‘My Life Is Murder’ Recap: ‘It Takes Two’ & ‘Nothing Concrete’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Caution: This article contains spoilers for the season two premiere of ‘My Life Is Murder’. To revisit the season two finale, click here.
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It is definitely safe to say, that the Acorn TV series, My Life Is Murder, is one of the most dynamic and fascinating murder mysteries around. For not only is the show cool and fun and every turn, courtesy of its ultra-hip star, Lucy Lawless… but the series also offers up some incredibly unique criminal cases for Alexa and Madison to solve. Simply because people commit to murder in this series, for supremely non-traditional reasons, which in turn leads to engaging stories that keep us on the edge of our seat so we can come to learn exactly how this crime came together and the strange reasons why people are crossing the ultimate line and well, the good news is… the series is sticking to that style of story through and through.

For yesterday saw the season three premiere of this series arrive on Acorn TV and once again, Alexa and Madison had to deal with some fascinating cases to solve. For instance, ‘It Takes Two’, is a story that featured a murder that made little sense. One where all the obvious signs for motive… didn’t pan out. For there was zero evidence to imply that the seemingly jilted boyfriend of a dance prodigy, was the man to plunge a knife into that poor girl. And of course, every other avenue that Alexa and Madison went down, came up empty. Instead, it took some creative digging on Alexa’s part to learn that the poor victim here had discovered a fact about her dance teacher’s mother that she shouldn’t have and paid the price dearly for the sins of a mother. 

As for ‘Nothing Concrete’, well this is a story that featured a cruel and creative murder. One where a well-known writer was encased in concrete and placed on display before rain revealed his death. Which of course put Alexa and Madison’s friend Beth on the case, since Madison was on holiday and once again… the usual suspects were of little help. Sure, the assistant and local rival artist could have done it, but there was no good motive for them to do so, and no evidence to tie them to it. In fact, there was no evidence at all pointing to anyone. All Alexa had to work with, was an egotistical doomsday prepper who said all the right things and puffed himself up, even regarding his friendship with the writer in question. Which prompted Alexa to figure out what he was hiding, since a perfect projection often means something is wrong.

Which in turn, revealed that one’s man bruised ego over trying to become a writer and getting bad feedback from a hero, led to this twisted end and really… it was just fascinating to watch a pair of cases that basically spoke to how unique fears and insecurity can lead to murder. Since the thought of having a life change come forth, because of an old truth, drove one person to kill while a bruised ego and desperate desire to be seen as a winner in all things drove another. And both of those reasons for murder, remind us why this show demands out attention, since it digs into corners of murder that we likely don’t think happen but do. Because murder is always the last resort of fear and insecurity and cruelty and the wonder of this premiere… didn’t end with its cases.

Simply because, this was an opportunity for some of the side characters to shine. Since Reuben had the chance to do a little more than quip and serve up the coffee and goods. He was able to join in and have a little fun in the first episode in the premiere, and we were also introduced to Beth. A plucky young technology specialist that actually managed to get Alexa to do things that Madison could not, and well… all of these elements made for one delightful premiere. One that reminded us of what makes this series so great and informed us that this season is going to go next level when it comes to the various mysteries it will be present us with, and truly, it is going to be a delightful treat to enjoy another year of storytelling from one delightfully inventive murder mystery. Until next time.

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