text in the Episode

Last night I watched "The Boy from 6B", the inevitable deaf episode of Only Murders in the Building. Well, maybe not quite inevitable, but this gimmick of an episode or movie with no audible dialogue has become kind of well worn. Still, it is entertaining watching Steve Martin and Martin Short giving silent performances and the story between the deaf boy, Theo (James Caverly), and his father (Nathan Lane), is intriguingly bitter.

The episode also has an even older device in that it further develops the resident Laura Palmer character, Zoe Cassidy (Olivia Reis). We find out the cause of her death and the reason for her missing emerald ring which, unlike that of Teresa Banks on Twin Peaks, does not have a supernatural explanation. But like Laura Palmer, Zoe is the beautiful blonde girl who's simultaneously a delinquent and the overachiever everyone loves, even revealing a knowledge of sign language in this episode.

This episode heavily hints at a particular suspect being the murderer of Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), which, I think, means we all know it's going to be someone else.

I liked Martin Short and Selena Gomez breaking into the morgue in this episode. I really liked Short's extreme autumnal outfit.


Twitter Sonnet #1479

Dissembled names surround the panda soul.
As burbled streams and heavy chimes do laugh.
A settled dream of chickens filled the skull.
A third of love's more distant yet than half.
The absent cam'ra captured pictures yet.
The burning grass expends the water tank.
We settled sights to place a touching bet.
A crimson font promotes the living bank.
The statement shirt retracts a moon and sky.
Expensive lunches launch the movie night.
A silent sleuth remarks an eagle cry.
Arrange the stacks of green to staple height.
The wordless scramble lays a wooden egg.
A dusty night renamed another leg.

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