Leave it to Elsbeth to continuously shake things up by diving into various avenues and subgenres of mystery.

Instead of emulating elements of a “howcatchem” or even a “whodunit,” this episode dipped into one of the rarest kinds of mysteries: the “whydunit.”

While “subtle” is not a word most people would use to describe Elsbeth, that’s exactly how it worked in a case where the main mystery was the killer’s motivation.

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The more the case was cracked open, the less sense it made that Jordana Brewster’s Chloe would kill the victim. That is, until it was clear how much her character cared for the billionaire.

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