Review: Only Murders in the Building, "The White Room"
In my reviews of the season thus far, I’ve spoken about the way Only Murders in the Building lives or dies on how the story serves its central characters, our tethers to this homicide-happy universe. Considering this, then, I should be happy to see the fourth episode of the season transpire with none of the season’s limelight-stealing guest stars making an appearance.
But here’s the thing: does it make sense that none of Meryl Streep, Paul Rudd, and Jesse Williams appear in “The White Room?” Why isn’t Loretta at the rehearsals we see throughout the episode? Is Ghost Ben taking a week off from chatting with Mabel? Is Tobert out somewhere hunting down more clues about the video from Ben’s dressing room? The answer to these question is that two of those actors are Hollywood A-Listers with busy careers, and the other was fitting in this role while performing eight shows a week on Broadway, and the season was always going to have to work around their absence on occasion. And…
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