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Title: Only Murders in the Building (Season #3)
Released: 2023

Fix: Murder Mystery, Comedy
Platforms: Hulu

Hulu Summary:

A mysterious murder strikes the Arconia crew yet again and we couldn’t be more excited about it.

FYA:

All three members of the crew find romance, but their happiness is interrupted when the star of Oliver’s production is murdered.

Familiar Faces:

Steve Martin in Only Murders in the Building

Steve Martin as Charles Haden-Savage

Acting again (albeit in Oliver’s weird musical), Charles must fight his commitment phobia when he takes up with an old friend.

Martin Short in Only Murders in the Building

Martin Short as Oliver Putman

Oliver finally is producing another show on Broadway, a strange musical about a trio of murderous babies. If only his leading man hadn’t died on opening night.

Selena Gomez in Only Murders in the Building

Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora

Mabel’s aunt has sold the apartment she lives in, and it’s not easy to find an affordable place in Manhattan. Pushing thirty, Mabel wonders if it’s time to move on.

Paul Rudd in Only Murders in the Building

Paul Rudd as Ben Glenroy

The former CoBro star shines as the lead man in Death Rattle Dazzle. But when someone tries to murder him twice (the second time more successfully), the entire production is thrown into chaos.

Meryl Streep in Only Murders in the Building

Meryl Streep as Loretta Durkin

A frustrated actress, Oliver recognizes her talent and quickly casts her. And in a departure from the norm, she sleeps with the director after landing the role.

Andrea Martin in Only Murders in the Building

Andrea Martin as Joy Payne

Once Charles’s makeup artist on Brazos, she’s now moving her aquarium into his apartment. Is he ready for commitment?

Jesse Williams in Only Murders in the Building

Jesse Williams as Tobert

A filmmaker producing a documentary about Ben, he wants to help Mabel solve the murder. And if it means spending a lot of time with her, so be it. But is he just a disembodied camera in all this? And could Mabel date a guy with such a dippy name?

Jeremy Shamos in Only Murders in the Building

Jeremy Shamos as Dickie Glenroy

Ben’s brother and put-upon manager.

Linda Emond and Wesley Taylor in Only Murders in the building

Linda Emond and Wesley Taylor as Donna and Clifford DeMeo

The weird mother/son producers of Oliver’s show.

Matthew Broderick in Only Murders in the Building

Matthew Broderick as himself

Broderick is temporarily brought in to replace Charles, but drives Oliver batty with his method acting.

“But how would a Nova Scotian police officer hold his weapon?”

Tina Fey, James Caverly, Jane Lynch, and Da’Vine Joy Randolph’s characters also make appearances, plus there’s a cameo by Mel Brooks.

Couch Sharing Capability: Third Time’s the Charm

They have not lost their humor and edginess, especially if you’ve ever been in theater yourself. Rudd and Streep were great additions to the cast. The show has been renewed for a fourth season, and I’ll be tuning in.

Recommended Level of Inebriation: The White Room

Again, this show is funny enough that you don’t have to ply yourself with alcohol. But it might be fun to grab a glass of wine and pretend that you’re at Oliver’s opening night party, trying to ignore the dead actor.

Use of Your Streaming Subscription: Patter Song

Another season with a lot of red herrings that didn’t telegraph the murderer until the last episode. Why was Loretta so obsessed with Ben? Why did Charles punch Ben on opening night? Is the theater really haunted? Who wrote that nasty graffiti on Ben’s dressing room mirror? Whose handkerchief was Ben clutching when he died? Who’s the true creator of CoBro? Is President McKinley really dead?

Brian wrote his first YA novel when he was down and out in Mexico. He now lives in Missouri with his wonderful wife and daughter. He divides his time between writing and working as a school librarian. Brian still misses the preachy YA books of the eighties.