My Life is Murder (Season 3)

Season 1 thoughts
Season 2 thoughts

The murder mysteries are still good! I'm not here to talk about the murder mysteries though. I want to talk about the growing ensemble cast that I really love.


Beth (Tatum Warren-Ngata)

Madison has gone to Paris, with twelve hours time difference, and wants Alexa to stop ringing her for advice in the middle of the night. So she gets her friend Beth to show up at Alexa's door instead.

Beth is a navy intelligence cryptologist, which sounds cool as hell. However, she is a navy intelligence cryptologist in the same way that Madison is a police data analyst - ie they are "hackers", who do the generic hacking you see on TV. Which is mostly Alexa asking them, "Can you get into the suspect's email account/phone records/security cameras?" And half the time, it's social engineering, where one person distracts the suspect with conversation, while the other person steals their phone or logs into their laptop.

Beth herself is earnest and quirky, in contrast to Madison who is brash and snarky. I love having Beth on board, but I was worried that this meant Madison was going to be written out of the show. I was relieved when Madison came back from Paris, and I realised that this was just a way to introduce Beth and persuade Alexa to accept her help.

My favourite exchange:

Harry: "Madison speaks very highly of you."
Beth: "Aww! I love her. We met on Stardew Valley."
Harry: "I can't say I've heard of it."
Alexa: "Wait. You met on a game?"
Beth: "Uh-huh."
Alexa: "Have you ever met her in real life?"
Beth: "Not yet! But Madison is iconic."

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