Elsbeth

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Its the most murder-ful time of the year!

Gold, Frankincense, and Murder

Less cute: DeeDees demand for a divorce.

Dirk, whose passion for the holiday has never waned, is horrified.

Not only would divorce break up the band, but it would spell doom for their entire brand!

Mr. Christmas, being tragically widowed at Christmastime, could actually be a boon to their business.

After the shock, he falls off the ladder, and is impaled on some decorative reindeer antlers.

Grisly, but very on-brand.

Unsurprisingly, both Kaya and Elsbeth find the scene sad though it is enchanting.

Between this and her veryWaynes World-coded Ill be in Delaware, she gets Best Line Delivery this episode.

Hedidseem preoccupied lately, though, with working out and his new skincare regimen.

He could be difficult to reach at night, too.

Its a hard turn into a completely different merchandising strategy, and Kidder puts the kibosh on it immediately.

DeDee must become the Queen of Christmas once more.

(Of course her name is Holly!)

Over cyanide-free apple juice shots a callback totwoprevious episodes withVanessa WilliamsandArian Moyaed!

Elsbeths suspicion of DeDees story grows.

Killing DeeDee was a business-first-affairs-of-the-heart-second decision for Dirk.

Lifelong learning is so important!

); the reveal-by-cookie of DeeDees color blindness and its role in the whole affair.

Its good news on the whole, but sends Elsbeth into a bit of a tailspin.

Maybe well get another episode with Keegan-Michael Key into the bargain?

That can be my Christmas episode wish for next year.

throws them off entirely.

Giving her twinkly-eyed smiles!

Not doing whatever fire truck work theyre supposed to be doing!

Elsbeth holds fast to her assertion that its her hair they cant resist; this hypothesis needs further study.

More of these, too, just!