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DTF St. Louis Finale Reveals Death as Suicide

Published 13 April 2026

In the season finale of HBO's miniseries "DTF St. Louis," detectives uncover that the apparent poisoning death of ASL interpreter Floyd Smernitch was a suicide, stemming from a night of emotional desperation at the Kevin Kline Community Pool in St. Louis last November.

Floyd, played by David Harbour, was found dead outside the poolhouse with traces of Amphezyne, a stimulant drug, in his system. The seven-episode series, which premiered earlier this year, follows investigators Jodie Plumb (Joy Sunday) and Donoghue (Richard Jenkins) as they probe the case amid revelations of Floyd's strained marriage to wife Carol (Linda Cardellini) and her affair with his best friend, Clark Forrest (Jason Bateman), a local weatherman. Toxicology reports initially pointed to foul play, with Clark emerging as a suspect after admitting he supplied Floyd with the drug to address his erectile dysfunction caused by Peyronie's disease, a condition that curved his penis and complicated his sex life.

The finale, titled "No One's Normal. It Just Looks That Way From Across the Street," flashes back to the night of November 9. Clark meets Floyd at the poolhouse to lift his spirits after a failed hookup...

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