
Firstly, it stands as a joyous showcase for two elder icons of comedy, and then as a warm friendship tale involving three outcasts, each inhabiting their own fair share of loneliness and self-imposed isolation, learning to open up and experience life again.
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Heck, the series even opens with a flash-forward look ahead at where everything lands. And, in fact, if you look back through Season 1, there are plenty of moments that solidly point to where the show is headed in Season 2. But that's indicative of most season enders, to be fair. With Season 2 already a go (and currently in production), Only Murders will return with more ghoulish goings-on at the Arconia, though this first season's only notable drawback is the finale's split-focus: resolving the murder of Julian Cihi's prickly loner Tim Kono (the main murder mystery) while simultaneously setting up next year's misadventures. Only Murders in the Building is a winner, and even if you're able to get ahead of the "whodunnit" aspect a few episodes before the reveal, you'll enjoy being in this world so much that it won't matter.

The series is a pulpy patchwork of pleasantries, from besties Martin and Martin collaborating once again, to the inclusion of 40-years-their-junior (but still a showbiz veteran) Gomez, to the mild love letter being written to historic courtyarded New York co-ops, to an expertly executed meta through line about crafting a podcast (that also includes some fourth wall-breaking). Previously a weekly release, Only Murders is now available for Season 1 binging for those who don't enjoy waiting too long between episodes when a puzzle is being pieced together and justice is on the line.

Now that the show's first season finale, "Open and Shut," has aired and the introductory mystery's been put to bed, we're doing an official review of the run as Only Murders is one of the most whimsical, wise, and venomous shows of 2021. Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez play a mismatched trio of amateur sleuths in Hulu's charmingly wicked Only Murders in the Building.
