Watched the episode at work during my break. Wasn't really for me, so if you only want to read positive opinions, please skip this comment.
Laughs:
- "Mem". - "But another female killer? That's so done." - "Hey, thankie for a hankie." - Charles's completely unsubtle hankie hunt. - "Mama was a smoker." - Loretta's limping dermatologist mother with a backstory. - Grey's New Orleans Family Burn Unit. - "Are you on Xanax?" - "No. Why, do you have some?"
Things that weren't for me:
- The splitting of the trio: I only really enjoyed Charles and the cast because it was so super silly. Don't feel the Oliver/Loretta chemistry and I side-eye the possibility that they might set Mabel up with Tobert. We don't need another Mabel romance that leads nowhere and is done and forgotten as soon as the next season starts. That said, one of my favorite moments was definitely Mabel "replacing" Oliver by criticizing Charles.
- The entire musical stuff. 1) I thought it was weird to look for something with a heart in a murder mystery musical. That's why the first song made way more sense for me as a showstopper than the lullaby despite Loretta's stellar performance. However, I wish we knew more about the plot in general. Maybe with the rehearsals? Kudos if there's a good reason why it's still a bit mysterious. 2) Too much musical, not enough murder podcast planning. At this point, I'd even take Cinda Canning making a reappearance and getting a jump on the investigation in order to get our trio back to work.
- I really don't care much about any of the new characters. But maybe that's because I'm a bit bitter about the Dimases. That said: Here's hoping that Ben's brother and the producer duo might become more important in the upcoming episodes because I don't think that I will really change my mind about Loretta and Tobert. (Unless they do a freaky Loretta/Ben reveal. In that case, obviously, I'm Team Loretta.)
Crack theory: Ben had an affair with Donna (mom producer) and her son killed him out of jealousy.
Re: 3x03: Grab Your Hankies
Laughs:
- "Mem".
- "But another female killer? That's so done."
- "Hey, thankie for a hankie."
- Charles's completely unsubtle hankie hunt.
- "Mama was a smoker."
- Loretta's limping dermatologist mother with a backstory.
- Grey's New Orleans Family Burn Unit.
- "Are you on Xanax?" - "No. Why, do you have some?"
- The entire musical stuff. 1) I thought it was weird to look for something with a heart in a murder mystery musical. That's why the first song made way more sense for me as a showstopper than the lullaby despite Loretta's stellar performance. However, I wish we knew more about the plot in general. Maybe with the rehearsals? Kudos if there's a good reason why it's still a bit mysterious. 2) Too much musical, not enough murder podcast planning. At this point, I'd even take Cinda Canning making a reappearance and getting a jump on the investigation in order to get our trio back to work.
- I really don't care much about any of the new characters. But maybe that's because I'm a bit bitter about the Dimases. That said: Here's hoping that Ben's brother and the producer duo might become more important in the upcoming episodes because I don't think that I will really change my mind about Loretta and Tobert. (Unless they do a freaky Loretta/Ben reveal. In that case, obviously, I'm Team Loretta.)