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Only Murders in the Building
Only Murders in the Building is an American mystery comedy-drama television series created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman. The ten-episode first season premiered on Hulu in August 2021.[1][2][3] The plot follows three strangers played by Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, with a shared interest in true crime podcasts who join together to investigate a death in the apartment building they all live in. The series has received critical acclaim for its comedic approach to crime fiction, as well as the performances and chemistry among the lead performers.
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| Music by | Siddhartha Khosla |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
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| Running time | 26–38 minutes |
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| Distributor | Disney Platform Distribution |
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| Original release | August 31, 2021 – present |
In the first season, after a suspicious death in their affluent Upper West Side apartment building, the three neighbors start their own podcast about their investigation.[4][5] In the second season, which premiered in June 2022, the trio themselves become suspects in the bloody murder of another building resident. The series has received numerous accolades, including nominations for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series and for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series for Martin and Short. In July 2022, the series was renewed for a third season.[6]
Cast and characters
Main
- Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage,[7] a semi-retired actor who was the star of the popular 1990s detective drama TV series Brazzos. He lives in 14C at the Arconia.
- Martin Short as Oliver Putnam,[7] an ambitious but financially struggling Broadway director who spawns the idea of the podcast and becomes its director. He lives in 10D at the Arconia.
- Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora,[7] a young artist who lives in 12E at the Arconia, a refurnished unit that she is renovating for her aunt and who was friends with the first season's murder victim, Tim Kono, through her childhood and teenage years.
- Madeleine Valencia (season 1) and Caroline Valencia (season 2) portray young Mabel.
- Aaron Dominguez as Oscar Torres (season 1), a friend of Mabel and Tim who was wrongly convicted of the murder of their friend Zoe ten years earlier and recently released from prison.
- Amy Ryan as Jan Bellows (season 1; recurring season 2), a professional bassoonist who lives in 6A at the Arconia and starts dating Charles.
- Cara Delevingne as Alice Banks (season 2),[8] Mabel's love interest who works at an art studio called Third Arm Gallery
Recurring
- Vanessa Aspillaga as Ursula, the Arconia's building manager
- Julian Cihi as Tim Kono (season 1), a resident of 9A at the Arconia who dies in the first episode. The mysterious circumstances surrounding his death spur Charles, Oliver, and Mabel to do their own investigation.
- Tina Fey as Cinda Canning, the host of the true crime podcast All Is Not OK in Oklahoma, a parody of Sarah Koenig[9]
- Adina Verson as Poppy White, the ambitious but abused assistant of Cinda.
- Ryan Broussard as Will Putnam, Oliver's son
- Maulik Pancholy as Arnav (season 1), Charles' next-door neighbor, an Arconia resident in apartment 14F
- Jackie Hoffman as Uma Heller, an Arconia resident in apartment 3F
- Jayne Houdyshell as Bunny Folger, the iron-fisted board president of the Arconia and resident in 12A. Bunny appears in flashbacks in season 2.
- Houdyshell also voices Mrs. Gambolini (season 2), Bunny's pet parrot who was left to Oliver in her will
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Detective Williams, a detective on the Kono murder who initially closed the case but becomes interested again after her wife starts listening to the podcast
- Nathan Lane as Teddy Dimas, a Greek American Arconia resident in apartment 6B, deli chain owner, and old friend and patron of Oliver's with ties to organized crime, who agrees to sponsor the podcast.
- James Caverly as Theo Dimas, Teddy Dimas's son who is deaf and also lives in apartment 6B
- Michael Cyril Creighton as Howard Morris, a resident in Arconia apartment 3C and cat lover, whose cat Evelyn died the same night as Tim Kono
- Zainab Jah as Ndidi Idoko (season 1), an Arconia resident in apartment 9B, Tim Kono's next-door neighbor who looks forward to annexing his apartment
- Russell G. Jones as Dr. Grover Stanley, an Arconia resident in apartment 6C who is a therapist
- Jaboukie Young-White, Daniel Oreskes, Ali Stroker and Orson Hong as Sam, Marv, Paulette and Grant, enthusiastic fans of the Only Murders in the Building podcast
- Olivia Reis as Zoe Cassidy (season 1), a friend of Mabel, Tim, and Oscar who died ten years ago after falling from the roof of the Arconia
- Teddy Coluca as Lester, the doorman at the Arconia
- Zoe Colletti as Lucy (season 2), the teenage daughter of Charles' ex-girlfriend, with whom Charles has a tenuous father-daughter relationship
- Michael Rapaport as Detective Kreps (season 2), a police detective on Bunny's murder[10]
- Christine Ko as Nina Lin (season 2), Bunny's protégé and the Arconia's new board president
- Ariel Shafir as Ivan (season 2), a server at Bunny's regular diner
- Paul Rudd as Ben Glenroy (season 3; guest season 2), a theater actor who dies while performing on stage[11]
Guest
- Adriane Lenox as Roberta, Oliver's ex-wife
- Sting as a fictionalized version of himself (season 1), an Arconia resident[12]
- Roy Wood Jr. and Jacob Ming-Trent as Vaughn and Lucian (season 1), hosts of a horticulture podcast who give Charles and Oliver a ride
- Jimmy Fallon as himself (season 1)
- Mandy Gonzalez as Silvia Mora, Mabel's mother (season 1)
- Jane Lynch as Sazz Pataki, Charles' stunt double
- Amy Schumer as a fictionalized version of herself (season 2).[13] She moves into Sting's former apartment and proposes a TV series to Oliver based on their podcast.
