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There's an article that says that Sazz will be there for a flashback, and that John Hoffman has a hard time not bringing back Jane Lynch or Paul Rudd, because they love the show—and the repetitive joke of Paul's characters dying so often. I am ecstatic.

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More S5 predictions, concerning Loretta. Spoiler about Loretta's episode count included. This is just my delusion, you've been warned.

According to IMDb, Loretta will be in episodes 1 and 10. My guess is in episode 1 she'll be seen leaving the Arconia as she did at the end of season 4, and hopefully taking part in a flashback to the day before her wedding where she must have run into Lester in the lobby (see: older post). That could be handled as a video call, with her being in New Zealand and her fresh husband telling her about the latest murder, so she tells Oliver something case-wise significant about Lester's story about getting married at the Arconia, too.

Over to episode 10, where Loretta is back from New Zealand and is being filled in about the case. She helps the trio investigate by going undercover into enemy territory, being the only one the mobsters haven't seen yet and therefore won't recognize. Also, she's moving into the Arconia.

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The besties are back. The Dimases are back. Loretta is back. Season 5 is looking perfect.

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sometime during s5e1, probably:

Detective Williams: (looking around at the crime scene) What's this? Somebody gettin' married or som'?

Oliver: I did.

Detective Williams: (immediately going into full fangirl mode) You did? My God, that's so great! Congratulations! Good for you, Putnam!

Police officer: (passes by)

Detective Williams: I mean, what a sad, sad day this is.

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This is unhinged and pure delusion, but the last time I didn't share my unfounded theories, they came true and Lester got fountained.

Hear me out, what if Teddy is the stalker? He's been around long enough to be a part of the plot, and he definitely has a taste for crime. He's manipulative and influential, he gives the exact vibe of watching the world crumble as he sits by comfortably and checks up on his silly neighbours for fun and blackmail opportunities.

No idea when or why it would have started, but remember, when he was super calm about the Tim Cono case, 'cause he was innocent? Could have also been because he'd seen Jan do it. Maybe he had that sign put on Jan's door, hoping Charles would find it and connect the dots.

Why frighten the trio in season 4, you ask? Well, Teddy pretty much promised payback, so why not freak them out a little while he's sitting back, unsuspected, in jail. How did he come by Sazz's phone? His son lives in the building. Also, he probably has other friends in neatly opportune places.

There are innumerable holes in this theory. For one, I don't really think he would bother, and Theo definitely wouldn't help in a plot to frighten Mabel. This is purely fictional.

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The level of excitement I am experiencing at Teddy Dimas returning in s5 cannot be adequately described, The mob boss is actually back

but I absolutely will riot if he should be next

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the Arconia stalker having pre-preview first row seats to all of Death Rattle Dazzle from the comfort of their own stalker den

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Although we won't know until at least autumn if there'll be another season, I'm putting it out there that they're gonna have to recycle some ideas (and I'm here for it).

Most of the past seasons have always been investigation-wise slightly focused on one of the trio more than others: 1st Mabel and her past with Tim, 2nd all of Arconia, 3rd Oliver all the way, 4th Charles and Sazz, the 5th will most likely involve all of Arconia again (as in, the murder victim is connected to all of them, unlike Tim, Ben, and Sazz).

If there is to be a season six, there's two ways it could go: another Arconia-themed murder (though can we spare any more Arconiacs?) or they could start the cycle again and focus on Mabel again. Though they better not! If Theo died, Teddy would not only pull a Jan on the killer, he would erase their entire family tree.

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I love it how when they get down to business, Loretta, too, calls him Putnam

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New (entirely wrong) theory! The brick house in the BTS pics with the "for sale" sign in front of it is where Loretta's apartment was, 'cause she's moving to the Arconia.

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Oliretta having a tender love scene before Loretta goes undercover into enemy territory, that's my pitch for the banana & kissing scene

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There's new BTS Oliretta pics so I shall rant. I have theories about the scene, wild and most probably very wrong theories but here they are.

This is mostly wishful thinking but I think Loretta is helping with the investigation. Exhibit A: the film noir detective disguise, exhibit B: her braids are hidden under her coat for some reason. Furthermore, and this is going off the rails, because yes, I'm a fanfictionist, I want to believe that they're putting on a ruse for someone they're spying on by posing as possible buyers for the brick house they're standing in front of. There's a sign next to it with an Italian surname (mob boss vibes), "-ty" and "-ALE" (my guess is that's "property" and "for sale"). In order to be believable they're kissing in front of the building because they know their enemy is keeping an eye on them.

Now for the banana. It had to have been Oliver's idea, as in the banana is the new turkey and ladder, and so on. Everyone thinks it's a stupid idea, by some hilariously unexpected turn of events it becomes relevant to the investigation, and Oliver won't shut up about how helpful his idea was.

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Season 5 speculation ahead.

Season 5 is clearly dealing with mob themes and since they've been filming at the Godfather house, I guess in the OMitB world the notable mob places we know from fiction are actually places with mob activity OR, and I love this theory much more, the trio knows they're on to a mob boss but have no clue where to start, so they try to do what they've seen movie characters do.

Example:

Oliver: *sneaking around outside a house once used as a film set* "This is exactly how real detectives work!"

Mabel: "We are literally trespassing on some sweet old lady's back porch."

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Thinking back to that post I made about how Oliver and Loretta should get to run around New York hand-in-hand in heavy rainfall, I will also accept running around in niche film noir detective disguise while eating a banana.

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if the plural of mouse is mice, then logically it follows that the plural of spouse is spice, which is why in the presence of two spice things can get a little spicy

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If they don't have Keegan-Michael Key calling Oliver a leprechaun, it will be a missed opportunity is all I'm saying.

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If Keegan-Michael Key is a villain or even a mildly unpleasant character, I'm going to be so upset, the man is a literal teddy bear.