Sparring Partners

Sparring Partners
Season	2
Episode	9
Air date	August 16, 2022
Writer	Kirker Butler
Director	Jamie Babbit
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Sparring Partners is the ninth episode of the second season of Only Murders in the Building and the nineteenth episode overall. It is set to air August 16, 2022.

Synopsis

Closing in on the killer, Mabel takes her investigative talents into the ring. Oliver and Charles duke it out over a birdcage only to end up confronting their deepest paternal struggles.

Cast

Main Cast

• Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage
• Martin Short as Oliver Putnam
• Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora
• Cara Delevingne as Alice Banks

Guest starring

• Ryan Broussard as William Putnam
• Michael Cyril Creighton as Howard Morris
• Tina Fey as Cinda Canning
• Jayne Houdyshell as Mrs. Gambolini
• Nathan Lane as Teddy Dimas
• Shirley MacLaine as Rose Cooper
• Michael Rapaport as Detective Kreps
• Adina Verson as Poppy White/Becky Butler

Trivia

• It is revealed that Rose Cooper impersonated as Leonora Folger to investigate the disappearance of her paintings.
• The original Savage painting has another painting underneath of Charles' father and young Charles.
• Oliver's DNA results prove that Teddy Dimas is William's father.
• The puzzle Alice makes for Mabel portrays Mabel in a Frida style painting as seen in Persons of Interest.
• This episode reveals that both Detective Kreps and Cinda Canning are behind the All is Not OK in Oklahoma podcast.
• Poppy White is revealed to be Becky Butler, the subject of All is Not OK in Oklahoma podcast.

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