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Little Grace (Alia Shawkat) just happened to be in the park when the balloon descended and she took the gun. Smith is (seemingly) completely coincidental. The fact that the bullet that hit Tim Snodgrass (Jason Mantzoukas) came from the same gun as the one used on Carpenter K. What’s clearer is that while Mills and his new partner Nico Onasis (Chris Conrad) might discover “hot clues” in Episode 3, this may only literally refer to the fact that the metal casings were out in the sun. Photo Credit: Elephant Pictures/Stoopid Buddies Stoodios/AMC Or, well, we do see them conspire in the direction of impeding the investigation in S1E3 the only question is if they could possibly be doing this for reasons that don’t imply their involvement in the crime. Smith with a gun on a balloon…somehow, and we’re now seeing them conspire to cover it up.
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Perhaps they paid Rodrigo to somehow kill Carpenter K. Perhaps, though, it is right there staring us in the face already here in Episode 3, as the corrupt city officials hang out with known criminal Rodrigo Smalls (Luis Guzmán), enjoying the entertainment provided by surrounding strippers.
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But for this very reason, it almost seems like too simple of a possibility to be the ultimate answer. Smith as the city’s last bright hope for a better tomorrow, while De Maximum’s campaign billboard features him giving Ultra City a middle finger. Of course, it would be no surprise if the mayor had his political rival killed, particularly when just about everyone seems to refer to Carpenter K. Smith (Kurtwood Smith) went out to buy cigarettes (and did buy cigarettes) even though he didn’t smoke the Smiths assembled by Mills at the end of S1E2 (many of whom go by other names at this point, one way or another) all had contact with Carpenter in the hours before his death he seems to have been killed by a gun dangling from a thread on a red balloon, as seen at the end of S1E1, though it is of course not at all clear how the trigger could have been pulled in this situation and S1E3 (“Hot Clues”) features a scene wherein Mayor Kevin De Maximum (Tim Heidecker) and Captain Krieger (Terry O’Quinn) make it very much sound as though they were behind the murder. Here is what we know so far: Carpenter K. Regardless, I intend to take the murder mystery in Ultra City Smiths seriously. Where Dale Cooper loved his coffee, David Mills (Jimmi Simpson) has a thing for limes…OK, that’s not quite the same. Then we have our detective, coming in as an outsider to investigate. And, of course, virtually all of them are suspects. For another, this city is populated by a diverse set of characters, all of whom manage to feel fleshed out in quick order, with their particular quirks. For one thing, the town (or city) is practically a character in the show. To suggest that Ultra City Smiths is structured around this question may bring to mind the murder of Laura Palmer, and while it is hardly the only show to formulate itself around such an inaugural mystery, I find myself thinking that Ultra City Smiths actually bears further resemblance to Twin Peaks. The following contains spoilers for Ultra City Smiths S1E3, “Hot Clues”