Benoit Blanc delivers a climactic monologue explaining the 'donut hole' theory and revealing how Ransom Drysdale attempted to frame Marta for Harlan Thrombey's death by switching his medication.
BENOIT BLANC: I spoke in the car about the hole at the center of this donut. And yes, what you and Harlan did that fateful night seems at first glance to fill that hole perfectly. A donut hole in the donut's hole. But we must look a little closer. And when we do, we see that the donut hole has a hol
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