In the words of Mabel Mora, the besties are back! And they're onto a whole new suspect. As Only Murders in the Building returned with its penultimate episode on Wednesday, our favourite crime-solving trio pieced together a timeline of events from the day Ben died. Warning, spoilers below…
After discovering that Ben was actually talking to the cookie on his dressing table – rather than the killer – Mabel, Oliver and Charlies determined that the cookie, laced with rat poison, was the original murder weapon. And who was responsible? None other than theatre producer Donna, who was trying to protect her son's debut as a producer on Broadway.
While the reveal surprised a number of fans, many have taken to X, formerly known as Twitter, to vent their frustrations, after theorizing that Ben was talking to the cookie weeks ago.
"I've been saying for WEEKS, from the second we saw Tobert's footage, that Ben was talking to a cookie. AND I WAS RIGHT #OMITB," wrote one.
"I've been screaming IT WAS THE POISONED SCHMACKARY'S COOKIES at the TV every week for like a month #onlymurders," added another.
Back in August, one fan had already tweeted, "Seems pretty obvious Paul Rudd was talking to a plate of cookies in his dressing room, not a person. #OnlyMurders." And a second agreed, penning: "90% sure that Ben himself wrote '[expletive] pig' on the mirror after eating a pile of cookies in his changing room. #OnlyMurders."
In need of a recap? Here's the full breakdown of episode 9…
Following Charles and Oliver's genius stunt, which involved the duo planting a camera in the dressing room during Detective Williams' interrogations, the True Crime aficionados were able to work out what happened on the last day of Ben's life.
After an argument with Loretta, which prompted Charles to punch Ben in the face, the actor, feeling low, headed back to his dressing room, but not before chatting to one of the show's producers, Donna.
In what seemed like a genuine moment, Donna told Ben to head back to his dressing room and take care of himself, which is exactly where the CoBro star discovered a cookie, which had been laced with rat poison.
After endless speculation, Mabel, Oliver and Charles finally realised what happened. The conversation that Tobert's camera had accidentally captured between Ben and a mystery person, wasn't a conversation at all.
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Instead, it was revealed that the actor had been talking to the cookie, which tempted him to break his fast. Frustrated at himself for eating the cookie, Ben then called himself a '[expletive] pig,' which he wrote on his dressing room mirror with a lipstick that Joy had left behind.
As for the big reveal, Oliver, recalling a conversation he had with Donna, determined that she had actually read the scathing review about Ben, penned by theater critic, Maxine. In a bid to protect her son and fellow producer, Cliff, from a disastrous Broadway debut, Donna, eyeing the rat poison in the theatre's office, cooked up a plan to remove Ben from the equation.
While Ben managed to survive the poisoning before being pushed down an elevator shift at the Arconia, next week's episode will surely reveal who dealt Ben the final blow. Is Donna responsible or is there another killer on the loose? And will Loretta go down for a crime she didn't commit? Looks like we'll have to wait for the grand finale.