- Ben Livingston as Charles' late father (season 2)
- Shirley MacLaine as Rose Cooper (season 2),[13] Charles' father's lover and painter, who pretended to be Bunny's mother, Leonora Folger.
- Andrea Martin as Joy (season 2), Charles' longtime makeup artist and love interest
- Mark Consuelos as Mabel's late father (season 2)
- Jason Veasey as Jonathan, Howard's neighbor and love interest (season 2)
Episodes
| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 10 | August 31, 2021 | October 19, 2021 | |
| 2 | 10 | June 28, 2022 | August 23, 2022 | |
Season 1 (2021)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 1 | 1 | "True Crime" | Jamie Babbit | Steve Martin & John Hoffman | August 31, 2021 | 1DWB01 |
| Charles-Haden Savage, a misanthropic former television actor; Oliver Putnam, a struggling Broadway director; and Mabel Mora, an apartment renovator, live at the Arconia. By chance, the three meet on an elevator, joined by Tim Kono, who enters talking on his phone. Later, after evacuating the building for an alarm, they bond over their shared love of a certain true crime podcast. They learn that there was a death at the Arconia and sneak back inside, where they see Tim, dead. The investigators believe it was suicide, but the three think otherwise; they find more and more evidence, such as Tim's frantic phone call on the elevator and a package addressed to him that contained an engagement ring. Meanwhile, Oliver struggles with his relationship with his son, Charles discusses his need for solitude, and Mabel expresses her fear of getting personal with people. They start a podcast titled Only Murders in the Building as they continue to investigate. An old photo is shown of Mabel and the friends she dubbed "My Hardy Boys", which includes Tim. Note: The episode begins with a flash-forward set two months after the trio's first meeting in which Charles and Oliver find Mabel kneeling over a dead body. | ||||||
| 2 | 2 | "Who Is Tim Kono?" | Jamie Babbit | Kirker Butler | August 31, 2021 | 1DWB02 |
| Charles and Oliver try to learn more about who Tim was, and along with Mabel they attend a memorial service for him. It is revealed that he was unpopular among many Arconia residents and had several complaints filed against him. The trio go into Tim's apartment to find more clues, but their lack of trust in one another makes things tense. Mabel privately records a video that reveals she has known Tim since they were children, bonding over The Hardy Boys books and solving pretend mysteries together. As they grew older, they added new friends Oscar and Zoe. One night, 10 years earlier, the four attended a New Year's Eve party on the roof of the building, and Zoe was later found dead. As he and Zoe had been arguing earlier in the evening, Oscar was arrested for her murder, but Tim told Mabel that he had seen someone else fighting with Zoe before she died. He did not disclose this to the police, causing a rift between him and Mabel. Later, Mabel revisits Tim's apartment and finds a cache of jewelry and some of her old drawings. | ||||||
| 3 | 3 | "How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?" | Gillian Robespierre | Ben Smith | August 31, 2021 | 1DWB03 |
| Oliver uses his theater director skills to find the prime suspect in the investigation, which leads them to their cat-loving neighbor, Howard. They find his cat's paw prints in Tim's blood, but upon a visit they discover he has vasovagal syncope, making it impossible for him to be a cold-blooded murderer. Board president Bunny Folger threatens to evict Oliver if he does not pay his building fees. He goes to his old associate Teddy, begging for money; after initially refusing, Teddy agrees to sponsor the podcast. Charles meets Jan, a professional bassoonist, and Mabel suggests that he ask her out. Oliver sees Sting in the elevator, and thinks he may also be a suspect. Mabel comes across a note from Tim detailing a meeting in one week with somebody identified only as "G.M.". Oliver discovers a threatening note on his door and that Winnie, his bulldog, has been poisoned, presumably by the same perpetrator. | ||||||
| 4 | 4 | "The Sting" | Gillian Robespierre | Kristin Newman | September 7, 2021 | 1DWB04 |
| Oliver suspects that Sting poisoned Winnie and enlists the help of Charles and Mabel to prove he is guilty of both Winnie's poisoning and Tim's murder. After consulting Cinda Canning, the host of their favorite podcast, the trio present Sting with a turkey and question him about Tim, revealed to be Sting's former stockbroker. Sting guiltily confesses that, after Tim lost a substantial sum of his money, he angrily fired Tim and told him to kill himself, but is relieved when the trio announce that they believe Tim's death was murder, not suicide. Meanwhile, Charles goes on a date with Jan. It is a disaster, but she agrees to a second date when Charles later shares a personal story with her. Mabel finds out that "G.M." is actually a place called "Montrose Gems" and Oliver's son, Will, reveals that he remembers Mabel from their youth and her connection to Tim. A flash forward to a few months later reveals that Charles, Oliver, and Mabel are the subject of Cinda Canning's new podcast, Only Murderers in the Building. | ||||||
| 5 | 5 | "Twist" | Don Scardino | Thembi L. Banks | September 14, 2021 | 1DWB05 |
| Mabel is being followed by a mysterious person, who turns out to be her old friend Oscar, recently released from prison after he was wrongly convicted of the murder of Zoe. He offers to drive her wherever she is going, and Mabel directs him to Bayport, New York, on Long Island. Charles and Oliver see Mabel leaving the Arconia with a stranger, so they follow her with the help of a horticulture podcast's hosts, who have heard about their podcast. Charles and Oliver catch up with Mabel, who finally admits that she knew Tim. The place she was trying to track down turns out to be a tattoo parlor that was a contact point of a black-market jewelry dealer named "Angel". They learn that Tim had been trying to take Angel down for years, which is why he collected the jewels in his apartment. Oscar admits that he is "Tie-Dye Guy", someone Charles saw during the evacuation of the building, but claims that he did not murder Tim; he was, however, outside Tim's door when he heard a gunshot. | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | "To Protect and Serve" | Don Scardino | Madeleine George & Kim Rosenstock | September 21, 2021 | 1DWB06 |
