Only Murders In The Building Season 3 Finale, Episode 10 Recap

#4: Tobert

In last week’s recap, we asked a simple question: What was Tobert’s (Jesse Williams) deal anyway? He hung around with the Arconia crew, pitched in on the investigation, and got some bro time with Teddy, but he had to be working another angle, right?

Well, it turns out that he just wanted to feel included! (Thankfully, the show didn’t go back to the “partner’s a secret murderer” well twice.) In the office, Tobert helps the gang record The Poisoner’s confession while dressed up as a coat pole and gives Mabel the thumb drive with the audio recording. He also invites Mabel to come to Los Angeles with him, but she decides to stick around New York. So long, Tobert!

#3: Loretta and Dickie

The finale quickly takes Loretta off our suspect board as she redacts her confession offscreen and joins the Arconia gang to help them with their investigation. But after everything Loretta and Dickie went through, they get an overdue and deserved happy ending.

Coming off-stage after her song, Loretta starts to confess her past as Dickie’s (Jeremy Shamos) birth mother, but Dickie stops her: he knew the whole time, and they share a tearful embrace! Post-investigation, Dickie’s agent skills continue to pay off for Loretta—like Tobert, they’re headed to Los Angeles for new jobs, but Oliver happily sends them off to make up for lost time.

#2: Donna

Well, that was quick?

The Arconia gang lures Donna into the theater’s office to get her to confess, but she beats them to the punch: she tells everyone that she poisoned Ben Glenroy and pushed him down the elevator shaft. The rat poisoning was an accidental murder attempt—she didn’t want to kill Ben Glenroy, but after reading the bad opening night review, she needed to buy more time for Death Rattle.

As for the motive, Cliff’s (Wesley Taylor) first big musical would be Death Rattle, and Donna didn’t want her boy’s reputation to get ruined with an opening night flop. If that wasn’t enough, Donna confesses that she also has terminal lung cancer—careful viewers will recall her hurling in the theater bathroom before meeting with Loretta earlier this season. Considering Donna’s already on the way out, what’s another murder attempt among coworkers?

As a result, Donna strikes a deal with the Arconia gang: She’ll go quietly to the cops if they let Death Rattle’s opening night run as planned. But as the show progresses, Mabel realizes that Donna’s lipstick was on Ben’s bloody hankie, but the timeline for the hankie means she couldn’t have done the poisoning and the push! Of course, this leaves one more suspect on the board…

#1: Cliff

As Mabel confronts Cliff (Wesley Taylor) in the theater’s observatory room, the episode flashes back to the night of Ben’s murder.

Ben and Cliff run into each other upstairs after Death Rattle’s opening night party—Ben’s doctors mention that they found rat poison in his system, and he quickly pieces together that Donna’s cookie was dosed. At first, Cliff refuses to believe that Donna was behind Ben’s poisoning. But after Cliff and Ben exchange words, a shoving match ensues, ending with Cliff pushing Ben down the Arconia elevator shaft.

Cliff doesn’t take his confession well and tries to throw himself through the observatory room’s trap door. Charles and Oliver run up to try and stop Cliff, but he finally relents when Donna—seeing the commotion from the theater’s audience—comes up to rescue him. And once the curtain falls on Death Rattle, both Demeos are led away in handcuffs.