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“Only Murders in the Building’s latest killer reveal is the best yet.”

“Only Murders in the Building’s latest killer reveal is the best yet.”

Season 4 of Just murders in the building may have had the most convoluted murder mystery in the series so far. With a variety of suspects from the west side of The Arconia and the Hollywood film that adapted the podcast, there were dozens of clues and red herrings. It was very difficult to find out who Sazz Patakis (Jane Lynch) could potentially be a murderer, especially given the fact that there are just so many suspects.




This season did a lot of things differently than previous seasons. There was the start of the mid-season shootout and the potential of the killer targeting Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez). There was also the revelation of Dudenoff’s (Griffin Dunne) Body with Sazzs in the incinerator, which turned out to be a dead end. Most fascinating were the flashbacks to the many plot holes from the first season that still haven’t been fixed. Season 4, Episode 9, “Escape from Planet Klongo” answered the most important question of the season: Who killed Sazz Pataki? The answer is Marshall P. Pope, formerly known as Rex Bailey.


How is Marshall revealed to be Sazz’s murderer in Season 4 of “Only Murder in the Building”?

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Marshal Pope (Jin Ha) is introduced for the first time as the screenwriter of the Just murders in the building Movie in Season 4, Episode 5, “Adaptation.”Just murders in the building will typically give every character a voiceover, from the main cast to brief supporting characters. It wasn’t necessarily suspicious that the show introduced Marshall with his voiceover showing him gluing fake facial hair to his face and worrying about being the writer of a major motion picture. Marshall shows great interest in the case from the start and even tries to help out with the homicide squad. In the next few episodes he is a generally likeable and slightly suspicious supporting character.


In “Escape from Planet Klongo,” Charles, Oliver, and Mabel begin the episode with an important lead in the case. One of the Westies, Helga (Alexandra Templar), just revealed that Sazz told her he was a stuntman in the film Project Ronkonkoma would mean her death. The episode slowly paints a picture of the stuntman, who was apparently also Sazz’s protégé before. After hitting him with her car, Sazz began mentoring the mysterious protégé. The trio tries to track down Ron Howard They want to ask him about the stuntman, but they can’t reach him.

Finally, Charles and Oliver meet Ron Howard in a restaurant, who tells them about the stuntman. He says that this person accidentally singed off his eyebrows and that’s why he fired him. Later, The stuntman stole Ron Howard’s shoesso he had to get a new, identical pair. In fact, the bottom of Ron Howard’s shoes matches the shoe print from the day Glen Stubbins (Paul Rudd) was shot, confirming that the protégé was the murderer who shot Sazz from Dudenoff’s apartment. Ron Howard shows them a picture of Rex Bailey, and although he looks a little different, it is clearly Marshall.


Why did Marshall Pope kill Sazz Pataki in Only Murders in the Building?

With the exception of Season 1, Just murders in the building Usually you wait until the last episode of the season to reveal the murderer. Additionally, the show is known for its twists and turns. However, Marshall was definitely involved in Sazz’s murder. It is clearly his shoe print, which was in Dudenoff’s apartment when she was shot. Glen is murdered in “Escape from Planet Klongo” by Sazz’s killer, who had her phone all season. This person could also be Marshall, especially since Glenn recognized the person who killed him. although there is a possibility that a second murderer was involved. This killer could very well be the person who has been targeting the trio since Season 1.


The original script for Just murders in the building was so impressive that Marshall got the job. However, since Marshall was particularly struggling with the rewrite, he was sent to follow Mabel for the rest of Escape from Planet Klongo. During the reveal for Charles and Oliver, Mabel opens the fridge and finds something hidden in Sazz’s beer crate. It turns out that this is the script for it Just murders in the building Movie, unless it says so that it was written by Sazz Pataki. Marshall’s motive for killing Sazz is pretty clear: he wanted to take credit for her screenplay. However, another killer is probably the one who has the phone and murdered Glen. Marshall probably doesn’t work alone.

The last episode of Just murders in the building Season 4 will be available to stream on Hulu next Tuesday.


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Three strangers in a New York apartment building bond over their shared interest in true crime and form an unlikely team to investigate a suspicious death in their complex. Their amateur detective work quickly turns into an exciting search as they deal with secrets, lies and unexpected twists.

Release date
August 31, 2021

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Seasons
4

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