| Oscar and Mabel appear to have feelings for each other. Mabel's mother does not want her involved in Tim's murder investigation, but Mabel asserts her independence on this matter. Meanwhile, Detective Williams discovers the growing popularity of the Only Murders in the Building podcast and starts having second thoughts about closing Tim's case so quickly. While dealing with the pressure of the arrival of her and her wife's first child, she decides to send Tim's phone to Mabel to help their investigation. Cinda Canning appears on Jimmy Fallon's show, openly mocking the podcast, but Teddy is thrilled that his business is mentioned on Fallon's show. He writes Charles and Oliver a check for $50,000 for more episodes. Charles notices that the check is drawn from an "Angel" account, making Teddy the black market dealer Tim was after. | ||||||
| 7 | 7 | "The Boy from 6B" | Cherien Dabis | Stephen Markley & Ben Philippe | September 28, 2021 | 1DWB07 |
| Teddy's son Theo spies on the trio and breaks in to take photos of their suspect board, relaying to his father that the podcast is on to them, but Teddy dismisses the concerns. Charles and Mabel break into Teddy's apartment and discover a secret room of urns from a funeral home. They narrowly avoid Theo, who later notices a rubber glove they left behind. While Oliver and Mabel leave to investigate the funeral home, Charles has a date with Jan. At the funeral home, the two discover a secret room with jewelry. Theo is working there and stealing items off the bodies, and soon notices Oliver and Mabel. Flashbacks reveal that Theo had a crush on Zoe, who noticed and communicated back in ASL. Theo saw Zoe stealing a ring from Teddy's apartment, which Teddy noticed during the New Year's Eve party. After an argument, Theo accidentally pushed Zoe off the roof. Tim was the only witness, but an implied death threat from Teddy silenced him. Back in the present, Theo has kidnapped Oliver and Mabel, driving them to an unknown location, but not before they send texts to Charles telling him the password to Tim's phone might be "THEO". Note: There is no audible dialogue throughout, which includes scenes from Theo's perspective, whose deafness prevents him from hearing anything. | ||||||
| 8 | 8 | "Fan Fiction" | Cherien Dabis | Matteo Borghese & Rob Turbovsky | October 5, 2021 | 1DWB08 |
| Teddy returns Mabel and Oliver to the Arconia on the condition that they end the podcast and absolve the Dimas family of suspicion. Back at the building, Mabel and Oliver are swarmed by fans of the podcast calling themselves "the Arconiacs". Detective Williams suggests the trio release all their evidence on the podcast. Oscar shares that Tim already had Zoe's green ring when he died and was planning on using it as evidence, although its whereabouts are unknown. Desperate for a new perspective on the case, Oliver invites the Arconiacs to help the group solve Tim's murder in time for their abrupt series finale. Charles is distracted by Jan, and Mabel and Oliver force her out of the investigation. Jan returns to her apartment, where she finds a warning note on the door that reads: "I'M WATCHING YOU". The podcast finale premieres, complete with evidence of the Dimases' crimes. Williams doubts the Dimases' involvement in the murder when Tim's autopsy reveals death by poisoning. Security footage also proves Teddy and Theo were not in the building at the time of Tim's murder. Charles visits Jan's apartment, where he finds her unconscious and bleeding. | ||||||
| 9 | 9 | "Double Time" | Jamie Babbit | John Hoffman & Kristin Newman | October 12, 2021 | 1DWB09 |
| On their podcast, the trio retract their accusation of Teddy and Theo in Tim's murder. Jan survives her stabbing and Charles helps with her recovery. Charles' former stunt double, Sazz Pataki, shows up and immediately jumps into helping the trio investigate, much to the dismay of Charles and Jan. Later, a building meeting is called to address the podcast and the building votes to evict the trio, even after Charles says the podcast is done. Oliver and Mabel try to find a new lead to convince Charles to stay on the investigation and speculate that Tim might have had a secret girlfriend, a theory seemingly confirmed by Tim's neighbor. Charles goes to Jan's concert at Sazz's urging and sees a young female bassoonist who has replaced Jan at first chair. At the same time, Oliver and Mabel find a bassoon cleaner among Tim's stash of sex toys. | ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "Open and Shut" | Jamie Babbit | John Hoffman & Rachel Burger | October 19, 2021 | 1DWB10 |
| The trio realize that Jan is the murderer. She was romantically involved with Tim, but killed him a day after they broke up. Mabel and Oliver break into Jan's apartment and find evidence, including a poison bottle, Zoe's green ring, and a bloody knife she used to stab herself to deflect suspicion. As Charles confronts Jan, he realizes she has poisoned him. Jan tries to gas the whole building via the newly open fireplaces, but the trio run to the basement and stop it. In the basement, Jan appears and threatens to shoot them. A scuffle ensues, and Mabel knocks Jan out with the emerald ring. Jan is arrested. Later, as the trio celebrate, Mabel goes to get more champagne, and Oliver and Charles receive a mysterious text message telling them to leave the building immediately. The scene that opened the series is repeated, as Oliver and Charles run to Mabel and find her hunched over Bunny's dead body, covered in blood. The trio is led out of the Arconia in handcuffs while the Arconia tenants and others, including Detective Williams, Oscar, and Cinda, watch. | ||||||
Season 2 (2022)
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date | Prod. code |
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| 11 | 1 | "Persons of Interest" | John Hoffman | John Hoffman & Noah Levine | June 28, 2022 | 2DWB01 |
| Charles, Oliver, and Mabel are arrested and interviewed by Detective Williams and Detective Kreps before being released due to lack of evidence. Mabel suggests they follow the police's advice and stay away from the case. Later, a woman named Alice invites Mabel to an art show at a local gallery and encourages her to pursue art again. Oliver runs into Amy Schumer as she moves into Sting's penthouse apartment, who wants to turn the podcast into a TV series. Meanwhile, Charles is approached to play "Uncle Brazzos" in a Brazzos reboot. The trio discovers that Cinda has started a podcast on the three of them, encouraging them to investigate to clear their names. Mabel reveals Bunny said "14" to her before she died. The trio breaks into Bunny's apartment and discovers her pet parrot mimicking Bunny. When Howard and Uma walk in, the three hide and overhear them panic over a painting missing from Bunny's apartment. Sneaking through a back elevator, they return to their apartments, and Charles discovers the missing painting on his wall. | ||||||
