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“CoBro”

I was worried that after the excellent episode last week that the three main leads of the show would just be back together at the beginning of the episode and just push the serious struggles that they faced in episode six’s outstanding work out of the way. Thankfully, that was not going to happen…even though Oliver and Charles did find themselves back to each other fairly quickly. In fact, Charles was ready to be back with his friends almost immediately, but even by the end of the show, Charles and Oliver had not yet reunited with Mabel, who seems to be ready to move on as a solo act.

I’m glad they took some time to wonder whether the group was completely over, but the wisdom of Uma, who was missing Bunny, who was murdered in season 2, and who had actually taken the handkerchief out of Ben’s dead hand. Seems that Uma was a bit of a kleptomaniac and this provided another big clue. We found that she had sold that handkerchief for big money to Ben’s brother Dickie (who is looking more and more like a major suspect).

Mabel, however, has found herself a new duo to team up with, including Tobert and deaf Theo Dimas back from the previous seasons. Mabel started to record the podcast on her own, calling it Only Murders in the Building #BloodyMabel.

Big cameo this week too as Matthew Broderick, who was playing a hyped up version of himself, was hired to replace Charles in the role of the Constable after Charles had quit. Oliver discovered to his horror that Broderick was a nightmare to work with and wanted to go over his role dozens of times, requiring a full background and lifepath for the character. Another cameo included Mel Brooks, whom Oliver called on his phone to see if he could give any advice on working with Broderick. Brooks had worked with Broderick on The Producers and he asked Oliver if he had given into any of Broderick’s “suggestions.” Broderick’s cameo was one of the funnier ones involving the play this season.

Plus, who knew that Charles was up for the role of Ferris Buehler? Funny. There are only three more episodes remaining this season so I expect the case to really amp up now that the podcast is officially being recorded.