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Good morning, you have to be the thing that saves you

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reminder that your trauma does not make you hard to love. there is someone out there who will come in your ruined home and plant a garden. until then, don't let anyone make you feel like you're alot of work.

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It's almost winter. Yk wut that means.

#sh #styroblr #hitting styro #self h@rm #selfharn #shblr #selfharrrm

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babygirl your sudoku solving skills are out of this world

#me fr

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I HAVE THE SAME THEORY OHMYGOD

only murders in the building s3e8 spoilers ahead!

this is the best photo i could get of the strips of paper that have been pieced together so far. all we can see is:

"02/16/2023

mmence on

sion, and

until and

(line gap)

society,

performing

composer

however,

right to

where it"

now that’s… fairly vague, lol. not too much to be gathered, except that it relates to the play itself - words like "performing" and "composer" seem to show that. in other words, it’s probably not the autopsy report or someone’s diary. the first unfinished word is probably "commence". this makes it sound formal. again, unlikely to be a diary or a letter to a close friend or something.

so what could it be? personally, my current standing theory is that it’s Maxine’s review. i have a few reasons for this:

we know that Maxine has written a review. yes, she was originally writing by hand and her pen ran out of ink, but she mentions in episode 2 that it was some of her best writing which sounds like she had finished it later, plus it’s her job to write these reviews, im sure she must have finished it. and so there exists a "vitriolic" absolute pan of the play somewhere. one that we’ve never seen and which Maxine didn’t show to Oliver. maybe we can’t see it because it’s been shredded.

the language, from the small bits we can see, would make sense for a review. first she states when the play "commences" for its opening night. then she reviews the various elements of the play, such as the "performing" and notes things like who the "composer" is and whether they did a good job. the word "however" makes me think that the writer is giving some sort of a negative opinion there. which, you know, is what the review is.

Maxine is a character we were introduced to in the second episode but really haven’t explored. i don’t necessarily think she is the murderer; in fact, i can’t even think of a motive she’d have. but, i think they introduced her for a reason.

a scathing review could absolutely generate anger or violence in someone. imagine you’ve put your heart and soul into your performance or crew role for months, only to get insulted and for the show to be an utter failure. it could mean the end of your career or the loss of a lot of money.

but even if it is Maxine’s review, and even if someone was upset by it, why would that lead to Ben’s death? i do have a theory for that. it might not be the correct one, but it’s my best shot at the moment:

Cliff and Donna (the mother and son producer people) have repeatedly expressed that this play is high stakes for them. it’s Cliff’s producing debut and they need it to be perfect. the problem is, the show was far from perfect - something that they may have already realised to an extent, but which that pan confirmed. plus, a terrible review by a famous reviewer would lose them money and reputation. if one or both of them got their hands on Maxine’s review, it makes sense that they’d destroy it and want to put an end to the show in a way that can’t be blamed on them. an accidental death on stage - with the autopsy report altered to day there wasn’t any poison, and we know it was altered cause it was negative for meth - would solve their problem, as well as draw them a lot of press attention (any publicity is good publicity), and finally, would prevent the review from ever being published because no one would publish a scathing review of a recently deceased young man’s performance. i can imagine that the producers would have access to and knowledge about the set and theatre, which would allow for the spooky ghost stuff that seemed like more than a coincidence in "Ghost Light". they’d also have access to Ben’s room to plant the poison cookies (because c’mon, he was clearly talking to a plate of cookies in the dressing room video).

additionally, Donna’s speech to Loretta in the bathroom makes me suspect her more. and Loretta’s song, while clearly more about sacrificing herself for her own son in that moment, could double as meaning that Donna would kill for Cliff’s sake to protect his reputation in the industry. and as Loretta says, poisoning as a murder method tends to point to a woman murderer - this is actually true according to data on homicides. Donna is a woman, she would do anything for her son, the review would ruin his reputation in her mind, she poisons Ben to end the play.

then there’s Ben’s apologies in episode 1. to Cliff… well, he forgets Cliff’s name for one thing, and then he basically just says he’s sorry for being so annoying to them and complaining about his dressing room. then he continues to complain about his dressing room before moving on.

while Donna may have done the first murder, i don’t think she did the second. perhaps it was Cliff, pissed at his non-apology and wishing the man was dead for real. perhaps it was someone else entirely (probably a man since they haven’t had a male murderer so far and have even pointed that out).

but again, this is still a very loose theory based solely on the possibility that that document is the review. what else do y’all think it could be? or what else could have happened if it is indeed the review?

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Okay, well the killer DEFINITELY isn’t Loretta.

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After this episode, I'm pretty sure that the first murder was committed by cliff's mother... The motive seems pretty strong and the monologue in the bathroom further convinces me.

But I don't think she committed the second murder. I think there is something more twisted behind that, something that has been sorta foreshadowed all along and when it finally gets revealed, we all will have that sorta 'oh' moment (at least I hope so)

also i agree a lot with the patter song theory. what if it was actually no one from the cast? because the entire time we have kept the suspect list limited to the cast and crew members. What if it's someone completely different?