| 12 | 2 | "Framed" | John Hoffman | Kristin Newman | June 28, 2022 | 2DWB02 |
| Charles realizes one of the people in the painting is his father, while Mabel reveals Bunny also said "Savage" to her before she died. At Howard's invitation, the trio attends a memorial for Bunny, planning to return the painting to Bunny's apartment. There, they meet Leonora Folger, Bunny's mother and the owner of the painting. Oliver and Mabel sneak the painting up the elevator into Bunny's apartment, planning to meet Charles outside by the elevator, but Charles accidentally lets the door close, locking them out. In a panic, they stash the painting near a dumpster but later find it missing. Mabel returns to the art studio, where Alice encourages her to smash art to release her emotions, and they eventually kiss. Oliver meets with Amy in her apartment and discovers that she found the painting by the dumpster and hung it on her wall. Leonora talks to Charles about the painting, causing him to remember a day from his childhood when his father was arrested. Leonora learns the painting is at Amy's but upon inspection, declares it is a fake. Bunny's parrot is delivered to Oliver as per Bunny's will, and the bird says "I know who did it." | ||||||
| 13 | 3 | "The Last Day of Bunny Folger" | Jude Weng | Ben Smith | July 5, 2022 | 2DWB03 |
| The trio tries to find out what Bunny's last day was like before she died. In a flashback, it is revealed that on Bunny's last day as board president she considered moving to Florida after her retirement. She received a phone call from a mysterious person who wanted to buy her painting, but she rejected it. She also gave present money to her regular café server, Ivan, and easily fixed the elevator when she, Charles, and Mabel got stuck in it. At the end of the day, she realized how much the Arconia meant to her and decided not to retire, upsetting her successor, Nina Lin, who openly threatened her to step down. Later, Bunny visited Charles, Oliver, and Mabel, offering a bottle of champagne in hopes of joining their celebration, but they thought she was just stopping by and did not invite her in. A masked and gloved figure attacked her when she returned to her apartment. The trio feels guilty that they could have saved Bunny's life "with a simple act of kindness." They realize Nina had enough motive to kill Bunny, making her the prime suspect in the investigation. | ||||||
| 14 | 4 | "Here's Looking at You" | Jude Weng | Valentina Garza & Rachel Burger | July 12, 2022 | 2DWB04 |
| Lucy, the teenage daughter of Charles' ex-girlfriend, unexpectedly shows up at his apartment. She reveals to Charles, Oliver, and Mabel that there are secret tunnels inside the walls of the Arconia that she discovered years earlier. As they walk through the tunnels, they overhear Nina and her husband agreeing that Bunny had to go so that the Arconia could be modernized. Oliver also witnesses an argument between Teddy and Theo Dimas, who have been released on parole, which makes Oliver reevaluate his relationship with his son. Later, the trio and Lucy visit Nina to get her to confess to Bunny's murder, but she goes into labor and asks them to find Bunny's killer. Lucy confesses to Charles that she ran away from home after her mother remarried. Though touched by Lucy's words that he is the best stepfather she ever had, Charles insists she go home. Before leaving, Lucy warns Charles that he is in danger, but she does not tell him that she came to the Arconia on the night of Bunny's murder and saw the killer escaping through the tunnels. Charles visits Jan in prison to ask for her help. | ||||||
| 15 | 5 | "The Tell" | Cherien Dabis | Matteo Borghese & Rob Turbovsky | July 19, 2022 | 2DWB05 |
| Jan tells Charles that the killer is possibly an artist since they composed the crime scene to frame Mabel. Charles and Oliver learn that Mabel is dating Alice, who is an artist, and they become suspicious of her. At a party Alice hosts for an eclectic art crowd, Oliver proposes a murder game called "Son of Sam." By the end of the game, he declares Alice the murderer and asks a multitude of probing questions, forcing her to reveal that she lied about her background and her studies so people would think she was a legitimate artist. Later, they learn that Bunny had met someone in her regular diner the day before she died, and the person might be the killer. Alice apologizes to Mabel for lying to her, and the two reconcile by sharing personal secrets. Meanwhile, Will takes a DNA test for his son's school project, which reveals that he has Greek ancestors despite Oliver's Irish heritage. Oliver sadly speculates that his ex-wife may have had an affair with Teddy, who might be Will's biological father. | ||||||
| 16 | 6 | "Performance Review" | Cherien Dabis | Ben Smith & Joshua Allen Griffith | July 26, 2022 | 2DWB06 |
| The trio wants to ask Detective Williams' help with a fingerprinted matchbook they recently found, but she is on maternity leave. When they receive a text message in her name to leave their evidence in a public place, they fear that this is the killer trying to get their hands on the evidence. They decide to leave a glitter bomb instead to catch the killer, but their personal problems distract them during the waiting until they miss their opportunity. Meanwhile, Cinda finds a man from Mabel's past who falsely claims that Mabel cut off one of his fingers, and she wants to use this in her podcast. Cinda's assistant, Poppy, has second thoughts about it, and reveals some hidden truths about Cinda to Mabel. Mabel later goes to Alice's art studio where she finds Alice recreating the crime scene of Bunny's murder for an art exhibit. Heartbroken, Mabel runs off, but sees a glitter-bombed person in her subway car. Later, Charles and Oliver see an Internet video of Mabel seemingly stabbing that person. | ||||||
| 17 | 7 | "Flipping the Pieces" | Chris Teague | Stephen Markley & Ben Philippe | August 2, 2022 | 2DWB07 |
