Only Murders In The Building - Season 1 -

For anyone who has ever listened to a podcast and thought, “I could solve that,” or for anyone who has ever ridden an elevator with a neighbor and wondered what they are hiding, this show is a perfect ten-episode escape. It proves that even in a city of eight million strangers, three misfits with a microphone can find the one thing that matters most: connection.

Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman, Season 1 of Only Murders is not just a parody of true-crime podcasts; it is a masterclass in how to deconstruct a genre while simultaneously falling in love with it. Set inside the gilded, creaky halls of the Upper West Side’s fictional Arconia, the show follows an unlikely trio: Charles-Haden Savage (Martin), a semi-reclusive actor from a defunct ’90s cop show; Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), a bombastic, cash-strapped Broadway director; and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez), a sharp, melancholic artist with a mysterious past. Only Murders in the Building - Season 1

Their friendship is the true mystery of Season 1. The plot—investigating the death of their neighbor Tim Kono (Julian Cihi)—is merely the engine. The fuel is watching three isolated people use a murder to cure their loneliness. They don’t just solve a crime; they build a family. For anyone who has ever listened to a