When Jane Lynch said to Steve Martin, “Here you are, with your sad little melancholy omelette”, I laughted out loud.
(When Jane Lynch shows up in your series these days, it’s not surprising - it’s inevitable.)
Every new cast member has been a delightful surprise.
I pretty much agree. Gomez’s nasal delivery grates on my ears, and Short is trying to carry this thing by himself (with limited success). Also, the episode centered on the cop with the pregnant wife was the definition of trite and unnecessary.
I like the show but Selena Gomez is one of the worst actresses I’ve ever seen. Looks and sounds like she’s reading her lines off a paper and she’s completely bored with it. I hope she’s famous for something else because it can’t be acting, can it?
I like it…especially the new twist about Jan. Everyone is saying that Martin Short is carrying the show, and he is doing a great job, but I also give props to Steve Martin playing the typical Steve Martin straight man to perfection.
I agree with the comments about Selena Gomez. Her character just seems like an eternal bitch and you really don’t feel for her character at all.
She doesn’t bother me at all, but I have daughters around that age. She seems believable to me. I like all the characters, and the writing is fun and interesting.
I think that’s key. They are playing her like a contemporary Millennial, which we are not used to seeing accurately represented on TV. She has a deadpan cynicism that works for the character and story. Sure her voice is a bit grating (perhaps ironic for someone who got famous as a singer) but that fits her portrayal too. Ultimately I’m cool with her.
So is it time to guess who done it? Because for the first time in a long time a tv show has me unsure.
I don’t know, but someone who plays a bassoon is holding something back.
I always knew that. She was my lead contender for awhile but now I’m thinking it’s a red herring. Maybe I should go with my first instinct. There is the matter of the note on her door. And the stabbing. They said she was stabbed in the back. That’s hard to do to yourself.
I’m thinking it’s Jan.
She has stated that she hates being second, and she’s second chair Bassoon. The current first chair bassoonist clearly enjoys men who look like Tim Kono as evidenced by her new boyfriend. I think the first chair was probably dating Tim and Jan killed Tim to affect her emotionally, therefore affect her performance and allow Jan to become first chair. Shortly after his death is when we first meet Jan and she was already claiming to be First chair at that point so perhaps this was done right around when she was challenging the chair and she assumed she was going to succeed.
I think Jan poisoned him by replacing his Stevia with poison, hence the joke a couple of episodes ago about Stevia not being healthy. This is a lot like another very famous show (no spoilers to that one) where they tried to replace somebody’s sugar with ricin so if it’s true then they lose originality points. We’ve seen the poison already when she tried to kill Martin Short’s dog and it looked a lot like Stevia.
This absolutely.
Also… everyone remember how the show started? A flash forward of Mabel over a dead guy…I think we have a lot more twists and turns before the reveal.
I think it still may be Jan but I don’t think it has anything to do with Tim dating the first chair. The prodigy was wearing braces and appeared to be high school age. It was Jan in the apartment for some reason.
Conservation of characters means we know who it was. It’s not one of the three. It’s not either Dimas. They are making you think Jan right now but I’m expecting another twist. They have done their best to push suspicion of Oscar to the back. I think it will turn out to be Oscar which also gives extra drama to Mabel and allows Amy Ryan to be in season 2.
Oh wow, I didn’t realize she was that young… I was thinking early 20’s but would have to watch again to see…
Up until last week I was thinking a it more about Oscar’s Dad. He is the building maintenance man and has access to everybody’s apartments.
I agree with you that it’s somebody we’ve already met and it’s entirely possible there’s one more curveball coming. I guess when it comes to Jan, did she stab herself? If we think in terms of Hardy Boys novels the killer will be somebody introduced early on (like at the initial building tenants meeting) and we’ve not heard from since… And he would have gotten away with it if not for those meddling kids!
Well that was a heck of a thing.
I liked Steve Martin getting to do a comedy bit, and I liked the story. I think Mabel was right that there were loose ends, though I couldn’t pin those down right off the top of my head.
I just needed a motive. A “black widow” serial killer was not enough.
Well I was wrong. I expected a twist as to who the murderer was. But the end was a pretty good twist.
We managed to slog through to the end of this, but I’m honestly puzzled by all the praise for this show. It started out promising, but quickly turned into a snooze-fest with few funny moments. And I’ll say it again: Gomez has zero acting ability and should not be in show business in any capacity. If there’s a second season, I’ll pass.
I loved it from beginning to end. I thought it had the right balance of comedy and whodunnit. If that’s how Gomez acts in everything then that’s bad but it worked for this role. Not everything is for everyone.
I loved it. I’ve laughed more at this show than much else currently on TV. Steve Martin’s physical comedy in the finale had me dying!
I’m so looking forward to season 2!
I particularly liked his big dramatic speech in the boiler room.