| A series of flashbacks details Mabel's relationship with her father before his death from cancer. Following the subway incident, Mabel wakes up in Theo's apartment with no memory of the attack and her bag missing. Theo explains to her that he was in the subway car too, saw what happened, and brought Mabel home after she passed out. He shows Mabel an employee badge from Coney Island that her assailant had dropped, so they go there to investigate. Mabel recovers her bag before her assailant discovers her, but finds the matchbook gone. Meanwhile, Detective Williams visits Charles and Oliver, who reveal that they have the murder knife, which they give her for analysis. After fleeing Coney Island, Mabel forgives Theo for Zoe's death and remembers the night of Bunny's murder, realizing she saw someone escaping from her apartment. Reuniting with Charles and Oliver, Mabel shows Charles a picture of Lucy that she found in her bag. Fearing Lucy is the killer's next target, Charles tries to call her, but the call is cut off when a blackout hits the city. | ||||||
| 18 | 8 | "Hello, Darkness" | Chris Teague | Madeleine George | August 9, 2022 | 2DWB08 |
| Knowing that Lucy is alone in Charles' apartment, the trio races back to the Arconia to save her from the killer. Meanwhile, the blackout forces the Arconia's residents to make new connections. Howard hangs out with one of his neighbors, whom he has a crush on, and eventually asks him out, despite the man's lethal allergy to cats. Concurrently, Lester, the doorman, helps Nina assemble a baby swing, during which Nina evaluates Lester's job and gives him a promotion. The trio discover that someone broke into Charles' apartment and chased Lucy through the secret tunnels. They later encounter Marv in the tunnels, believing he is the killer, but in reality Marv wanted to help the trio catch the killer yet unintentionally scared them away with his presence. At Marv's request, Oliver agrees to record him for a podcast episode while Lucy finally tells Charles what she saw on the night of Bunny's murder. After the power returns, the trio meets Detective Kreps in the building. Mabel notices some glitter on his neck and realizes he was her former assailant. | ||||||
| 19 | 9 | "Sparring Partners" | Jamie Babbit | Kirker Butler | August 16, 2022 | 2DWB09 |
| Mabel tries to confront Detective Kreps about his involvement in Bunny's murder. He denies everything, but mentions his admiration for Cinda's podcasts, heightening Mabel's suspicion. Meanwhile, Charles and Oliver discover the original Rose Cooper painting hidden under the cage of Bunny's parrot. Charles further discovers that Leonora is Rose Cooper herself. She reveals to Charles that she and his father were lovers for years and he was arrested as a result of trying to defend her from her enraged husband. She also shows Charles another painting hidden in the canvas, picturing young Charles and his father. Elsewhere, Oliver learns that Teddy is indeed Will's biological father, but, for Will's sake, they both decide to keep this a secret. Alice gives Mabel a jigsaw puzzle as a peace offering, and with the help of that, Mabel realizes one of Cinda's podcasts mentioned a restaurant with the logo she saw on Kreps' backpack. When she questions Poppy about this, she reveals herself as Becky Butler, the subject of the podcast, and that Kreps is Cinda's lover who helped Cinda provide evidence. Mabel concludes that Cinda is the true mastermind behind Bunny's murder. | ||||||
| 20 | 10 | "I Know Who Did It" | Jamie Babbit | John Hoffman, Matteo Borghese & Rob Turbovsky | August 23, 2022 | 2DWB10 |
| The trio stages a killer reveal party where they endeavor to induce Bunny's killer into confessing. After failing with Cinda, Mabel declares Alice the killer, which seems to be true when Alice stabs Charles in the stomach. Cinda praises Mabel for solving the case, which makes Becky so frustrated she unwittingly reveals information only the killer would know. As Charles wakes up unharmed, all the guests reveal the entire party was an act to expose Becky as the real killer. Detective Williams found out the murder knife had Becky's DNA on it and Mabel realized Bunny said "14 Sandwich" to her, which was Becky's favorite meal at Bunny's regular diner. Becky is arrested along with Kreps, who is revealed to be Becky's lover. Their motive was to do a podcast about the premeditated murder and become famous. With the case closed, Charles gets a proper role in the Brazzos reboot and asks out his makeup artist, Joy; Mabel and Alice resume their relationship; and Oliver reconciles with his son, who already knows they are not biologically related. One year later, on the opening night of a Broadway play Oliver directed, the lead actor, Ben Glenroy, suddenly dies during his performance. | ||||||
Production
Development
In January 2020, it was announced that Steve Martin and Martin Short would star in an untitled Hulu series, created by Martin and John Hoffman, with Martin, Short, and Hoffman as executive producers, alongside Dan Fogelman, with 20th Television serving as the studio.[14] On September 14, 2021, Hulu renewed the series for a second season.[15] On July 11, 2022, the series was renewed for a third season.[6]
Casting
Alongside the initial announcement, it was announced Martin and Short would star in the series.[14] In August 2020, Selena Gomez joined the cast and also serves as an executive producer.[16] In November 2020, Aaron Dominguez joined the cast in a series regular role.[17] In January 2021, Amy Ryan joined the cast in a series regular role[18] and Nathan Lane joined the cast in a recurring role.[19] On December 1, 2021, it was reported that Cara Delevingne joined the cast as a series regular for the second season.[20] On January 12, 2022, Short announced that Shirley MacLaine and Amy Schumer were cast to guest star for the second season.[13] On February 11, 2022, Michael Rapaport joined the cast in a recurring role for the second season.[10] On October 25, 2022, Jesse Williams was cast in a recurring capacity for the third season.[21]
Filming
Principal photography for the first season began on December 3, 2020, in New York City,[22] and concluded in April 2021.[23] The Belnord was used for exterior shots of the Arconia.[24] Filming of the second season began on December 1, 2021.[25] Filming for the third season is set to begin in January 2023.[26]
Music
A digital album for the score was released on August 27, 2021, four days before the series' debut.[27] On July 15, 2022, the original song that was played briefly in the season 2 episode "Here's Looking at You", "Angel in Flip-Flops", was released online. It was performed by Steve Martin as his character Charles-Haden Savage and written by Martin and Kirker Butler, with Paul Shaffer as producer.[28] An album for season 2 was released on August 12, 2022.
