Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for March 25, 2025

Janis would be fun in an escape room…….

I think the murderer is soon to be Jimmy Johnson. The suspense is about to kill me.

An insight into how writers plot.

When in doubt, Elon did it

I guessed the murderer in a local production of “The Mousetrap” based on who was the least likely suspect.

My husband loves B grade horror flicks, and can usually identify the killer in the first 5 minutes.

It was the writer in their office at the studio.

Then there’s the, “That was a forced and seemingly unnecessary introduction to an apparently inconsequential character.”

Must be watching Midsomer Murders.

Help me understand. I don’t see any humor in this.

According to LT Provenza on Major Crimes, there’s just three things you need to remember about murders: 1. It’s always the husband 2. It’s always the husband and 3. It’s always the husband (sometimes he substitutes spouse or wife for husband)

That’s using your noodle, Janis….you’re probably right!

I hate when it is some character you see for a few seconds at the beginning, and not again until they’re declared the murderer. No fair.

Comic characters can figure out TV plots. What does that say about TV watchers who don’t?

I’m almost always able to guess who done it in the “Columbos”… ☺

Never the suspect in the first half hour.

Interesting reader discussion, unlike Crankshaft where all the readers do is b…. and moan, when they could just stop reading.

Love BritBox, I never get it right

It’s a possibility.

It’s always the one actor that you recognize that has a small part until the very end.

Too good an alibi is usually a clue.

She’s right! I saw that one!

In any of the television crime/mystery shows, I look for the most well known guest actor to be the killer. It usually worked that way on “Monk,” but hardly ever on “Perry Mason.”

They sound a lot like Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn in “Charade.”

Except that Arlo is keeping mum on Cary’s next line – “Do women find it feminine to be so illogical, or can’t they help it?”

And with good reason… in the case of these kinds of stories, Janis is probably right.

Elementary my dear Watson.

This method worked pretty well for “Murder, She Wrote” and “Perry Mason,” but “Ironside” was creative enough with its plots that you can’t count on it. (We’ve gone through “M,SW” about three times, and “PM” once, and are nearly halfway through “IS” as of last night.)

My rule when watching murder mysteries is to ask, “Who is the least likely character we’ve seen?”

It’s always this week’s guest star