If the writers want Keith back out of uniform, it shouldn't be too hard to screw up his campaign.

I hope they actually keep him in uniform. We already watched the "Keith being a better sheriff but losing the election anyway" show last season.

Y'know, I was thinking it was going to be Landry & Mindy together because of the throwaway line about a double indemnity clause in O'Dell's insurance policy a few episodes back. When they became too obvious as the perps, I knew it was Lucky Tim, but still, I had high hopes.

Shh, bon bon. You'll give away our secret plans.

Sorry about that. I pressed tab twice instead of capslock, then pressed enter twice.

Anyway, Tim's fucking WIG makes him a disappointing villian to me. I mean, it's not worth it to cast someone if you have to make them look ridiculous in order to do so. At one scene I swear he was trying to keep the wig from falling off, and I was hoping it would finally be admittted. And the completely ridiculous facial hair just made the whole thing worse.

And we're supposed to believe that it's Parker who's wearing a wig! That's rich.

Anyway, Tim's fucking WIG makes him a disappointing villian to me. I mean, it's not worth it to cast someone if you have to make them look ridiculous in order to do so. At one scene I swear he was trying to keep the wig from falling off, and I was hoping it would finally be admittted. And the completely ridiculous facial hair just made the whole thing worse.

I thought he looked like someone gave Curtis Armstrong a really bad dye job.

The murderer killing someone just frame someone else is always a little thin, to me. I liked the "there's always some bullshit reason to kill the dean" that was implied, though.

I thought Landry killing Mindy was just gratuitous and weird.

I'm starting to think that dialling the mysteries back to one episode length may make them better. It's the extra complications that get thrown in to sustain the mystery over time that lead to trouble.

I thought Landry killing Mindy was just gratuitous and weird.

I agreed but liked that, probably for those reasons. It's noir-- even the innocent guys are bad guys.

Also, not that Mindy deserved to die, but she was one of the bad guys. There's a reason she always looked like a 1940s femme fatale (even though she was a dean's wife in Southern California, not Veronica Lake, but I digress). Sneaking around with Landry and shipping her desperately ill son who just lost his stepfather off to live in England so she could life a life of style on a boat? What a creep.

I agreed but liked that, probably for those reasons. It's noir-- even the innocent guys are bad guys.

I liked that in the end, Mindy thought Landry had done it, and Landry thought Mindy had done it. And they were both wrong.