All music is composed by Siddhartha Khosla.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Main Title" | 0:51 |
| 2. | "Mission Theme Pt. 1" | 1:11 |
| 3. | "Arconia Elevator Theme" | 0:37 |
| 4. | "Frozen Cat" | 0:46 |
| 5. | "Aphrodite" | 1:43 |
| 6. | "Vantage" | 1:44 |
| 7. | "All Is Not Okay" | 0:39 |
| 8. | "Oliver's Monologue" | 1:57 |
| 9. | "Who Was Tim Kono" | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Podcast Theme (Punk Version)" | 1:24 |
| 11. | "Romantic Theme Pt. 1" | 1:03 |
| 12. | "Romantic Theme Pt. 2" | 1:31 |
| 13. | "Interrogation Fantasy Pt. 1" | 0:56 |
| 14. | "Interrogation Fantasy Pt. 2" | 0:45 |
| 15. | "Detective" | 1:22 |
| 16. | "Mabel and Tim" | 1:55 |
| 17. | "Pilot Ending" | 1:43 |
| 18. | "Jan" | 1:30 |
| 19. | "Charles" | 1:16 |
| 20. | "Mission Theme Pt. 2" | 1:02 |
| 21. | "Finale" | 5:19 |
| Total length: | 34:03 | |
All music is composed by Siddhartha Khosla.
| No. | Title | Episode | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "We're Back" | "Persons of Interest" | 1:16 |
| 2. | "Precinct Hang" | "Persons of Interest" | 1:46 |
| 3. | "I Dream of Cinda" | "Persons of Interest" | 1:50 |
| 4. | "A Death Threat" | "Persons of Interest" | 1:15 |
| 5. | "Murder Board Suite" | "Persons of Interest" | 1:57 |
| 6. | "Bunny's Painting" | "Persons of Interest" | 1:29 |
| 7. | "History of the Arconia" | "Framed" | 2:30 |
| 8. | "Vantage, in Paris" | "Framed" | 4:47 |
| 9. | "Poor Lil' Bunny Rabbit" | "The Last Day of Bunny Folger" | 3:04 |
| 10. | "Texting Lucy" | "Here's Looking at You" | 1:49 |
| 11. | "Howard and the Knife Above His Head" | "Here's Looking at You" | 1:43 |
| 12. | "Lucy Lurkin'" | "Here's Looking at You" | 1:23 |
| 13. | "Son of Sam" | "The Tell" | 2:17 |
| 14. | "Worse Than Watergate" | "The Tell" | 3:01 |
| 15. | "Admission" | "The Tell" | 1:11 |
| 16. | "Glitter" | "Performance Review" | 1:40 |
| 17. | "Mabel's Dream" | "Flipping the Pieces" | 3:31 |
| 18. | "Puzzled" | "Flipping the Pieces" | 2:05 |
| 19. | "Flashback" | "Flipping the Pieces" | 3:25 |
| 20. | "The Chase" | "Flipping the Pieces" | 1:29 |
| 21. | "Gone Missing" | "I Know Who Did It" | 2:20 |
| 22. | "What Lucy Saw" | "Hello, Darkness" | 2:17 |
| 23. | "The Boxer's Lover" | "Sparring Partners" | 3:53 |
| 24. | "You Gotta Be Kidding Me" | "I Know Who Did It" | 0:57 |
| Total length: | 52:58 | ||
Release
Only Murders in the Building premiered on August 31, 2021, on Hulu.[3] Internationally, the series premiered on the same day on Disney+ under the dedicated streaming hub Star, as an original series, and on Star+ in Latin America. Disney+ Hotstar released the series in select territories on September 3, 2021.[29] On Disney+, Disney+ Hotstar, and Star+, Only Murders in the Building episodes were scheduled to debut on a weekly basis.[2] The second season premiered on June 28, 2022.[30]
Reception
Audience viewership
On September 3, 2021, it was reported that Only Murders in the Building set a record for the most-watched comedy premiere in Hulu history.[31] On October 28, 2021, Hulu Originals president Craig Erwich said in an interview with Vulture that the show had become the most-watched comedy ever on Hulu "by a good measure." In the same article, Vulture reported that, according to Parrot Analytics, the show went from having about 16 times the audience demand in the U.S. as an average show when it debuted on August 31 to generating 37 times typical demand by the time the season 1 finale dropped on October 19. This meant that the day after the finale the show ranked as high as 14th on the list of most in-demand shows in the U.S. and signaled a "massive" 135% growth rate that according to Erwich is mainly attributable to word of mouth.[32] According to the streaming aggregator JustWatch, Only Murders in the Building was the most-streamed TV series across all U.S. platforms during the week ending October 24, 2021,[33] and second during the week ending October 31, 2021.[34]
According to Parrot Analytics, which looks at consumer engagement in consumer research, streaming, downloads, and on social media, Only Murders in the Building was the third-most in-demand streaming original series in the U.S. during the week of August 13 to 19, 2022,[35] as well as during the week of August 20 to 26.[36] According to Whip Media, it was the most-streamed TV series across all U.S. platforms during the week ending August 7, 2022,[37] and during the week of August 28.[38] According to the streaming aggregator JustWatch, it was the third-most streamed TV series across all U.S. platforms during the week ending July 3, 2022.[39]
Critical response
| Season | Rotten Tomatoes | Metacritic |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100% (105 reviews)[40] | 76 (34 reviews)[41] |
| 2 | 98% (110 reviews)[42] | 79 (25 reviews)[43] |
The performances of the main cast, namely (left to right) Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez, have received critical acclaim.
