'Only Murders In The Building' Season 5 Episode 4 Recap: Martin Short Remains The Funniest Person On TV

Mabel and Thé Go Head to Head

It's a pretty busy day at the Arconia; the building has installed a robot doorman (named LESTR) to replace Lester, and Oliver surprises Mabel and Charles with a completed murder board, along with the help of Vince, who's figured out which of Lester's bird codenames belongs to each billionaire. Plus, Thé and Howard have a moment, much to Mabel's chagrin.

Faced yet again with her old friend's success, and how Thé turned everyone against her, Mabel lies and says the Only Murders podcast has an incredible deal from Wondify to make their podcast viral. Oliver goes along with the story, even though he's a horrible liar, and now Mabel is scrambling and sending emails, hoping Wondify will agree to work with them.

But, considering there's a murderer on the loose, these three have bigger fish to fry.

Dinner and a Show

Jay responds to the episode and agrees to come over at 7 pm, with Camila and Bash on his heels. After a pretty funny disagreement about whether you should have dinner ready when you invite guests at 7, both trios pair off as the billionaires clear the air.

And their stories line up: they were playing poker in the velvet room the night Nicky died, but they weren't involved. But when Mabel asks why Jay's missing a finger in the first place, he simply says he trusted the wrong person (more specifically, a friend who took all his money). "Everyone thinks I'm a swindler, but really I'm just sh—t at knowing who to trust," he tells her. "I want to prove to everyone that I'm not a f—ck up."

Only Liars in the Building

The billionaires make their exit (somehow leaving an entirely redesigned dining room in their wake) and low and behold, Mabel gets an email saying Wondify wants to work with them!

At the offices, the trio signs on the dotted line right before Mabel realizes the finger can't be Jay's because the way it's curved suggests it belongs to the opposite hand — and that a totally different person was in the velvet room the night Nicky died. So...the billionaires lied. As someone who got super flustered by Logan Lerman when I interviewed him, I too would believe everything he told me. Don't be too hard on yourself Mabel.

In the same moment, the trio realizes they were totally played, and that because of their new contract, they can't come out against Wondify's new stakeholders: the billionaires. Yikes.