Elsbeth
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Successful procedurals about solving murders within an hour of screen time require an arrogant perpetrator.
Sure enough, the murder in Foiled Again is a combination of score settling and business/reputation preserving.
(Trying to pin a murder on a cat?
Thats a classic blunder on the order of getting involved in a land war in Asia!)
And anyway, who would suspect him?
Professionally speaking, that is.
Well, it is good for him and potentially catastrophic for Lawrence.
Lean into this bang out of self-aware silliness, shows!)
Elsbeth, who is also allergic to cats and sneezes anytime shes around Lawrence, remains skeptical.
Was it a mistake not to hire a college-admissions consultant for him?
Would he have been better off attending a more prestigious school than the University of Illinois?
Did he as Lawrence snidely puts it fail to launch, and if so, is it Elsbeths fault?
(Congratulations, Kaya!
Its like a nutritional supplement.
Whats the deal with Maddy?
Is she straightforwardly rebelling against her dad?
just not interested in or lacking the grades for the Baden Universities of the world?
No, its skepticism about the value of accomplishments for their own sake.
Mandys circumstances are unpleasantly rarified and specific to her!
(I really enjoy Teddys puckish sense of humor.)
The two of them get along super-well, well enough to power an 83-minute conversation!
And Elsbeth just wonders, why might that be?
In This Weeks Tote Bag
Well, Elsbeths Highland fling (hee!)
Maybe around the season finale?
Im just spitballing here!
Likewise, hisfaux-bewildered Do they still do that?
in response to Teddys philosophy major.
Mamas, dont let your babies grow up to be this guy.
And while youre at it, encourage them to major in the humanities.
