It's been a while since I even thought of trying to predict the killer's identity on Only Murders in the Building. Last night's season finale had a reveal that felt particularly arbitrary, as though all the character names were in a hat and one was drawn at random. But it was a funny episode.
Seeing the events of the murder in flashback with all the clues in place was maybe unintentionally funny. Lester running and texting about his murder as though he already knew it was going to happen certainly didn't feel natural. I don't know why they'd bother being so pedantic when the killer's identity wasn't especially tied to any narrative.
The most memorable part was the setup for next season at the end and the characters bickering over what constitutes a murder "in the building".
Only Murders in the Building is available on Disney+/Hulu.
I also watched a second season episode of Deep Space Nine last night on Netflix. I don't like to pay for both services at the same time but my pause on Disney+ doesn't go into effect until November 7th.
"Invasive Procedures" is an episode in which the space station is taken over by a group of criminals headed by a Trill played by John Glover, best known now for his role as the media mogul in Gremlins 2. The Trill are a species that can use large, slug-like "symbionts" to form a consciousness comprised of their humanoid brain and a mass of life experiences contained in the symbionts from previous hosts. In this episode, the John Glover Trill wants to take the symbiont from Jadzia Dax (Terry Farrell). I do miss the days when we could have an hour of prime time television exploring what it means for a sentient being to have its consciousness divided between an internal organ and a surgically implanted slug.
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