So far, the show has been pretty good at planting red herrings. E.g: Loretta (I don't think she actually killed ben), Dickie (I mean he could have but that would be pretty straightforward don't you think), Tobert (idk about killing but that man is sketchy as hell)...

It's just that the killer reveal in S2 was so dramatic and amazing ohmygod I just hope they find a way to keep up with that.

only murders in the building s3e8 spoilers under the cut (theories and thoughts)

i’m finally properly up to date

DAMN i’d seen the theory that loretta was dickie’s mother on this app, whoever that was, they were reallly ahead of the curve!

meryl streep is just such an incredible actor. nails the role every time.

okay so they said it was dickie, and he seemed to admit to it, which means it can’t be dickie. or, like, he can’t be the only one involved in the killing, at the very least.

right, so there is now a confirmed poisoning according to the detective (remember, before, the poisoning was technically just mabel’s speculation) which is good to know. i definitely think that ben was talking to cookies, and the cookies contained the poison.

what was getting shredded?? personally i think there’s a good chance that it was maxine’s review, but i’ll make a separate post about that. regardless, it’s definitely an important detail since they didn’t give us the answer this episode. what documents would be important? maybe the autopsy report - considered one was definitely faked or missing?

loretta just always has tape on her. normal

i know loretta points towards poison as a woman’s method, but they’ve all but outright said it’s a male murderer this time around (when they said how it was so strange and unlikely to have women as murderers both times so far).

i wonder if the pickwick triplets patter song is gonna give us some clue in hindsight… i’m trying to figure out if there could be a meaning in it. "should i look outside this nursery? what if none of the pickwick triplets did it?" makes me think that it’s perhaps no one in the cast of the musical… "who’d have had a menacing motive and hid it?" makes we think that the motive will be unexpected… ie it’s not just that someone thought ben was a dickhead or whatever.

lol i thought charles and oliver’s weird interruptions were to plant a much easier bug like their phone recorder i guess they did it in a weird complex old guy way

i feel like maxine has something she’s not telling us… not necessarily that she’s the murderer, but i just think she’s been introduced for a bigger reason. i mean, she was writing a pan. ben might have read her words and attacked her at the elevator, she pushed him away and he fell.

cliff and his mother do seem dodgy as i’ve said before… his mother basically says she’d do anything for her son, the son has pretty high stakes with this play, surely there’s some kinda insurance if a tragedy strikes or whatever… what would they do if they knew it was gonna flop? for example… if they’d read maxine’s review?

OLIVERRRRRRRRRRRRRR

#lol imagine they just reveal kt to be the killer. that would definitely be a shocker lmao #omitb #only murders in the building #mabel mora #oliver putnam #charles haden savage #loretta #only murders season 3 #only murders hulu #only murders spoilers #only murders s3 #omitb spoilers #omitb season 3 #omitb s3

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sorry I was gone for a month I was busy self sabotaging all my friendships

#real

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Well after years of seeing stuff about it on the internet I finally started watching New Girl and I always saw everyone talking about Nick Miller all the time and never understood but guys. Guys. I get it now. They really made me fall in love with him (and the other guys) in twenty minutes. Goddamn. Is the whole thing like this?? I don’t know if I can take seven whole seasons of this man’s heart eyes and cute little smiles and just the general adorableness of this whole friend group. Jesus fuck.

#I LOVE NICK MILLER SM AGSGLZDJdkzf!g

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Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day

No,a summer’s day is not a bitch.

—Nick Miller

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i no longer respect the hustle i want universal basic income and dignity for everyone

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this both blew my mind and made me physically sick

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*violently sobbing* I KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER I KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER KNOW ITS FOR THE BETTER

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ok so having watched today's episode... ngl I just miss the trio working together yk... like yes we have a lot of new characters this season n we need to dissect them, but i feel severely deprived of the trio dynamic :(((((

Also, I miss Mabel sm. Like yeah she's there but I just wish we got more of her. Mabel is going through a big shift in her life n I rly want to know more about that. Someone said that the writers need to stop giving Mabel a love interest in every season n ngl they're so right. Like Mabel is such an interesting character n I want to fully explore her.

But yes, loving Charles and Oliver this season. Oliver's sass is to die for, but ughhh that man needs to rest.

God I just want Charles to be happy for once. That man has suffered sm. Like I just wanna give him a big hug n want him to allow himself to feel *lowercase* joy.

CAMT WAIT FOR NEXT EP!!!!!!

#omitb #only murders in the building #charles haden savage #mabel mora #oliver putnam #also can we talk about mabel in that dressssss dafzlgdgxgzlzlhh #down bad frfr

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i post for people who feel like they’re inherently unlikable to others without being able to tell what the reason is

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there's just nothing that beats being at home. the world will try to convince me i should be doing more and it's like yeah but im at home

#i might be miserable #but at least im home