I Have So Many Questions About The Jinx’s Wonder Twins

The standouts of the Durst prosecution squad are John Grisham protagonists tally done a Workaholics filter. Photo: MAX

One does not expect to laughter during The Jinx: Part Two, manager Andrew Jarecki’s instrumentality to the orbit of eccentric and ominous accused serial slayer Robert Durst. But that’s earlier “Wonder Twins” Michael and David Belcher, 2 goofy bro-dogs who are fundamentally John Grisham protagonists tally done a Workaholics filter, amusement up to speech astir their enactment connected the prosecution team.

The Jinx: Part Two initially feels excessively self-congratulatory, similar Jarecki returned to Durst’s communicative solely to instrumentality different triumph thigh for capturing his confession connected a blistery mic years ago. But the 2nd episode, “Friendships Die Hard,” devotes much clip to the Los Angeles prosecution team, led by lawman territory lawyer John Lewin, arsenic it chases Durst’s allies to get 1 of them to crack, and that’s wherever the Belchers travel in. They’re the archetypal figures we spot successful the episode, seated adjacent to each different and introduced arsenic instrumentality clerks connected Lewin’s team. Their goofy vigor is immediate. Michael recounts however helium got recruited by Lewin successful March 2016 to enactment connected “the Durst case,” which helium initially thought was related to Fred Durst (does Gen Z rotation with “Nookie” similar that?), and convinced Lewin to prosecute his duplicate brother, David, too.

The twins service arsenic fantabulous assemblage stand-ins, radical who learned astir Robert Durst done The Jinx, became investigators of Durst afterward, and run astatine capable of a region from the lawsuit that they tin knock Durst’s wackiness — the aforesaid worldly that fascinates and repels us. They besides consciousness similar extras from the archetypal play of American Vandal, giggling astir who drew the dicks, oregon the braggadocian sons of camera-loving FBI cause Doug Mathews from McMillions. They are incongruous to The Jinx: Part Two’s different cheerless tone, and they are delightful. I person truthful galore questions.

1. The Belchers speech astir however they broke up the monotony of paperwork by listening to Durst’s telephone calls from jail. The twins bash an admirably over-the-top imitation of Durst’s uniquely foghornlike mode of saying “Bob” to present himself connected the telephone calls, and it’s specified a practiced happening that I’m assuming they bust this retired each the time. How galore hundreds of times bash we deliberation they’ve said “Booooooob” to themselves oregon others? Their parents person to beryllium sick of it, right?

2. Lewin nicknames the Belchers “the Wonder Twins” for getting to the bureau earlier and staying aboriginal than anyone else. Did the twins commute together? Share an office? Did they ever bash the duplicate happening of switching places without telling anyone? What level of Dead Ringers derangement are we dealing with here, if any?

3. Relatedly: Do the boys stock ties? In 1 scene, Michael’s wearing a reddish patterned necktie and David’s wearing a bluish one; successful a representation we spot of them with Lewin, Michael’s wearing a bluish necktie and David’s wearing a reddish one. The thought of a shared accessory wardrobe feels cute and Sweet Valley High to me, and these 2 person specified puppy-dog vigor that this seems similar thing they would beryllium excited about. I anticipation they bash it.

4. The Belchers speech astir however their archetypal responsibilities included sorting done 150,000 pages of discovery, and a representation shows that they were portion of a larger radical of instrumentality students helping with the case. But nary of the different clerks is featured successful The Jinx: Part Two truthful far. What bash they think astir the Belchers? I crave Suits-like drama!

5. In 1 of the series’s (too many) re-creations, we spot the twins passing retired files portion gathered astatine a array littered with java cups, highlighters, cellphones, and … doughnuts. Michael is the much gregarious twin, truthful I’m going to conjecture he’s a sprinkles guy. David is simply a comparative enigma — does helium spell with powdered-sugar cake? Raspberry jelly? Maybe adjacent a dark-horse cruller? Thankfully, the twins bash amusement up successful aboriginal episodes of The Jinx: Part Two, truthful we’ve got clip to fig this retired — a enigma whose goofiness is simply a invited respite from each atrocious happening Durst (allegedly) got up to.

6. Jarecki made The Jinx aft helium directed the film All Good Things, starring Ryan Gosling, Kirsten Dunst, and Lily Rabe arsenic fictionalized versions of Durst; his disappeared wife, Kathleen; and his champion friend, Susan Berman, some of whom he’s suspected of killing. If we spell afloat ellipse and The Jinx becomes a film, who plays the Belchers? Iron Claw boys Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White are astatine slightest a decennary excessively aged for this, but I nominate them.

7. If the Belcher brothers were to beryllium formed arsenic relatives of the Bob’s Burgers Belchers, are they affluent kids from King’s Head Island? Are they duplicate lawyers with a comic billboard offering their services? Put your Loren Bouchard chapeau on, folks.