Only Murders in the Building is the funniest show on television. There are multiple times when I was laughing so hard while watching the show I had to rewind the scene because I missed what happened next. Like at the end of the first season when Charles got drugged. And at the end of the second season during the slow motion portion of the Killer Reveal Party. (Unfortunately they took a more serious approach with the reveal of the killer in the third season fell a little flat.) The hardest I laughed outside the final minutes of the season was when Jane Lynch showed up playing Sazz Pataki, Charles Hayden Savage’s stunt double during his CBS procedural days back in the nineties.
Unfortunately the end of the third season saw Sazz being shot and we the audience were left wondering if that bullet was meant for Charles and just hit someone who looked like him instead. Unlike the first three victims, Sazz is a likeable and empathetic victim (sure flashbacked ended up softening all three of the previous victims), leaving us much more invested in the investigation. But on the flipside, where the suspect list was much longer for the previous, more hate-able victims, who could possibly want Sazz dead? Of course, Charles, on the other hand, has plenty of people on that list. And what exactly was Sazz writing in her blood when she died? And what was the time sensitive thing she had to tell Charles before she was shot?
Of course, the skeptic in me also wants to bring up my number one rule of television watching: if you do not see a body, they are not really dead (and even if you do see the body, they still might not be dead-dead). While we saw Sazz get shot, no one discovered her body in the third season. This was the show that made it look like Ben Glenroy was very dead at the end of season two, but he still managed to show up to the after-party, so there may very well be a twist this season too.
The other big development is that Hollywood wants to make the Only Murders in Building podcast into a movie. It seems like Amy Schumer wanting to buy the rights seems to be dropped; instead Paramount will be making the show. Considering 20th Century, which is owned by Disney, produces the real show, I wonder just how hard up for money The Mount is for letting this show make fun of them. With a Hollywood movie comes Hollywood stars, Eva Longoria, Eugene Levy, and Zach Galifianakis are set to play Mabel, Charles, and Oliver. Melissa McCarthy, Molly Shannon, Kumail Nanjiani, Richard Kind and Edgar from You’re the Worst also make appearances this season. Oh yeah, and Meryl Streep returns. And thankfully with The Idol canceled, so Di’vine Joy Randolph was more available for this season. And her return this season might be as memorable as her season three return. Now, that is a long list of guest stars, but there are a couple of surprise appearances that have not been announced yet to look out for.
With season four, the trio is back for more hilarity. Thankfully there is not much to pull them apart like last season. This may be the most the trio has been together compared to previous seasons. And this season we even get a bonus trio! Howard is back and has found a new purpose that works better than his time as the stage manager. Some many guest stars can be tricky, especially whenever they play versions of themselves, but all the actors acquaint themselves perfectly within the story (well, except the directors of the movie who and not quite as bad as the producers from season three, but are still close). So make sure you have the remote close while watching the new season, because you may have to rewind a few times because you missed something because you were laughing too hard.
Only Murders in the Building airs Tuesdays on Hulu. Just one episode premieres tomorrow with new episodes weekly.
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