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Calculated Shard: 39 (from laksa063)

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curl -X POST \
  'http://laksa039.int.ahrefs:8124/' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -H 'X-ClickHouse-Database: crawler3' \
  -H 'Authorization: Basic YXBpOg==' \
  -d 'SELECT getAhrefsURLFromUnparsed(src_unparsed) AS found_url, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(download_stamp), 0) AS crawl_time, ifNull(toUnixTimestamp(props_url_first_seen), 0) AS first_indexed_time, download_http_code AS http_code, src_unparsed AS src_unparsed, src_root_hash AS src_root_hash, history_drop_reason AS history_drop_reason, meta_title AS meta_title, meta_descriptions AS meta_descriptions, attrs_boilerpipe_text AS attrs_boilerpipe_text, attrs_markdown AS attrs_markdown, attrs_readable_markdown AS attrs_readable_markdown, meta_canonical AS meta_canonical FROM crawler3.page_info_local FINAL PREWHERE (src_root_hash, src_unparsed) IN ((getAhrefsRootHashFromUnparsed(getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://time.com/6093369/only-murders-in-building-review-hulu/\')), getAhrefsUnparsedNoserviceFromURL(\'https://time.com/6093369/only-murders-in-building-review-hulu/\'))) FORMAT JSONEachRow'

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{"found_url":"https:\/\/time.com\/6093369\/only-murders-in-building-review-hulu\/","crawl_time":1775582684,"first_indexed_time":1630325075,"http_code":200,"src_unparsed":"com,time!\/6093369\/only-murders-in-building-review-hulu\/ s443","src_root_hash":"9797552172251460839","history_drop_reason":null,"meta_title":"Only Murders in the Building Is a Cozy Manhattan Mystery","meta_descriptions":["Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez team up on murder podcast in this charming trifle from Hulu."],"attrs_boilerpipe_text":"We ask a lot from television these days. As evidenced by the\nweird intensity\nof the\ncurrent debate\naround\nTed Lasso\n, a performatively gentle, emotionally aspirational Apple TV+ sitcom that once seemed controversy-proof, the discourse leaves little space for shows to be anything besides brilliant or terrible. Which is a shame, because sometimes a mild, witty, middlebrow comedy that isn’t trying too hard to be virtuous or subversive or timely really hits the spot.\nOnly Murders in the Building\nis precisely that kind of show, and it arrives—with the first three episodes streaming Aug. 31 on Hulu—in time to soothe our Delta-era, back-to-school-and-work anxieties. Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman (\nGrace and Frankie\n), it casts Martin, his\nfrequent collaborator\nMartin Short and a sparkling\nSelena Gomez\nas strangers living in a Dakota-like Upper West Side luxury building who become amateur sleuths when one of their neighbors is found dead in his apartment. It won’t expand your mind or change your life, but it might temporarily lower your blood pressure a few points.\nThe story begins, like so many recent crime stories, with a podcast. Former TV actor Charles (downbeat straight-man Martin), theater director Oliver (a typically goofy but not off-the-wall Short) and mysterious 20-something Mabel (Gomez, paying subtle homage to the femme fatale archetype) have one thing in common besides their swanky address: they’re all addicted to a\nSerial\n-style true-crime podcast called\nAll Is Not OK in Oklahoma\n. One evening, as each character is settling in for a new episode, the fire alarm sounds, forcing them off their couches. The unlikely trio winds up sharing a booth in a local bar, where they compare notes on their shared obsession. Upon returning home, they learn that police have found the body of one Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), a young man who turns out to have made plenty of enemies in the building.\nSteve Martin, Amy Ryan and Selena Gomez in 'Only Murders in the Building'\nCraig Blankenhorn\/Hulu\nPolice quickly rule his death a suicide, but our heroes immediately sense something amiss, which means they have no choice but to team up on their own true-crime podcast, also titled\nOnly Murders in the Building\n(they are only investigating murders in this particular building, you see). This is, of course, the perfect excuse to bring three isolated people together, thus curing their loneliness. In the process, the secrets each character is keeping—secrets that are keeping them from finding friendship, love and fulfilling work—come out. And their search for Tim’s killer yields some fun roles for guest stars and supporting players including\nSting\n(as himself), Amy Ryan,\nNathan Lane\nand\nDa’Vine Joy Randolph\n.