Solely Murders within the Constructing‘s Season 4 finale might have answered quite a lot of our burning questions — like who killed Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch) and why — nevertheless it left us with a number of others. Chiefest amongst them: What was with all of the hyperlinks to the free ends from Season 1?
‘Solely Murders within the Constructing’ Season 4 ending defined: Who killed Sazz and why?
On the finish of Season 4, episode 7, “Valley of the Dolls,” actors Eugene Levy, Zach Galifianakis, and Eva Longoria introduced Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Brief), and Mabel (Selena Gomez) with info that, to borrow Detective Brazzos’ catchphrase, may have despatched the case in a complete new path. In accordance with them, the thriller of Sazz’s dying has been brewing since Season 1 of Solely Murders (the fictional podcast, in addition to the present).
“It all goes back to Season 1,” Levy says, “which, by the way, has more holes than Zach Galifianakis.”
The actors level out these free ends and what they may imply, however does Solely Murders within the Constructing truly plug up any of those holes? Not likely. Let’s check out the proof, and what the present does (or does not) do with it.
Who poisoned Winnie?
Michael Cyril Creighton (and Winnie the bulldog) in “Only Murders in the Building.”
Credit score: Disney / Patrick Harbron
First up on our tour of plot holes is the matter of which sick particular person poisoned Oliver’s valuable bulldog Winnie, who makes a cameo within the Season 4 finale as Oliver’s ring-bearer. A first-rate suspect in Season 1 was musician Sting, who had his justifiable share of beef with Winnie. However as soon as Charles, Oliver, and Mabel found bassoonist Jan (Amy Ryan) was behind Tim Kono’s (Julian Cihi) homicide, Oliver assumed she was behind the poisoning.
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“Wrong!” Longoria says.
She factors to the observe Oliver discovered on the door proper earlier than he found Winnie, which learn, “end the podcast or I end you.” A smudge of ink on the paper leads Galifianakis to infer that somebody left-handed wrote the observe, and since Jan is right-handed, which means it could not have been her.
Who left the observe on Jan’s door?
Amy Ryan in “Only Murders in the Building.”
Credit score: Disney / Patrick Harbron
One other free finish Levy, Galifianakis, and Longoria uncover is the truth that the Solely Murders trio by no means discovered who left the observe on Jan’s door that mentioned, “I’m watching you.” The message echoes the threatening textual content Charles, Oliver, and Mabel obtained from Sazz’s cellphone in episode 6, after they found hidden cameras of their flats. That leads Levy, Galifianakis, and Longoria to imagine that Jan’s observe, the texts, and the cameras got here from the identical individual.
Including to the proof are the notes Charles, Oliver, and Mabel present in Sazz’s house, which singled out each “sick pup” Winnie and Jan’s “door note.” If Sazz was onto the unknown offender from Season 1, it could make sense for them to attempt to kill her, proper?
Besides Sazz wasn’t on the path of this mysterious adversary. These scribblings have been simply pointers for the screenplay she was writing concerning the Solely Murders crew. And her assassin, screenwriter Marshall P. Pope (Pachinko‘s Jin Ha), wasn’t in any respect linked to Season 1. These free ends fade away from the primary Solely Murders plotline simply as rapidly as they have been reintroduced, leaving us again at sq. one.
Nevertheless, there may be some hope we’ll get some closure on these components in Season 5. In spite of everything, doorman Lester’s (Teddy Coluca) dying may have some ties to Season 1. The identical goes for the newly launched Sofia Caccimelio (Téa Leoni) and her lacking husband, Nicky. Plus, we by no means did discover out who put these cameras in Charles, Oliver, and Mabel’s flats… Might the identical individual be accountable for all these crimes?
Solely Murders within the Constructing Season 4 is now streaming on Hulu.
