#oliver putman

[transcharleshsavage]

I missed the arconia so muuch and the vibes from season 1 too you know what i mean ? That’s three bestie with an age gap, some trauma but there together

[sapphire600]

Okay, finding out the only reason Ben was late because he bought everyone gifts that he made from the sweet old ladies was to emotional for me. 😭

(I also think Donna just poison Ben, she didn’t push him. Somebody else did.)

[meep-meep-richie]

´´ but i´m healthy enough to still direct the play, right? ''

[alaffy]

Only Murders in the Building, Ep. 5x01 – Nail in the Coffin (Spoilers)

So, a couple of quick things.  I just started watching the new season a couple of days ago (I was in the hospital the day they dropped the first three episodes) and I hope to get all posts out before six comes out. 

Anyway, I’m kind of conflicted with this first episode.  We find out that it’s four days after Lester’s death and there’s about to be a memorial service in the building.  Oliver is eating shrimp from his wedding, that for some reason wasn’t served.  The three of them are talking about the fact that Lester’s death was ruled accidental and Howard, who briefly stops by, mentions that there’s tape that proves that the death was accidental.  After Howard leaves, the trio discover a severed finger within the shrimp.  I know that the trio has an issue with calling the cops at the right time; but this one seems like a stretch.  I mean, hypothetically, assuming it is Lester’s; it might lead to the police asking more questions.  And if it isn’t Lester’s…as many threats as these people have had against their lives at this point, I have a feeling the police would take it seriously (mostly to avoid the inevitable headache they will face when the trio gets involved).

But they don’t call, and they decide to go see if Lester had all of his fingers.  And I’m going to make this quick.  Lester seems to have know a lot of people.  The mayor (Keegan-Michael Key) shows up for some reason (he doesn’t know the man and this wouldn’t normally be important enough for a campaign stop, so there must be more).  We meet Lester’s wife, Loraine (played by Diane West).  There’s a new doorman, who was training under Lester, and seems to know a lot about everyone. Lester’s hat is in a case, but it still has blood on it.  And Lester either had eight fingers or eleven. 

So, Oliver shows the other two a picture from his wedding.  In it, they can see Lester…and the missing Mob Boss that they were asked to find.  And it looks like the Mob Boss is handing Lester a package.  Charles and Mabel tell Oliver about the visit they had.  They decide they need to go visit the Sofia (well, Oliver refuses at first because he once barrowed $400 from the mob; but then goes anyway). 

So, they go to the family house and it’s…literally the house from The Godfather? Methinks their involvement in crime might be a bit…over embellished.  Which, yeah, that becomes pretty clear after meeting the five sons.  Anyway, long story short, it doesn’t seem like the Sofia sent the finger.  So, they show ask her what she meant that her husband was connected to the building and show her the picture taken before Lester’s death.  According to her, Nicky (the Mobster) runs the dry-cleaning service out of the Arconia and that he was dropping of receipts.  The reason why she wanted them to find Nicky is because she didn’t want the world to find out he’s a failed mobster. 

So, this is all a bust; but then they kind of create this connection to Sofia and Charles and…yeah, we’re not getting the whole story.  Otherwise, she’d be a one and done character.  Also, the night Nicky went missing he left a pack of playing cards on the wife’s nightstand.  She gives the cards to Charles. 

So, they go back to their apartments.  Charles plays with the cards and discovers one is a magnet.  And that it has a tiny map (?) written on the back of it, but you can only see it through a red lens.

Mabel is looking over the security cam footage that clearly isn’t complete as it doesn’t have the footage from the courtyard.  We see Lester with something in his hand, and he keeps looking over his shoulder.

Mabel runs into Charles in the hallways (she’s looking at where the cameras are place) and he shows her the map.  They follow it and Mabel realizes that the map shows all the blind spots of the security cameras.  It leads to a closet, with a stairway leading to a door.  Which happens to unlocked by the playing card; which leads to a hidden gambling den.  And a damaged table.  The card also has numbers at the bottom 6, 24, 00; which, when spun on the roulette wheel, opens a small compartment. Inside the compartment is the envelope that Nicky gave Lester, with a bunch of money.

All the while Oliver, who is upset that the building thinks he didn’t care about Lester, is going to get Lester’s hat cleaned.  He, oh come on, goes to a closed dry cleaners, bangs on the door, and discovers it unlocked (I mean, this is pushing it people…), finds Lester’s uniform, and then runs into the dead body of Nicky.   

[cytryndor]

love them for it

[theguardianofmagic]

OMITB SPOILERS FR

LESTER :(((((( I never believed you were the mastermind for a second. You were too good and wonderful and I’m already devastated.

Kinda underwhelmed by the actual mystery this season but I did love the ledge reveal. But Mabel, Oliver, and Charles were absolutely precious this episode. Their friendship 🥺

[witchofthemidlands]

I will admit for a ✨second✨ I thought is Oliver starring in his own musical a good idea? Can Martin Short actually sing? All the while disrespecting my childhood because I COMPLETELY forget that Martin Short once dropped the absolute banger that is How Can I Refuse? from Barbie as the Princess and the Pauper.

[learningfromlosing]

Oliver screaming to a bag of dips for it to stay alive and hell be back for it. Oliver yelling at Lester that he has no place in the elevator with the painting. Oliver asking for cyanide with a fizzy drink to wash it down with because he didn't want to keep walking up the stairs in a black out. Oliver portraying two different sneezes just to have no real reason for the need of an answer of which one it was. Oliver asking if there's nothing dips can't do when they knock out Marv. Oliver losing his fucking tooth in an overcooked pork chop just to fucking whistle through it like he's in fucking dixie like it didn't just happen. Oliver saying he drafted a text to Mabel and cut it down to size and accidentally sent her a comma and he still hasn't heard back. Honestly Oliver is the main reason I can't stop watching Only Murders in the Building