Death and Other Ways to Break All Your Expensive Shit

Tue, 28 Jan 2025 15:11:00 -0600

There's a mystery in this show. And the mystery isn't the show's mystery. The mystery is whether this thing that's bothering me is sloppy production or a clue meant to be found.

I watched the first episode of Death and Other Details on Hulu.

It's your basic, closed room murder mystery, with a tie-in plot being revealed by flashback and Mandy Patankin. I didn't even get all the way through episode 1 yet, but I think it's going to be an entertaining way to pass an hour each night while waiting for something better to come about.

Except, I was completely taken out of the show by this screen, as it passed across.

Your standard boat pantry.
This is taking place on a giant yacht or maybe it's a small cruise ship. I know the boat would have stabilizers, but there's still no boat in the world where they would store the fancy crystal like that.

Than again, they told me a number of times to be looking at the details because things may not be what you see. I don't think that's what's going on here, but maybe they aren't on a boat at all. If that ends up being the case, I'll come back with a hat-tip for the set designers.