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At this point, I dont know whatSearch Partywants us to want for Dory.
With one episode left, Irrefutable Evidence is mostly a frustrating waste of time.
Dory hasnt offered a good defense of her actions or her character.
Theres no reason to want her to get away with murdering Keith.
Sure, Dory is a privileged, pretty, white millennial woman and the system benefits people like her.
But the suitcase isnt the only unreasonable evidence Polly needs to dismiss, theres also Aprils tape.
Junes dismissal makes sense when its revealed the diary is in a secret twin language.
Dorys smugness afterwards makes it even more infuriating.
Like Cassidy said, the tape was thrown out on pure luck, not Dorys actual innocence.
None of it is plausible.
Even Cassidy wants to ask for a mistrial before the tape is revealed.
Drew finally says he wants a separate trial out loud.
It doesnt help that Drews backup plan isnt an option anymore.
The juror he slept with who believed in his innocence was dismissed.
Apparently, she told everyone she was a goblin and slept with the judge and the second chair prosecution.
Maybe Drew suspects Dory will do something to him too if he goes against her plan.
Not that it matters.
With the suitcase and pancake distractions,Search Partyapparently wants Drew and Dory to get away with this anyway.
Theres one episode left and the stakes for this season have all been blunted.
Portia is no longer an independent threat and she has her friends again.
Shes back under Dorys direction.
Elliott suffered a devastating loss and almost had an epiphany, but then he gets another chance at fame.
Drew standing up to Dory doesnt seem like an option anymore.
Dorys stalker is dead.
Now theyre just a pack of millennials graced with some unexplainable luck.
Elliott would rather take a shot with Charley Reeney than face a hideous truth about himself.
Similarly,Search Partyonly wants to engage with its murderous characters in a lighthearted way.
Thats fair, but theres something that feels unearned and tonally different about this twist.
It feels like Chantal getting the funding she needs for her unearned product from a mysterious investor.
Its funny that shes doomed to fail, but without consequence to the main story, its a distraction.
Chantal and Dory are both failing upwards, but their narratives havent intersected enough to really explore this parallel.
Maybe there is no explanation.
When Cassidy tells Dory she heard murder, Dory doesnt have a retort, just her unearned cockiness.
Maybe representing herself is how Dory falls.
Remember, the season starts with Dorys head shaved, telling the truth in front of a camera.
Its possible Dory still faces punishment.
Or that was just another figment of her imagination, haunting her like Aprils ghost.
Maybe only Dory can end Dory.
I can see Cassidy and Bob being unlikely friends when this is all over.
Polly, bring us back down to the ground, like.
I loved Elliotts journey home.
There were some great moments and I think his character is served best being stuck in stasis.
Its unclear why Portia would be so eager to backslide.
Dory representing herself is such a self-righteous, annoyingly pretentious thing for her to do.
Cassidy has been so wonderful to her.
Its also sad if that means Cassidy wont be in the finale.
Im sure she had a stellar closing argument planned.
