Two lonely old guys and a mysterious girl share their true crime passion by secretly investigating a murder in their building while at the same time leaking all their progress on a public podcast? That's not even the most unrealistic part of “Only Murders in the Building”, but the tongue-in-cheek tone and references to old-school crime dramas with improvised investigators like “Murder, She Wrote” makes me forgive everything. The three leads have perfect chemistry, and their characters are surrounded by a sense of melancholy that balances the comedic aspects well.
Surely a whole season for a single case might seem like a little too much, but episodes are pretty short and filled with the right amount of humor, investigation, and juicy character development. Watching episodes was like eating cherries. The only episode I didn’t like was the fan fiction one. Although the twist literally came out of nowhere, for some reason I always knew Jan was going to be the surprise killer. Casting choices? Clichés? Not sure. It's weird though that they specifically added that scene with Jan finding a note on her door. Although we might get an explanation in season two, that was just either a plot hole or an unfair trick to get the audience off track.
Review by manicureVIP 4BlockedParent2022-11-23T16:16:46Z
Two lonely old guys and a mysterious girl share their true crime passion by secretly investigating a murder in their building while at the same time leaking all their progress on a public podcast? That's not even the most unrealistic part of “Only Murders in the Building”, but the tongue-in-cheek tone and references to old-school crime dramas with improvised investigators like “Murder, She Wrote” makes me forgive everything. The three leads have perfect chemistry, and their characters are surrounded by a sense of melancholy that balances the comedic aspects well.
Surely a whole season for a single case might seem like a little too much, but episodes are pretty short and filled with the right amount of humor, investigation, and juicy character development. Watching episodes was like eating cherries. The only episode I didn’t like was the fan fiction one. Although the twist literally came out of nowhere, for some reason I always knew Jan was going to be the surprise killer. Casting choices? Clichés? Not sure. It's weird though that they specifically added that scene with Jan finding a note on her door. Although we might get an explanation in season two, that was just either a plot hole or an unfair trick to get the audience off track.