The nature of this arc (which has felt interminably long) in The Detective Is Already Dead has necessitated a lot of its tone revolving around prompting us to go “Is this it?” at every dangerous situation that got within spitting distance of Siesta. The forgone conclusion nature of the detective’s titular situation means we’re braced for the inevitable to occur, so Siesta’s eventual death is less about being a shocking in-story occurrence and more about seeing how the situation is going to be constructed to contextualize where Kimihiko (and any other characters) were in terms of development when it happened. Even without that baked-in foreknowledge though, this week’s episode would make it very apparent to any half-aware audience members that a major character death was on the table, with the dialogue and interactions between Kimihiko and Siesta on the way to this ‘Final…