In Chap­ter 71 of “We Solve Mur­ders,” Steve arrives at Gary Gough’s house, step­ping out of a heli­copter con­fi­dent­ly. It has­n’t been long since their last encounter, where they dis­cussed Gary’s daugh­ter. Gary approach­es, and Steve explains the need for a qui­et land­ing spot, to which Gary responds non­cha­lant­ly about legal­i­ty regard­ing heli­port usage. Rosie, one of the com­pan­ions, adds a humor­ous touch, sug­gest­ing any­one with a heli­pad is like­ly involved in unlaw­ful activ­i­ties. Amy, observ­ing Gary, inquires about his dubi­ous past, link­ing him to sub­ma­rine drug smug­gling.

Steve reveals a sense of urgency, explain­ing they are in dan­ger as some­one is attempt­ing to kill both Rosie and Amy. Gary responds with a mix of skep­ti­cism and inter­est, express­ing a desire to be involved, hint­ing at a mon­e­tary motive. Amid the ten­sion, Henk intro­duces him­self, adding his Dutch iden­ti­ty to the mix. The con­ver­sa­tion tog­gles between dan­ger and ban­ter with Henk jok­ing­ly sug­gest­ing that if he turns up dead, the blame should fall on the trio.

As they walk toward the house, Steve spots Lau­ren Gough and her friend, Mol­lie Bright, joy­ful­ly watch­ing videos—a moment of nor­mal­cy amid their chaos. Gary shares some insights about Lau­ren’s con­flicts, men­tion­ing her aspi­ra­tions of becom­ing a vet­eri­nar­i­an and a recent rec­on­cil­i­a­tion with Mol­lie, illus­trat­ing the com­plex­i­ties of ado­les­cence.

After delib­er­at­ing trans­porta­tion, they decide against a minibus, pre­fer­ring Gary’s Range Rover. As Rosie dri­ves them, an encounter with Felic­i­ty from the minibus unfolds, high­light­ing anoth­er lay­er of com­mu­ni­ty con­nec­tion and humor. Felic­i­ty men­tions orga­niz­ing Steve’s cup­boards, show­cas­ing her pen­chant for tidi­ness. The mood light­ens fur­ther with friend­ly exchanges and an acknowl­edg­ment of the loom­ing pub quiz.

As they pre­pare to leave, Lau­ren approach­es Rosie for a self­ie, momen­tar­i­ly shift­ing focus from the under­ly­ing tensions—indicative of a world inter­twined with dan­ger and celebri­ty, under­scor­ing the chap­ter’s mix of action, humor, and inter­per­son­al dynam­ics as they nav­i­gate through com­plex­i­ties of their lives.

In Chap­ter 71 of “All the Col­ors of the Dark,” Misty pro­vides Patch with a tough goulash that leaves him with a sore jaw as she enthu­si­as­ti­cal­ly shares her culi­nary aspi­ra­tions, hint­ing at her dream of open­ing her own restau­rant. She men­tions her unique tech­nique of crush­ing car­away seeds by hand, show­cas­ing her pas­sion for cook­ing. As Patch reflects on din­ner with her par­ents, he notices Misty lost in her artis­tic work, inten­si­fy­ing his feel­ings of admi­ra­tion for her. He play­ful­ly inquires about ingre­di­ents in the stew, only to learn that it con­tains turkey instead of cheese, fur­ther deep­en­ing their ongo­ing ban­ter.

Lat­er, Patch returns home to find Dr. Tooms wait­ing for him. The typ­i­cal­ly vibrant doc­tor now appears worn out and defeat­ed, his sad demeanor con­trast­ed with his pre­vi­ous ener­gy. Tooms express­es con­cern for Patch’s well-being, this time prompt­ing Patch to down­play his issues and assert that he is fine. How­ev­er, Tooms is insis­tent, prob­ing Patch’s mem­o­ry for more details about a man named Eli Aaron, who he believes could be sig­nif­i­cant to Patch’s recov­ery. Despite Patch’s hes­i­ta­tion and lim­it­ed rec­ol­lec­tion of Eli, the con­ver­sa­tion hints at deep­er issues with­in Patch’s psy­che.

As the con­ver­sa­tion unfolds, Tooms shifts to dis­cussing well­ness, sug­gest­ing changes to Patch’s diet and lifestyle. He also notices Patch’s pro­mo­tion­al posters around town, show­ing a com­mit­ment to help­ing him heal. Before leav­ing, Tooms rein­forces the grav­i­ty of Patch’s sit­u­a­tion, remind­ing him that he suc­cess­ful­ly escaped from past troubles—a sub­tle but pow­er­ful acknowl­edg­ment of Patch’s strug­gles.

While near­ing the end of their inter­ac­tion, Ivy, Patch’s moth­er, enters and appears con­fused at the sight of the doc­tor. She offers him a cig­a­rette, which Tooms declines, indi­cat­ing he has nev­er smoked. Their exchange hints at Ivy’s own chal­lenges, sub­tly inter­twined with Patch’s nar­ra­tive. As Tooms press­es Patch for insights about Misty, Patch spec­u­lates she may be Cal­lie Mon­trose, imply­ing sig­nif­i­cant and trou­bling mem­o­ries affect­ing his life. As the chap­ter clos­es, Ivy seeks a pre­scrip­tion for Quaaludes, show­ing her own depen­den­cy, while Patch observes Tooms leav­ing with­out turn­ing back, under­scor­ing the ten­sion in their rela­tion­ships and the emo­tion­al weight shared amongst them.