Sazz Pataki

**Sazz Pataki** was a recurring character in Season 1, Season 2 and Season 3 of *Only Murders in the Building*. She was Charles' stunt double when he was on Brazzos, doubling for him in stunts and sex scenes.

She was played by Jane Lynch.

## History

### Visiting Charles

Sazz was Charles' stunt double on Brazzos. In season six, Charles's girlfriend Cookie cheated on him with Sazz, who she then began a relationship with. Cookie left Sazz after twenty years together. Sazz visits Charles in New York every year when the stunt awards happen. During one such visit, Sazz met Charles's new girlfriend, Jan. Sazz looked at their evidence board and said she had some thoughts. She told them it was a crime of passion because Tim was drugged and then shot. She believed the glasses from the bag were the source of the poison. When Charles, Mabel, and Oliver had to go to a meeting to discuss whether or not they should be evicted, Sazz offered to stay with Jan. When they returned, Sazz was helping Jan remove her shirt, but just to change her bandages.

Sazz later returned to Charles's place to check on him and encouraged him to go to Jan's performance even though she'd told him not to.

### Breaking Up with Jan

When Brazzos was rebooted, Sazz once again acted as Charles's stunt double, though he insisted he didn't need one as his character used a wheelchair. When Charles realized he had to break up with Jan, who believed they were still together, he sent Sazz to do that. When Sazz did so, she aroused Jan with her break-up speech.

### Charles' Engagement

When Sazz learned that Charles and Joy were engaged, she came to visit and brought them a fondue set. When she caught on to some tension between Joy and Charles, she asked Charles about it. He admitted that he suspected Joy was Ben's murderer, so Sazz had them play a game where she, posing as Joy, made statements and he evaluated if they were normal or creepy. At the end of the game, she realized he was afraid to be happy and that was why he was struggling with Joy.

### Death

Sazz came to the *Death Rattle Dazzle* afterparty at the Arconia, where she told Charles she had something a bit sensitive to talk to him about when he had time. She later went to get more wine from Charles's place, where she was shot in the chest through the window, possibly by someone who mistook her for Charles. As she bled, she took her hand to get some blood on her fingers and started writing something on the floor beside her.

## Personality

Sazz is very vivacious and funny. She is a touch self-absorbed; she comes to Charles for commiseration after her girlfriend (who she stole from Charles) left her. She is very intelligent, immediately noting that Tim Kono's murder was premeditated and suggesting that the glasses were poisoned. She likes to tell stories about herself and all the stunts she has done, and is slightly dismissive of Charles's "stunts". However, despite being somewhat full of herself, she is very likeable and was popular on the set of Brazzos. She has a kind heart, and is very fond of Charles underneath the teasing - having spent twenty years doubling him, she knows him very well. She believes he is a wonderful person, although he has a low opinion of himself.

## Notes and Trivia

* Sazz has also doubled for Tilda Swinton.

## Gallery

### Episode Stills

Photography by Craig Blankenhorn"Double Time" (S01E09)"Ah, Love!" (S03E05)"Opening Night" (S03E10)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Ah, Love!" (2023). Season 3, episode 5.
2. ↑ "Double Time" (2021). Season 1, episode 9.
3. ↑ "Performance Review" (2022). Season 2, episode 6.
4. ↑ "Opening Night" (2023). Season 3, episode 10.