What I’m Watching: Only Murders in the Building

Only Murders in the Building: Season 2, Episode 8 “Hello Darkness” (B+)

I like how this episode got us to the murderer - or at least, the glitter man - at the very end but didn’t offer clues up until that point, and I’m now so intrigued to see how things play out over the last two episodes of the season. Detective Kreps has always expressed irritation with all of the podcasters, but we don’t know much about his personal situation and whether he has a particular motive for wanting to take out residents of the Arconia. Fortunately, Lucy was able to hide and Oliver didn’t get them caught even though he decided to join in on the communal singing started by the two neighbors who might actually just be perfect for each other. That was a very sweet interaction, and I love that Howard was ready to throw out his sweaters so that they could go on a date. “Shut up!” / “That’s our slogan!” was my favorite part of that exchange. It was also nice to see Nina soften after demanding that Lester bring her a package up fourteen flights of stairs because she could have him replaced with a computer, and offering him a new title that would make his position still exist was sweet. The discussion about knee replacements that Charles and Oliver had on the stairs drove Mabel crazy but was funny, as was the “hips before dips” line that Mabel used when Oliver had to leave behind the full bag he had received from the diner when they didn’t want them to go bad. It was fun to have Marv narrate and explain the very broad patterns of the Sixth Avenue Slasher, and I have to imagine there are some real-life podcast devotees just like him.