cabin cabin fifteenth episode season american mystery television series mars ninth episode overall written directed episode premiered february series depicts adventures mars deals life college student private detective episode father keith investigate suspects murder dean particularly wife lover hank particularly suspicious disappear hank implied killer dead body onshore later teaching assistant committed murder frame hank cabin final episode dean story arc marks final appearances newman jordan respective roles series creator enjoyed jordan performances episode filming scenes ocean contained production troubles initial airing episode received million viewers mixed reviews television critics considered episode solid conclusion story arc exciting previous mystery ending episodes believed episode satisfying buddytv opined decision tim murderer appropriate plot synopsis despite fact hank prime suspect protégé keith continues question citing inconsistencies testimony says man arguing room dean says hank murderer area time murder keith enters class arrests hank keith questions says set blood clothes noting went convenience store driving home keith puts cell visited hank tells find bug placed phone later sees tim breaking mars investigations trying find bug tim effectively help visit convenience store luck time wallace sees logan parker having lunch tells doesn upset buys boat local pier keith receive news left town tim investigate hank checks leading release tim find secret phone recordings kept hank brings keith informs hank disappeared hank showing boat listening phone calls notices hank talking place named cabin investigate recent phone calls hank find faked helping witness son escape foster care keith comes idea cabin keith visits cabin retreat central_america boarding finds hank says working kill dean says fight fell overboard body washed beach arrested tim takes class class starts discuss dean case tim giving broad overview subject asks questions answer suddenly connects dots says tim committed murder order frame hank denied job opportunity tim arrested confesses murder hank tried death keith share dinner solving cases production cabin written directed marking sixteenth penultimate writing credit fields seventh penultimate directing credit series cabin features final appearance played making closing installment episode arc episode reveals actual killer mystery focus episodes jordan played named lucky season new character meant act foil fact scripts initially named simply foil reason nickname stuck chosen pun tin foil episode final installment series air month hiatus temporarily losing time slot ain cool news considered short description episode evidence keith continue working despite fact recently interim sheriff thomas enjoyed performance episode arguing example actor scene quality led thomas initially cast appearance episode earlier series scene keith boards ship hank located difficult film limited daylight filming hours crew thought important audience waves ocean unable finish filming scene course day crew quick decision place makeshift blue screen background interior boat intended blue screen edited post production order represent ocean learning change cost millions dollars crew decided alteration instead pass blue screen jordan wear wig fake episode thomas described jordan word response question look like smoke best season thomas jordan character reactions events secretly knew hears hank recommending thought played lie façade repeat viewing dean storyline episodes instead initially scheduled seven plot strands removed final episode story arc reception ratings original broadcast cabin received million viewers ranking weekly rankings marked increase nearly viewers previous episode mars bars earned million viewers reviews episode received mixed reviews critics reviewers generally calling cabin solid finale dean mystery entertaining previous mystery ending episodes ign rated episode indicating great wrote interesting episode went grain far similar reveals past stating tim actual murderer surprising reviewer felt satisfied scene pieces clues tim commented cabin differed previous mystery ending episodes having lower stakes characteristic felt appropriate thought similar traditional detective story model meaning fell line feel enjoy fact character written writing lauded episode referred conclusion dean story arc closure conventional mystery sense keith slowly built evidence instead object chance reviewer thought episode provided satisfying conclusion mystery maintains level involvement buddytv sharply criticized episode opining predictable contrived calling dean storyline mars weakest mystery reviewer thought cabin spent time hank arguing obvious addition derided decision tim murderer stating true character television pity graded episode alan_sepinwall blog mixed episode stating solid resolution dean mystery thought highly episodes criticized fact mystery lasted episodes arguing smaller story arcs working referring episode feeling rushed limited time advance mystery
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