‘My Life Is Murder’ Recap: ‘The Widows’ Club Part 1 & Part 2’

7/23/2024

Written by John Edward Betancourt

A New Chapter Awaits Alexa and Her Friends in Episode 408 of ‘My Life Is Murder’ – ‘The Widows’ Club Part 2’. (Photo Coutesy of Acorn TV.

Caution: This article contains spoilers for the Season Four Finale of ‘My Life Is Murder’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.

For the most part, crime dramas tend to move on quickly from key formative moments in a gumshoe’s life during the course of their journey, and with good reason. Because crime dramas don’t linger. They move forward and solve crimes and put bad people away and let the investigator grow and heal through that process. Which does lead to a satisfying arc overall, since we do see a hero deal with their struggles in real time and become someone more before our very eyes. But now and again, you run into a crime drama that opts to inject a little twist when it comes to the hero’s journey, the kind that forces incredible growth from the main character in a manner that no one expected, and that can lead to some amazing storytelling.

In fact, that’s top of mind today because that’s precisely what My Life Is Murder on Acorn TV did regarding Alexa in its season four finale. A feat that ‘The Widows’ Club’ accomplished by plunging Alexa into quite the case. For a well-to-do gentleman died at the local country club under suspicious circumstances. Which of course, meant that Alexa and her team, and even her brother, were forced to step in and solve this case, which was quite the doozy. In fact, it was so ugly, that Alexa found herself under suspicion of murder before she finally put two and two together. In that, the death that took place here, and the one that followed, were related to a lonely widow at the club who wanted attention and a life and crossed every line because loneliness shattered her.

But while that made for a fascinating case, let’s be honest… it is Alexa’s journey that matters more here. Because the reason she was under suspicion of murder herself, was because she came face to face with quite the shocking surprise during this case. In that, the man that killed her husband, was a member of the club. Which put Alexa in a tough spot mentally. Because she never thought the day would come when she crossed paths with the source of her trauma, and that brought forth a wealth of emotions and some fury as well. After all, he got to live, while her husband was cold in the ground and that really did allow for us to see how on earth a gumshoe whose life changed because of the death of a loved one, would handle that kind of surprise encounter.

Thankfully, Alexa handled it well in the end. Since she didn’t kill the guy, the widow did. But she did confront him, and made sure he understood the damage he caused her, and that made for a powerful journey for Alexa. One that really did force her to face the past and grow, and it informed us… that when the character is truly good and truly just… they will take the high road. But they will also… experience what so many of us would. That gamut of emotions and memories and outright pain that are indeed hard to reconcile but must be. Because we go on when we lose a loved one, whether we like it or not, and that is what Alexa had to reconcile in silence and that was just incredible to watch play out, in large part because it let Lucy Lawless shine as an actor here.

But what mattered most, is that this series broke with convention and forced Alexa to return to yesterday at a time when she is riding high in life. For she has spent four years healing and has spent four years accomplishing wonders. But going this route added real depth and genuine realism to this story because that is how grief really works in life, and we must indeed face our pain and resolve it and find closure and that makes this finale quite special to say the least. Since it signaled the end of a long and painful chapter for Alexa and well, that means she can now move on and live differently and hopefully we get to see that play out in a fifth season of this refreshing and magnificent crime drama. Until next time.

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