44min - When Zoe’s sister’s wedding weekend is destroyed by a murder, Aniq calls his old friend Danner to investigate the crime.
37min - Aniq and Danner interview the bride, who tells the story of her relationship with Edgar in the style of a Jane Austen romance.
34min - Grace’s former boyfriend tells his story like a film noir: He suspected that Edgar was up to no good and was determined to protect his ex.
31min - Like the heroine of a twee indie film, Edgar’s adopted sister wanted to stop the wedding because of her own broken heart.
34min - When Edgar’s business partner opens up about their complicated history, it plays like a slick and suspenseful heist movie.
34min - Why did Danner really leave the police force? She presents the scintillating story to Aniq like a steamy ’90s thriller.
38min - Aniq and Danner move the investigation to Zoe’s family, starting with her free-spirited uncle. His tale is an epic, global romance.
34min - Zoe’s father reluctantly agrees to sit with her, Aniq, and Danner as they review found-footage-style videos from the weekend.
35min - Launching into a ’50s psychological melodrama, Edgar’s mother details her nightmarish year since the death of her husband.
31min - Season finale. Alternating between campy horror and ’80s soap opera, Zoe and her mother fill in the remaining blanks of Edgar’s murder.
It is smart, starry and classy to a fault...
...skips through genres on the way to solving a witty murder mystery.
Veryhood
Poker Face
Ludwig
Inside No. 9
Imposters
Psych
Only Murders in the Building
Private Lives
Moonlighting
Catch The Ghost
Crash
The Dinner Table Detective
Case Closed
Mask Girl
Lupin III: II
Bored to Death
Guilty Party
Velma
Still 17
Dead Still
Darkwing Duck
Hustle
Psychopath Diary
Santa Clarita Diet
Rizzoli & Isles