For the first season, review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 100% approval rating with an average rating of 8/10, based on 105 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus reads, "Only Murders in the Building's silly approach to true crime obsessives is at once hilarious and insightful, thanks in large part to its extremely charming central trio."[40] Metacritic gave the first season a weighted average score of 76 out of 100 based on 34 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[41]
Kristen Baldwin of Entertainment Weekly gave the first season a "B" grade and wrote, "Only Murders delivers above-average laughs, a clever mystery, and a starry cast. But it's hard to shake the feeling that the show missed an opportunity to be something special."[44] Reviewing for Rolling Stone, Alan Sepinwall gave a rating of four and a half out of five stars and said, "The series soon turns out to be—like The Princess Bride, Galaxy Quest, or Jane the Virgin—that rare and wonderful thing: the parody that also offers a great example of the genuine article."[45]
For the second season, Rotten Tomatoes reported a 98% approval rating with an average rating of 8.05/10, based on 110 critic reviews. The website's critics consensus states, "Only Murders in the Building gets a new lease on life with a knottier sophomore outing that retains the series' core charm and wit."[42] Metacritic gave the second season a weighted average score of 79 out of 100 based on 25 critic reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[43]
Accolades
| Award | Year[a] | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AACTA International Awards | 2023 | Best Comedy Series | Only Murders in the Building | Pending | [46] |
| AARP Movies for Grownups Awards | 2022 | Best Actor (TV/Streaming) | Martin Short | Nominated | [47] |
| 2023 | Best TV Series | Only Murders in the Building | Pending | [48] | |
| Art Directors Guild Awards | 2022 | Excellence in Production Design for a Half Hour Single-Camera Series | Curt Beech (for "True Crime") | Nominated | [49] |
| 2023 | Excellence in Production Design for a Half Hour Single-Camera Series | Patrick Howe (for "Framed") | Pending | [50] | |
| Artios Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot and First Season Comedy Series | Bernard Telsey, Tiffany Little Canfield, Destiny Lilly | Pending | [51] |
| ASCAP Screen Music Awards | 2022 | ASCAP Composers’ Choice Award – Television Theme of the Year | Siddhartha Khosla | Nominated | [52] |
| Top Streaming Series | Siddhartha Khosla | Won | |||
| Black Reel Awards for Television | 2022 | Outstanding Guest Actress, Comedy Series | Da'Vine Joy Randolph | Nominated | [53] |
| Cinema Audio Society Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – Half Hour | Joseph White Jr., Mathew Waters, Lindsay Alvarez, Alan DeMoss, Stiv Schneider, and Karina Rezhevska (for "How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?") | Nominated | [54] |
| 2023 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for Television Series – Half Hour | Joseph White Jr., Penny Harold, Andrew Garrett Lange, Alan DeMoss, Chris Navarro, Erika Koski (for "The Tell") | Pending | [55] | |
| Critics' Choice Television Awards | 2022 | Best Comedy Series | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [56] |
| Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Steve Martin | Nominated | |||
| Martin Short | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actress in a Comedy Series | Selena Gomez | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Best Actor in a Comedy Series | Steve Martin | Pending | [57] | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 2022 | Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [58] |
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Steve Martin | Nominated | |||
| Martin Short | Nominated | ||||
| 2023 | Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [59] | |
| Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Selena Gomez | Nominated | |||
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Steve Martin | Nominated | |||
| Martin Short | Nominated | ||||
| Golden Trailer Awards | 2022 | Most Innovative Advertising for a TV/Streaming Series | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [60] [61] |
| Best Viral Campaign for a TV/Streaming Series | Only Murders in the Building | Won | |||
| Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | 2022 | Best Streaming Series, Comedy | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [62] |
| Best Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Steve Martin | Nominated | |||
| Martin Short | Won | ||||
| Best Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Selena Gomez | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Nathan Lane | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Amy Ryan | Nominated | |||
| Best Directing in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Jamie Babbit (for "True Crime") | Nominated | |||
| Cherien Dabis (for "The Boy from 6B") | Nominated | ||||
| Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Comedy | Steve Martin & John Hoffman (for "True Crime") | Nominated | |||
| Imagen Awards | 2022 | Best Actress – Television (Comedy) | Selena Gomez | Nominated | [63] |
| Best Supporting Actor – Comedy (Television) | Aaron Dominguez | Nominated | |||
| MPSE Golden Reel Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action Under 35 Minutes | Mathew Waters, Danika Wikke, Meredith Stacy, and Micha Liberman (for "The Boy From 6B") | Won | [64] |
| 2023 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Live Action Under 35 Minutes | Matthew Waters, Danika Wikke, Borja Sau, Eric Offin, Arno Stephanian, Sanaa Kelley, Adam DeCoster (for "Framed") | Pending | [65] | |
