
We recap the DTF St. Louis season finale "No One's Normal. It Just Looks That Way from Across the Street" and agree it’s strikingly bleak, debating whether the show was ever truly a mystery and whether the finale spends too long on last-minute suspects before revealing Floyd’s death as suicide/self-neglect. We discuss how the ending impacts Carol, Clark, and their families, the show’s underdeveloped female perspectives (especially Emmy), and moments that both humanize Carol and feel like plot devices. We also talk about how true-crime narratives can distort investigations, drawing on Sona’s experience with wrongful-conviction compensation and law-enforcement tunnel vision. Finally, we share the loose real-world inspiration from the New Yorker article “My Dentist’s Murder Trial,” involving a bizarre Planet Fitness meeting, a dental sedative, staging details, and unresolved coincidences. We close with upcoming podcast plans, a Patreon launch, and other shows we’re covering. mailto:ne...