Late in “The Sensitive Kind,” Lee and Marty are laughing at the Sweet Emily’s counter, the assault course of the past few weeks safely behind them. Sally pauses her work as Marty holds court, sharing war stories from his decades as a private eye. Lee insists that Marty write a novel on the subject, but Marty’s been mulling a different medium: “Individual stories — each chapter about a new investigation.”

There was much left for The Lowdown ’s season finale to resolve, but it’s no exaggeration to say that an unexplained title card from the series premiere has been slowly eroding my brain, consuming me more than the mystery of Dale Washberg’s killer ever did. If you’ll remember, it read, “Chapter 1: The Sensitive Kind.” At the time, I carelessly assumed each episode would have its own tit

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