\nThere are whiffs of thematic point-making here; we could never use too many reminders, I guess, that the true-crime tales so many people devour\nwring suspense out of real people’s pain\n. Armchair detectives might get impatient with\nOnly Murders\n’ many whimsical digressions from a central mystery that is mostly a pretense for character-driven comedy. But thankfully, the latter piece of the show is solid. The inevitable intergenerational humor is reciprocal, lighthearted and often pretty funny. “Calls bother them for some reason,” Oliver advises Charles, referring to the youngs in general, when they’re trying to contact Mabel. “I guess old white guys are only afraid of colon cancer and social change,” Mabel quips at another point. “Sad.”\nThe main item on\nOnly Murders\n’ agenda is entertainment, and it provides, in the same mannered, urbane, slightly old-fashioned comic style that characterizes Martin’s fiction and\ncontributions to the\nNew Yorker\n. (So synergistic is this series with that magazine that the animated title sequence could actually be a\nNew Yorker\ncover, down to the title font.) This is “Shouts & Murmurs” meets “Talk of the Town” meets cozy murder mystery, a ’90s Woody Allen crime caper without the\nWoody Allen ick factor\n. Its dialogue is fizzy like a mimosa rather than explosive like a Molotov cocktail; violence mostly takes place offscreen. And if it’s hard to imagine the show setting social media ablaze, well, maybe that’s just another reason to watch.","attrs_markdown":"[Skip to Content](https:\/\/time.com\/6093369\/only-murders-in-building-review-hulu\/#maincontent)\n\n- Menu\n  \n  Close\n\n[Subscribe](https:\/\/time.com\/subscribe-header-time\/)\n\n- [Entertainment](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/entertainment\/)\n- [Television](https:\/\/time.com\/tag\/television\/)\n# Steve Martin’s *Only Murders in the Building* Is a Droll, Cozy Mystery for Modern Manhattan\n[ADD TIME ON GOOGLE](https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/time.com)\n\nShow me more content from TIME on Google Search\n\n![Judy Berman](https:\/\/gcp-na-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/bltc8170b2c5c3c92c7\/698a3ea0457a52b982d67c3b\/Judy-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1%3A1)\n\nby\n\n[Judy Berman](https:\/\/time.com\/author\/judy-berman\/)\n\nTV Critic\n\nAug 30, 2021 12:00 PM CUT\n\n![Who Is Tim Kono?](https:\/\/gcp-na-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/blt7a43d656f840e3b0\/698a1c57db298798d2266d56\/oms1_102_cb-1636rt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2)\n\nSelena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short in 'Only Murders in the Building'\n\nSelena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short in 'Only Murders in the Building'Craig Blankenhorn\/Hulu\n\n![Judy Berman](https:\/\/gcp-na-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/bltc8170b2c5c3c92c7\/698a3ea0457a52b982d67c3b\/Judy-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1%3A1)\n\nby\n\n[Judy Berman](https:\/\/time.com\/author\/judy-berman\/)\n\nTV Critic\n\nAug 30, 2021 12:00 PM CUT\n\nWe ask a lot from television these days. As evidenced by the [weird intensity](https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/tv\/2021\/8\/26\/22642198\/ted-lasso-season-2-review-criticism-discourse \"undefined\") of the [current debate](https:\/\/www.gawker.com\/culture\/ted-lasso-isnt-funny \"undefined\") around [*Ted Lasso*](https:\/\/time.com\/6081493\/ted-lasso-season-2\/ \"undefined\"), a performatively gentle, emotionally aspirational Apple TV+ sitcom that once seemed controversy-proof, the discourse leaves little space for shows to be anything besides brilliant or terrible. Which is a shame, because sometimes a mild, witty, middlebrow comedy that isn’t trying too hard to be virtuous or subversive or timely really hits the spot.\n\n*Only Murders in the Building* is precisely that kind of show, and it arrives—with the first three episodes streaming Aug. 31 on Hulu—in time to soothe our Delta-era, back-to-school-and-work anxieties. Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman ([*Grace and Frankie*](https:\/\/time.com\/3846067\/review-grace-and-frankie-netflix\/ \"undefined\")), it casts Martin, his [frequent collaborator](https:\/\/time.com\/5530616\/steve-martin-martin-short-jimmy-fallon\/ \"undefined\") Martin Short and a sparkling [Selena Gomez](https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/100-most-influential-people-2020\/5888461\/selena-gomez\/ \"undefined\") as strangers living in a Dakota-like Upper West Side luxury building who become amateur sleuths when one of their neighbors is found dead in his apartment. It won’t expand your mind or change your life, but it might temporarily lower your blood pressure a few points.