Arguably, we’re still early enough in this narrative that we really have to be attached to the idea that “justice must be done” in each episode in order to believe that these mysteries are worth our time. One thing that both episodes struggled with, however, is a reason to care about the players in the mystery at all - it’s not always as engaging when the people being murdered are just as unsympathetic as the murderers, as was the case in both episodes.
It looked, at first glance, like a horrible accident - but was it?īoth of these episodes were very enjoyable, with each featuring decently complex mysteries. The pair fight all the way through rehearsals, their ego clash coming to a head on opening night, where both sabotage the set in order to do away with the other for good - but after both actors’ traps fail to kill the other, Michael’s young, rich wife (Jameela Jamil) ends up being the real victim after falling into the trap meant for Kathleen. In “Exit Stage Death,” Charlie gets a job as a waiter at a low-brow dinner theater just around the same time that Kathleen Townsend (Ellen Barkin) and Michael Graves (Tim Meadows), two former TV co-stars famous for their rumored feud, reunite to act against one another again in a dramatic, “Our Town”-esque play. Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.
