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A Deadly Invitation

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  • Title: Invitación a un Asesinato
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A Deadly Invitation

Giving off strong Murder She Wrote vibes, Invitación a un Asesinato stars Regina Blandón as a famous true crime podcaster who her eccentric sister Olivia (Maribel Verdú) invites to a party along with several friends which will take place on her yacht and remote beach estate. In the kind of scene that only takes place in movies like this, Olivia provides motive for murder for all of her guests and when someone turns up dead Agatha (Blandón) will help a local police officer solve the crime.

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And Be a Villain

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  • Title: And Be a Villain
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And Be a Villain

Throwback Thursday takes us back to a New York City brownstone on the southside of West 35 Street and the mystery of a murder broadcast live on radio. Originally published in 1948, With more than a dozen Nero Wolfe mysteries under his belt, Rex Stout‘s And Be a Villain gives the great detective a case which will frustrate and confound both Wolfe and Archie for almost the entire novel when he’s hired to discover who poisoned a guest on a popular radio program during the sponsor’s commercial break.

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The Irrational – Point and Shoot

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  • Title: The Irrational – Point and Shoot
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The Irrational - Point and Shoot

With Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) helping a legal team rather than the FBI for an episode, “Point and Shoot” almost feels like a different show. I wonder if this plot was a hold over from a slightly different pitch for the series, since the FBI involvement is minimally shoehorned in as a separate B-story. The main story involves the death of Kylie’s (Travina Springer) friend in a police raid gone wrong and the court case by the victim’s husband looking for justice. Malcolm-Jamal Warner stars as an expert witness for the other side whose involvement in the case convinces Alec to sign on leading to some interesting back and forth between the experts on the stand and a frank discussion about the use of experts in court cases.

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Only Murders in the Building – Thirty / Opening Night

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  • Title: Only Murders in the Building – Thirty / Opening Night
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Only Murders in the Building - Thirty / Opening Night

In the final two episodes of the season, our podcasters manage to put together the series of events that led to murder of Ben (Paul Rudd) and manage to put on an opening night performance without anyone dying on stage. The bulk of the investigation takes place in “Thirty,” named for being Mabel‘s (Selena Gomez) thirtieth birthday which she spends happily with Charles (Steve Martin) and Oliver (Martin Short) coming up with a new suspect that is neither Dickie (Jeremy Shamos) nor Loretta (Meryl Streep). In the season finale, the trio manage to get their easiest confession yet, although it turns out not to be the full story.

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The Irrational – Lucky Charms

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  • Title: The Irrational – Lucky Charms
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The Irrational - Lucky Charms

While on a trip to Las Vegas to help out an old student, “Lucky Charms” offers the show’s most fun episode of the season but also one where it’s trademark use of psychology is less overt than normal leading to a more generic feeling episode. When Camille Lawson (Jocelyn Hudon), Alec Mercer (Jesse L. Martin) former teaching assistant turned professional poker player, reaches out in need of help when she believes another player in the tournament is cheating, Alec, Phoebe (Molly Kunz), and Owen (Arash DeMaxi) all head to Vegas to offer their services and help prevent her from getting her legs broken by the easily manipulated members of the mob.

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