Review of Murderville

Murderville (2022– )
8/10
The Rational Side of My Brain Tells Me to Hate This, But I Can't
12 February 2022
There is a pretty simple formula here. Each episode is written based on a template. I can pretty much see it with my mind's eye: Opening (Seattle.is being cringe-y, meet the new partner, the ex-wife informs them of murder), the murder scene (including some banter with the coroner), suspect 1, suspect 2, suspect 3 (one of these includes going undercover), and the theatrical finale where the new partner (or trainee) makes their conclusion and the lieutenant comes in to tell everyone whether they were right or not.

So yeah, just fill in the blanks.

Despite this, it's fun, but what actually makes it fun is that everyone involved seems to have fun. Will Arnett is constantly hiding his face, because he can't keep his cool.

The guests are all pretty good, but Marshawn Lynch, who I did not know about before this, because American Football is not really a thing in Finland, just commits so much to the part that the whole thing should open new doors to him. (I don't know if that's what he is into.) He is just so good in this.

The mysteries aren't that great, but they are fine for the format. You have to give the guests a decent chance at getting it right. Not that it matters, becasue it's the improvisation and how the guests react to the absurd situations they are put into, that's important.
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