EPISODE 1 How Murray Saved Christmas Based on writer/producer Mike Reiss' (The Simpsons, Ice Age) best-selling children's book, How Murray Saved Christmas surrounds cranky deli owner Murray Kleiner. He reluctantly fills in for Santa one Christmas after Santa is knocked out cold by a Jack-in-the-boxer's walloping punch. The suit doesn't fit, there's no way Murray will learn all of the reindeer names and he smells a bit like pickles. However, with the help of a pushy elf and an eager-to-believe young boy, Murray discovers that even though he may not fill Santa's suit, he's got more than enough heart to get the job done. Based on writer/producer Mike Reiss' (The Simpsons, Ice Age) best-selling children's book, How Murray Saved Christmas surrounds cranky deli owner Murray Kleiner. However, with the help of a pushy elf and an eager-to-believe young boy, Murray discovers that even though he may not fill Santa's suit, he's got more than enough heart to get the job done.
He and Holden initially believe that Beverly Jean's killer must be a drifter from out of town, but Bill makes a persuasive argument against that theory and Ocasek keeps an open mind. He's keenly attentive during Bill and Holden's interrogation of Benji and his family members. He quietly starts to question his own assumptions about what an Altoona resident is capable of doing and ultimately proves instrumental in getting them close to the truth. For all of Bill and Holden's superior training and technique, it's Ocasek who knows where to apply pressure. Once these out-of-towners give him a sense of the dark possibilities, he becomes their most important asset. As a suspect, Benji ticks a lot of the serial-killer boxes: absent father, domineering mother. Inexperience with women, laced with low-level hostility. Emotions that seems imitative rather than natural. But here's an example of how thin the line can be between a crime of passion and the aberrant murders Bill and Holden have committed to study: Benji is consumed with sexual jealousy over Beverly Jean's past (and perhaps present).
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