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I thought it was the therapist who was fishing for patients at Tim's memorial. I haven't paid attention to see if different portraits are in other episode credits.

I was not expecting Teddy to go quite so dark with the family history. He does seem like a more credible suspect after that speech, though. Who in the building seems like they would have had a massive emerald stolen from them? I wonder how badly they wanted it back. So gut milk is a White Russian? I laughed at the life size Stabler cutout in teen Mabel's room. Love the mention by the horticulture podcast. Cinda is underhanded and untrustworthy.

Man, RIP Willie Garson. I enjoyed him as Mozzie on White Collar, and he had small roles in lots of other things like Quantum Leap and Stargate SG-1, and even movies like Groundhog Day.

@Abra, yes, I noticed that. I don't remember him losing it.

It made sense that Willie Jack would opt to stay. She's the most self aware character, and has a happy home for the most part. The Oklahoma dirt on the grandma's car windshield made me smile.

I think this is a bit of a retcon for this season. There is a picture of Colin Robinson in the opening credits where he is an adult wearing late 1800s clothing.

@Bruinsfan, that's probably true. It's just more etymologically satisfying to me personally.

This was a middle of the road episode for me, but I liked a lot of bits. I would never have expected them to do an episode on home soil lore, but I did enjoy Guillermo's mission to collect samples from the three homelands. I agree there should have been more at their house that he could have gotten. I mean, Dracula shipped 50 coffins' worth to England. I laughed when Lazlo accidentally turned into a sparrow instead of a bat. He's been surprisingly sincere this season. Colin Robinson was the winner of this episode. His poor victims, Nandor included.

It was kind of a call back to the first episode when she was introduced. She was talking about watching Dateline to find out how not to end up on Dateline, and being prepared for attackers by listening to murder podcasts.

It was a trivial episode but I enjoyed most of it. It gave Oliver and Charles time to freak out about Mabel lying and come to terms with it, with some laughs along the way. Steve Martin and Martin Short were a lot of fun on the chase. I laughed when Charles slid into an accent to list his Long Island nieces "Dawn Danielle, Dina and Dagmar." I think that was some foreshadowing about Cinda Canning from the horticulture podcasters.

The show got a positive mention by Sarah D. Bunting in the ExtraHotGreat podcast, who led with "It is exactly enough Martin Short." ETA: there is strong language in the rest of the podcast, though not in the Only Murders in the Building part.

I didn't start watching this until today, and couldn't stop. Incredible casting and story. Random thoughts - I love the slow build up in the first episode to the Reservoir Dogs suits walk at the end, including the poster on Bear's wall. Zahn McClarnon being goofy is delightful, and I hope Wes Studi comes back for another ep. Leon's driving speech to Willie Jack about not swerving for small animals was so close to the one that my parents gave me. This made me nostalgic for Sonic, and Sonic is not good (except for the onion rings).

This sent me googling, and apparently the female term corresponding to 'were' is 'wyf.' I can get behind wyfwolf.

Gail's bat form was really big and strange looking. Not as strange as Jenna's, but nothing like the regular bats that the others turn into. It was also greyish, like her werewoman form. That points toward a hybrid. I'm not crazy about 'werewoman' for some reason; 'werewolf' was already neutral. My limited familiarity with Twilight is only from other things referencing Twilight, but I did appreciate the silliness of the kickball game. Slightly off topic werewolf book recommendation - Sharp Teeth by Toby Barlow.

My speculative explanation is below the tag.

@SunnyBeBe, it's a reference to a performance art video that Oliver described earlier in the show about a man who fell off a staircase then bounced up again. It was a metaphor for getting back up and trying again in spite of the continuous challenges of life.

I didn't think they would go there but I'm happy Winnie is okay. I like the touch that it's Oliver's son who knew about Mabel and Tim because he's more in their age group. The bits with Sting turned out funnier than I thought they'd be. No doubt Steve Martin wrote the Tim Kono song. Charles asking "can we sit quietly" after social interaction made me feel seen. I'm somewhat forgiving of Jan's reaction to him at the restaurant. It's not just that he didn't share anything about himself. He was obviously lying and worried about sharing his 'red flags.' My understanding of the time line is that Zoe's death was roughly ten or eleven years ago. I think the flashback producer discussion about Splash was in 2005, so I assuming Oliver's downfall happened within a year, it probably was not a factor in him not remembering. As far as when Charles's break-up with Emma happened, that's hard to guess. It's certainly fresh to him, or at lease the loss of Lucy is. It sounds like he was a father figure from age 7 to 13.

Mabel's post mortem conversation reminded me of American Werewolf in London.

RIP Michael K Williams, and best wishes to his family. I saw his career very out of order, seeing him first in Hap and Leonard, and coming to The Wire only last year during the pandemic. He had a great ability to be both funny and deeply tragic.

Harvey Guillen has the best reaction shots. He brings so much heart to Guillermo. Great attention to detail in that Guillermo's clothes are still slathered with the dried blood of vampires there at the beginning. Seriously? I need to re-watch that. If that wasn't dubbing that was amazing. I loved the stake bandolier. And earlier in the episode he was doing stabbing exercise practice.

And then later he pulled it out of his pocket and said 'it's warm now' and it was visibly fluffier and I lost it. I think the transitions from laugh out loud to serious could be balanced a bit better. There is some whiplash between beats. I'm still enjoying it a lot, though. I think this show has decided to be as much a parody as a mystery. Though, this episode is from Oliver's perspective, and only Oliver would think that this is a reasonable theory. I guess one advantage of making a TV show when you are Steve Martin and Martin Short is that you have a lot of famous buddies that are interested in a small guest spot.

I noticed the profanity and edginess because it makes me hesitant to recommend this to my parents, who would otherwise enjoy this. I can buy that there had been turnover in the resident population in the last ten years, and not all of them would remember the death of Zoe. Charles and Oliver should remember, though there would be no reason for them to know specifically about her relationship to Mabel. And Mabel was not actually a resident, only a visitor. It's possible that people knew Tim Kono's parents, but didn't interact with him until he took over the apartment. I also thought that was a cat toy. I really enjoyed the cheesy cop show footage. The look of everything had that early 90s procedural feel.

I also hadn't heard about this until it popped up as a recommendation, but it's an odd and interesting little show. It gave you a basic sense of the characters really quickly. Oliver was immediately a lot, and Charles had his perfectly aligned bell peppers in the fridge. There is a nervous mix of emotions going on. I was startled by the appearance of Tina Fey as the podcast host, but she gave a great heightened reading. I wonder if we'll get more snippets.

Buffy? *searches* Wow, that was 22 year ago. And ha, I found a picture.

For those who found Matthias's story line interesting in the last couple of seasons, there is a blurb on the homepage about an upcoming series about two tribal police officers, one of whom will be Zahn McClarnon. I am unfamiliar with the books the series will be based on.