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We fell hard for Poker Face. HARD. So many people we love are involved in it; the stories are messy and fun and human; the production values are off the charts — AND THEY TELL YOU WHODUNIT IMMEDIATELY! We can always win when we watch! Wait — the Podcast Adjudication board is telling me we still have to guess? Listen to find out how we do it and whether we still win! 

We watched Poker Face season 1, episode 6, “Exit Stage Death.” 

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Nic Sampson played Detective Constable Sam Breen on The Brokenwood Mysteries for many years — and he also wrote the episode we guessed on! In this interview we ask him how he made the shift from acting to writing, New Zealand to London, and from Power Rangers to improv. He also shares how he came up with the idea for an exploding port-a-potty in one of his mysteries. 

You can find Nic on Twitter at @NicSampson and on Instagram at @nicthesampson.

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At one time or another we’ve all asked “Who let the dogs out?” But also: How long will they stay out? Can they be put back in? And most importantly: Why did they think a plant was the best weapon to use while robbing a bank? It’s a light-hearted robbery gone sideways this week as we guess for The Brokenwood Mysteries and talk to series regular (and writer for this episode!) Nic Sampson! 

We watched The Brokenwood Mysteries season 7, episode 3, “Dog Day Morning.” 

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This episode starts with a dead body in a bathtub full of coffee — so you know we loved it! Join us as we visit turn-of-the-(last)-century Vienna and answer the burning questions: Did Freud do cocaine? Is Jessica’s accent German or just Californian? Which of the extras best represent Jacob’s distant relatives? Join us in a swanky cafe as we guess Vienna Blood!

We watched Vienna Blood, season 2 episode 1, “The Melancholy Countess.” 

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Tracy Friedman is a writer, director, dancer, choreographer -- and a freelancer for Murder, She Wrote! She penned the episode we guessed on, "The Witch's Curse." We talked to her about snagging the job, convincing Randy Newman to let her make a jukebox musical of his hits, surviving a writers' strike while trying to break in, and more! Check it out! 

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Put on your best Maine accent (or your best Received Pronunciation) and return with us to Cabot Cove! We pay homage to a titan of stage and screen, Angela Lansbury, with another Murder, She Wrote classic. MSW always had amazing guest stars, and this episode is no different! Which one of these tidbits is a lie: One guest star has more than 280 IMDB credits; One guest star has more than 320 IMDB credits; One guest star was in three of the most popular sales films ever — alongside Tommy Lasorda? 

We bring in another guest star: Tracy Friedman, the writer of this episode of Murder, She Wrote! She tells us the logline and shares how she spent her time waiting for the producer to tell her if they accepted her script or not. 

We watched Murder, She Wrote, season 8, episode 12: “The Witch’s Curse” on Peacock. 

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Sometimes the algorithm gets it right! Netflix showed us a preview for this show and we just had to watch it! This historical dramatization of Italy’s first female lawyer is set in 1883 but it out-Americans modern-day crime shows! Sex, murder, a chase — all in the first minute? Way to go Lidia! The computer got it right — does that mean we have a chance, too? 

We watched The Law According to Lidia Poet, Season One, Episode Two on Netflix. 

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In this sidebar episode of Cluedunnit we sit down with writer Sara Saedi. She was in the writers room for iZombie, is currently working on Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, and has a bunch of other interesting credits and stories she shares with us, including the weirdest thing she ever had to look up for a mystery and how the pandemic inspired her latest novel. Enjoy! 

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BIG NEWS! We’ve always wanted to learn more about the creators behind the shows we watch — and this week we start asking them!  We interviewed iZombie writer Sara Saedi about how she started writing and how the team approached writing cases and love stories in the middle of a zombie apocalypse. We have a little teaser for that interview in this episode ahead of the full interview next week. 

Of course there’s still our patented guesses and randomness, including: Who would win in a show show-down between iZombie and Lucifer? Is it a Head of Hair, or Head of Hair Department? And does a zombie show actually deliver the most realistic depiction of detective work we’ve ever seen? Don’t make us go full Romero! Start listening now! 

We watched iZombie, Season 4 Episode 11 on Netflix. 

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Trigger warning for midwesterners: In this episode we complain about being cold in California winters. And since it is the middle of winter, it’s time for our annual idyll in southern France! This year we visit sunny Aix-en-Provence — or is it in the middle of Oxfordshire, England? This show has a lot of English folks playing very, very French folks in stories created by a Canadian — and the cognitive dissonance is killing us! 

We watched Murder in Provence, Season 1, Episode 2 on Britbox. 

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