| MTV Movie & TV Awards | 2022 | Best Team | Selena Gomez, Steve Martin, and Martin Short | Nominated | [66] |
| Peabody Awards | 2022 | Entertainment | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [67] |
| People's Choice Awards | 2021 | The Comedy Show of 2021 | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [68] |
| The Comedy TV Star of 2021 | Selena Gomez | Won | |||
| Steve Martin | Nominated | ||||
| 2022 | The Comedy Show of 2022 | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [69] | |
| The Female TV Star of 2022 | Selena Gomez | Nominated | |||
| The Comedy TV Star of 2022 | Selena Gomez | Won | |||
| Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series | Nathan Lane (for "The Boy From 6B") | Won | [70] |
| Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series | Jane Lynch (for "Double Time") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Casting for a Comedy Series | Bernard Telsey and Tiffany Little Canfield | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Contemporary Costumes | Dana Covarrubias, Amanda Bujak, and Amy Burt (for "Who Is Tim Kono?") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Main Title Design | Lisa Bolan, Tnaya Witmer, Laura Perez, James Hurlburt, Evan Larimore, and Jahmad Rollins Rollins | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score) | Siddhartha Khosla (for "The Boy From 6B") | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Original Main Title Theme Music | Siddhartha Khosla | Nominated | |||
| Outstanding Production Design for a Narrative Program (Half-Hour) | Curt Beech, Jordan Jacobs, and Rich Murray (for "True Crime") | Won | |||
| Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series | JoAnne Marie Yarrow (for "Fan Fiction") | Nominated | |||
| Julie Monroe (for "Open and Shut") | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation | Lindsey Alvarez, Mathew Waters, and Joseph White Jr. (for "The Boy from 6B") | Won | |||
| Primetime Emmy Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Comedy Series | Various[b] | Nominated | [71] |
| Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series | Steve Martin | Nominated | |||
| Martin Short | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series | Jamie Babbit (for "True Crime") | Nominated | |||
| Cherien Dabis (for "The Boy From 6B") | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series | Steve Martin and John Hoffman (for "True Crime") | Nominated | |||
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 2022 | Best Episodic Comedy | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [72] |
| 2023 | Best Episodic Comedy | Only Murders in the Building | Pending | [73] | |
| Outstanding Short-Form Program | Only Murders in the Building: One Killer Question | Pending | |||
| Satellite Awards | 2022 | Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [74] |
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Steve Martin | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Selena Gomez | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Only Murders in the Building | Pending | [75] | |
| Best Actress in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Selena Gomez | Pending | |||
| Best Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy | Martin Short | Pending | |||
| Screen Actors Guild Awards | 2022 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Steve Martin | Nominated | [76] |
| Martin Short | Nominated | ||||
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Aaron Dominguez, Selena Gomez, Jackie Hoffman, Jayne Houdyshell, Steve Martin, Amy Ryan, and Martin Short | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Comedy Series | Steve Martin | Pending | [77] | |
| Martin Short | Pending | ||||
| Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series | Michael Cyril Creighton, Cara Delevingne, Selena Gomez, Jayne Houdyshell, Steve Martin, Martin Short and Adina Verson | Pending | |||
| Society of Composers & Lyricists Awards | 2023 | Outstanding Score for Television | Siddhartha Khosla | Pending | [78] |
| Television Critics Association Awards | 2022 | Outstanding New Program | Only Murders in the Building | Nominated | [79] |
| Outstanding Achievement in Comedy | Nominated | ||||
| Individual Achievement in Comedy | Steve Martin | Nominated | |||
| Writers Guild of America Awards | 2022 | Comedy Series | Various[c] | Nominated | [80] |
| New Series | Various[c] | Nominated | |||
| Episodic Comedy | Steve Martin & John Hoffman (for "True Crime") | Nominated | |||
| 2023 | Comedy Series | Various[d] | Pending | [81] |
The seventh episode of the first season was given the Seal of Authentic Representation from the Ruderman Family Foundation for the portrayal of Theo by James Caverly, as an actor with a disability and at least five lines of dialogue.[82] The first season was recognized with The ReFrame Stamp for hiring people of underrepresented gender identities, and of color.[83]
Notes
- ^ Indicates the year of ceremony
- ^ Dan Fogelman, Jess Rosenthal, Jamie Babbit, Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, John Hoffman, Kristin Newman, Kirker Butler, Ben Smith, Matteo Borghese, Rob Turbovsky, Thembi L. Banks, and Jane Raab
- ^ a b Thembi Banks, Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Madeleine George, John Hoffman, Stephen Markley, Steve Martin, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Kim Rosenstock, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky
- ^ Matteo Borghese, Rachel Burger, Kirker Butler, Valentina Garza, Madeleine George, Joshua Allen Griffith, John Hoffman, Noah Levine, Stephen Markley, Kristin Newman, Ben Philippe, Ben Smith, Rob Turbovsky
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External links
- Official website
- Only Murders in the Building at IMDb
- Official pilot screenplay