The reality is that Peggy is involved in way too many plot threads both through her own fault and the fault of others. She wants to get a big payday as a P.I., which she’ll get at Guru Bob’s house if she can get him to confess that his paintings are fake. One of the problems with that is there’s a man and his adult daughter already out to get Bob, and the daughter loves to poke things with a knife.
Then there are the people at the massage parlor who are offering a $70,000 reward to find their sister, who happens to be married to Guru Bob. Guru Bob claims his wife disappeared, but Peggy isn’t convinced. After all, she loved her pet parrot, and she didn’t take him with her. That’s a big red flag in Peggy’s book. And just to make things more confusing, Peggy lies when she goes to the massage parlor, ensuring things get even more complicated.
Those are the most significant plot threads, but there are others. Given the way the series ebbs and flows, the show actually manages to make this about as manageable as possible. The problem is that it’s easy to get lost in all of this madness. While the plot starts off a little busy, you still manage to stay above it, but after a certain number of plot threads unspool, the whole becomes too much.
Whether you’re bewildered by Peggy’s lies to the massage parlor guys or confused by the motivations for the man and his daughter suddenly coming after Peggy instead of Guru Bob, the plot does plenty to throw you for a loop, and sooner or later one of those threads is bound to lose you. In the end, the show is just too busy and doesn’t always make the most sense, and ultimately it doesn’t quite pull its fantastical story off.