Flipping the Pieces

Every episode I remark how well produced, written and acted this show is. Flipping the Pieces is a masterpiece episode. Superb performances by all of the actors.

Mable's past has always been a subject of mystery and we have never quite gotten into what really shaped her character. A person's past, or the life they have lived until a certain point, has a big role to play in defining them in the present. In episode 7 of Only Murders In The Building Season 2, we "flip" the pieces to look underneath our most beloved member of the tribe. Mabel is clad in a yellow night-suit sitting in a bedroom. She has pieces of a puzzle in front of her. Not just any puzzle; the puzzle of her life. This episode did not feel like it had too much story progression. On the face of it, "Flipping the Pieces" seems like a decent companion piece to the previous episode. Mabel Mora's deconstruction was hinted at from the very first episode of this season. And it has finally happened in an emotional harkening back to the past. She has always been a character who seems to be going through a lot. She carries a lot of baggage from the past and it reflects in the way we see her. Even when she was able to go past that stage, life wasn't kind to her. Detective Williams is back in town and some of her bits with Oliver and Charles were really good. They do have an infectious and charming bromance that has begun to blossom. Theo was humanized in this episode too, and I liked that choice very much. His crimes beside, he's still a good person and a similar target of pain and misery. The ghost from his past, Zoe, has troubled him but we didn't see that suffering before this episode.

OMITB (Only Murders In The Building) is not one for glorifying or focusing on the chase/action sequences. Mabel had a run-in with the killer but still didn't see his face and was able to get away with ease. Although it does not diminish OMITB's appeal, it doesn't give it brownie points either. Overall, this episode felt relatively weaker than the previous ones in the season. I don't want to say the word but "filler" pops up as the perfect way to describe it. Mabel's revisit to the past was effective but the lack of anything else really couldn't rouse us up.

My favourite episode so far. Excited for next week. I love Mabel so much. Selena you go girl. So proud of her. Nd the bond of Martin's & Selena >>> best trio.

Parts of the show was good and has emotional stuff such as Theo's story. Mabel's back story meant absolutely nothing and had no sense to it except that her dad died young from cancer and encouraged her to do jigsaw puzzles upside down. Hence the title "flipping the pieces".

I am surprised that in NYC that a person can stab a person on the subway, which is on video and no one is able to find her or even attempting to look for her. Especially someone who is so well known.

The detective is a total farce. Not even a cute baby (and what a big baby ... what is the time frame between season one and 2 anyways?) can save this episode.

And they go to Coney Island in broad daylight and break in and take forever to get what they want. I guess the purpose there was to get that picture in the trio's hands.

Too much jumping around and there seems to be very little that connects in a reasonably sensible way.

Let's hope the next episode is a little better.

I thought this was probably the best episode of the season, and one of the best of the series. It was meaningful, not too busy, and was well done. My only gripe is that Mabel somehow learned to read sign language in an afternoon.