Ana

Ana
Character information
Status	Alive
Relatives	Alfonso (father) Inez (mother)
Appearances
FirstAppearance	Gates of Heaven
EpisodeCount	4
Season(s)	4
Portrayed by	Lilian Rebelo

Ana is a recurring character in season four of Only Murders in the Building. She is one of the residents of the West Tower of the Arconia and is portrayed by Lilian Rebelo.

History

Ana met Milton Dudenoff when he was a regular at her family's restaurant along with his wife. After his wife died, he began ordering food from their restaurant to be delivered to him. Through this, their family became close with him and he began hosting weekly games of "Oh Hell," which grew to include Vince Fish, Rudy Thurber, and Helga Heino. He eventually invited them all to live in the empty rent-controlled apartments he and his wife had rented for her to give music lessons. When he learned he had a terminal illness, he invited all of them, except Helga, to meet him in the basement. He asked them not to tell Helga, but he had taken a large number of pills in order to kill himself. He recorded a message for them to share with Helga to explain it to her if she found out. Then he asked them to burn his body in the incinerator and tell everyone he moved to Portugal. That would allow them to keep cashing his Social Security checks and continue living in the Arconia. This worked well for a few years until development started on the Only Murders in the Building movie.

Ana was preparing to play "Oh, Hell" with her family and neighbor, Vince Fish, when Vince surprised them by showing up with Mabel Mora and Oliver Putnam, whom they all recognized from their podcast and who said they were there scouting possible filming locations for the movie. They happily had Mabel and Oliver join them for the game, but drew their suspicion when they kept ducking out of the room with a knife to get a pick-me-up. While they played, Oliver and Mabel learned that Ana's mother, Inez, had a strong crush on Charles since his days as Brazzos and was excited that he lived so close to her. After Oliver won a round, they let him go to the bathroom for his own pick-me-up and he learned that they were referring to taking slices of ham from Portugal. When Oliver and Mabel asked about the other apartments near them, Ana told them the one with the lockbox on the door was the Dudenoff place, but quieted and refused to say more when Inez kicked her under the table.

The Westies all took notice when Mabel began squatting in the Dudenoff apartment in the hopes of forcing him to come to the Arconia to kick her out. When Howard left the apartment unattended, they entered it and started moving Mabel's things out. She returned before they could get her bed out and she asked what kind of cult they were in. They said it wasn't a cult and finally admitted that they'd been illegally subletting their apartments from Professor Dudenoff, who had rented them himself when the Arconia was affordable. They'd each met Dudenoff at some point and he realized what weirdos they were and agreed to sublet apartments to them for only $200/month. Eventually, he retired to Portugal, but still sent them a ham once a month and collected their rent. They offered to bring Mabel into the scheme if she kept it out of the podcast. They also said that the voice on the ham radio was Rudy's ex-girlfriend Helga, who was crazy.

The Westies panicked when Vince got a call on the Dudenoff phone and relayed to them that someone knew they'd been cashing Dudenoff's checks at a bodega. When the trio invited them to a game of Oh Hell with the three actors playing them in the movie, the Westies accepted and happily came to Oliver's place for the game. However, after they arrived, they shut the door, pulled out a knife, and said they knew they knew about the checks. They demanded that everyone hand over their phones. They denied killing Dudenoff and, one at a time, explained how they had met Dudenoff and come to live in the Arconia in one of his apartments. Then Dudenoff made good on his dream to live in Portugal and left. And they hadn't heard from him since. They kept up the ruse by cashing his checks. Just as they finished, Helga came to the door and said she was there to tell the truth. She shared her own story of meeting Dudenoff and coming to live in the Arconia after her father's death. She believed the Westies had killed Dudenoff because she'd gotten a letter saying he had moved to Portugal and then they began acting strangely. This led to her eventually moving out. Helga's revelation forced the Westies to tell the truth. The night of the power surge, Dudenoff invited all of them except Helga to the basement. He had a terminal illness and had taken a large amount of pills. He asked them to burn his body in the incinerator and keep cashing his checks so they could continue to live in the Arconia together. He recorded a message for Helga in case she found out, but didn't want her to know because she had had a hard time bouncing back after her father's death. They showed her the recorded message and then held her as she cried. They asked her to move back in and she agreed to do so.

Relationships

She lives in the West Tower of the Arconia with her parents. They are friends with their neighbor, Vince Fish.

Gallery

Episode Stills

"Gates of Heaven" (S04E02)

"The Stunt Man" (S04E04)

"Lifeboat" (S04E08)

Appearances

Season Four
#01	"Once Upon a Time in the West"	#05	"Adaptation"	#09	"Escape From Planet Klongo"
#02	"Gates of Heaven"	#06	"Blow-Up"	#10	"My Best Friend's Wedding"
#03	"Two for the Road"	#07	"Valley of the Dolls"
#04	"The Stunt Man"	#08	"Lifeboat"