\n\nThe story begins, like so many recent crime stories, with a podcast. Former TV actor Charles (downbeat straight-man Martin), theater director Oliver (a typically goofy but not off-the-wall Short) and mysterious 20-something Mabel (Gomez, paying subtle homage to the femme fatale archetype) have one thing in common besides their swanky address: they’re all addicted to a [*Serial*](https:\/\/time.com\/5434339\/making-a-murderer-serial-new-seasons\/ \"undefined\")\\-style true-crime podcast called *All Is Not OK in Oklahoma*. One evening, as each character is settling in for a new episode, the fire alarm sounds, forcing them off their couches. The unlikely trio winds up sharing a booth in a local bar, where they compare notes on their shared obsession. Upon returning home, they learn that police have found the body of one Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), a young man who turns out to have made plenty of enemies in the building.\n\nAdvertisement\n\n![Splash](https:\/\/gcp-na-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/blt7cdc71adf5adeac2\/698a1c57929fad7fc3bf7a17\/oms1_103_cb-0644rt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16%3A9)\n\nSteve Martin, Amy Ryan and Selena Gomez in 'Only Murders in the Building' Craig Blankenhorn\/Hulu\n\nPolice quickly rule his death a suicide, but our heroes immediately sense something amiss, which means they have no choice but to team up on their own true-crime podcast, also titled *Only Murders in the Building* (they are only investigating murders in this particular building, you see). This is, of course, the perfect excuse to bring three isolated people together, thus curing their loneliness. In the process, the secrets each character is keeping—secrets that are keeping them from finding friendship, love and fulfilling work—come out. And their search for Tim’s killer yields some fun roles for guest stars and supporting players including [Sting](http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066323,00.html \"undefined\") (as himself), Amy Ryan, [Nathan Lane](https:\/\/time.com\/5068753\/nathan-lane-angels-in-america\/ \"undefined\") and [Da’Vine Joy Randolph](https:\/\/time.com\/5775365\/high-fidelity-review-hulu-zoe-kravitz\/ \"undefined\").\n\nAdvertisement\n\nThere are whiffs of thematic point-making here; we could never use too many reminders, I guess, that the true-crime tales so many people devour [wring suspense out of real people’s pain](https:\/\/time.com\/5825475\/true-crime-victim-families\/ \"undefined\"). Armchair detectives might get impatient with *Only Murders*’ many whimsical digressions from a central mystery that is mostly a pretense for character-driven comedy. But thankfully, the latter piece of the show is solid. The inevitable intergenerational humor is reciprocal, lighthearted and often pretty funny. “Calls bother them for some reason,” Oliver advises Charles, referring to the youngs in general, when they’re trying to contact Mabel. “I guess old white guys are only afraid of colon cancer and social change,” Mabel quips at another point. “Sad.”\n\nThe main item on *Only Murders*’ agenda is entertainment, and it provides, in the same mannered, urbane, slightly old-fashioned comic style that characterizes Martin’s fiction and [contributions to the *New Yorker*](https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/contributors\/steve-martin \"undefined\"). (So synergistic is this series with that magazine that the animated title sequence could actually be a *New Yorker* cover, down to the title font.) This is “Shouts & Murmurs” meets “Talk of the Town” meets cozy murder mystery, a ’90s Woody Allen crime caper without the [Woody Allen ick factor](https:\/\/time.com\/5798335\/woody-allen-memoir-canceled\/ \"undefined\"). Its dialogue is fizzy like a mimosa rather than explosive like a Molotov cocktail; violence mostly takes place offscreen. And if it’s hard to imagine the show setting social media ablaze, well, maybe that’s just another reason to watch.\n\n## Must-Reads from TIME\n- [‘Safe and sound’: How a U.S. Airman Shot Down in Iran Was Rescued From a Mountain Crevice](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/05\/-safe-and-sound-how-a-u-s-airman-shot-down-in-iran-was-rescued-from-a-mountain-crevice\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [What to Know About the 25th Amendment as Lawmakers Call for Trump’s Removal](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/06\/25th-amendment-constitution-trump-war-iran-threat-insanity\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [Iranian President Pens Open Letter to American People](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/01\/iran-war-president-open-letter-american-people\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [What to Know About the Army Chief Hegseth Ousted—and the General Who’s Taking Over](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/03\/hegseth-army-firings-chief-of-staff\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [Inside Trump's Search for a Way Out of the Iran War](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/02\/trump-iran-off-ramp\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [Trump Calls Vance the ‘Fraud Czar.’ Here’s What We Know About the Role](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/03\/trump-vance-fraud-czar\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n\n- [‘Safe and sound’: How a U.S. Airman Shot Down in Iran Was Rescued From a Mountain Crevice](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/05\/-safe-and-sound-how-a-u-s-airman-shot-down-in-iran-was-rescued-from-a-mountain-crevice\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [What to Know About the 25th Amendment as Lawmakers Call for Trump’s Removal](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/06\/25th-amendment-constitution-trump-war-iran-threat-insanity\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n- [Iranian President Pens Open Letter to American People](https:\/\/time.com\/article\/2026\/04\/01\/iran-war-president-open-letter-american-people\/?utm_rs=IL_GNBazf4RR9GSs3N-N37Btw)\n\nRead More\n\n## Sections\n- [Home](https:\/\/time.com\/)\n- [Politics](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/politics\/)\n- [Health](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/health\/)\n- [AI](https:\/\/time.com\/tag\/ai\/)\n- [World](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/world\/)\n- [Business](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/business\/)\n- [Science](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/science\/)\n\n- [Climate](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/climate\/)\n- [Ideas](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/ideas\/)\n- [Entertainment](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/entertainment\/)\n- [Sports](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/sports\/)\n- [Technology](https:\/\/time.com\/tag\/technology\/)\n- [Newsletters](https:\/\/time.com\/newsletters\/?source=TD_Footer_Link&utm_source_pg=web&utm_medium_pg=footer&utm_campaign_pg=footer&utm_content_pg=footer-inside-time)\n\n## More\n- [The TIME Vault](https:\/\/time.com\/vault\/)\n- [TIME Africa](https:\/\/africa.time.com\/)\n- [TIME France](https:\/\/www.timefrance.fr\/)\n- [TIME For Kids](https:\/\/www.timeforkids.com\/)\n- [TIME Futures](https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/time-co2-futures\/)\n\n- [TIME Studios](https:\/\/studios.time.com\/)\n- [Video](https:\/\/time.com\/collections\/time-video\/)\n- [Red Border](https:\/\/redborder.time.com\/)\n- [Supplied Partner Content](https:\/\/partnercontent.time.com\/)\n\n## About Us\n- [Our Mission](https:\/\/time.com\/about-time\/)\n- [Contact the Editors](mailto:feedback@time.com)\n- [Press Room](https:\/\/time.com\/section\/press-room\/)\n- [Media Kit](https:\/\/time.com\/mediakit\/)\n- [Reprints & Permissions](https:\/\/www.parsintl.com\/publication\/time)\n\n- [Masthead](https:\/\/time.com\/time-masthead\/)\n- [Careers](https:\/\/time.com\/join-time\/)\n- [Site Map](https:\/\/time.com\/sitemap.xml)\n- [Modern Slavery Statement](https:\/\/time.com\/modern-slavery-statement\/)\n\n## Your Subscriptions\n- [Subscribe](https:\/\/time.com\/subscribe-footer-time\/)\n- [Access My Digital Magazine](https:\/\/geo.ema.gs\/time_digital)\n- [Manage My Subscription](https:\/\/support.time.com\/)\n- [Global Help Center](https:\/\/support.time.com\/)\n\n- [Buy an Issue](https:\/\/magazineshop.us\/collections\/time-magazine\/)\n- [Shop the Cover Store](https:\/\/timecoverstore.com\/)\n- [Give a Gift](https:\/\/time.com\/giveagift\/)\n\n© 2026 TIME USA, LLC. All Rights Reserved. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our [Terms of Service](https:\/\/legal.time.com\/terms-of-service), [Privacy Policy (Your Privacy Rights)](https:\/\/legal.time.com\/us-privacy-policy) and Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.\n\nTIME may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.","attrs_readable_markdown":"We ask a lot from television these days. As evidenced by the [weird intensity](https:\/\/www.theringer.com\/tv\/2021\/8\/26\/22642198\/ted-lasso-season-2-review-criticism-discourse \"undefined\") of the [current debate](https:\/\/www.gawker.com\/culture\/ted-lasso-isnt-funny \"undefined\") around [*Ted Lasso*](https:\/\/time.com\/6081493\/ted-lasso-season-2\/ \"undefined\"), a performatively gentle, emotionally aspirational Apple TV+ sitcom that once seemed controversy-proof, the discourse leaves little space for shows to be anything besides brilliant or terrible. Which is a shame, because sometimes a mild, witty, middlebrow comedy that isn’t trying too hard to be virtuous or subversive or timely really hits the spot.\n\n*Only Murders in the Building* is precisely that kind of show, and it arrives—with the first three episodes streaming Aug. 31 on Hulu—in time to soothe our Delta-era, back-to-school-and-work anxieties. Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman ([*Grace and Frankie*](https:\/\/time.com\/3846067\/review-grace-and-frankie-netflix\/ \"undefined\")), it casts Martin, his [frequent collaborator](https:\/\/time.com\/5530616\/steve-martin-martin-short-jimmy-fallon\/ \"undefined\") Martin Short and a sparkling [Selena Gomez](https:\/\/time.com\/collection\/100-most-influential-people-2020\/5888461\/selena-gomez\/ \"undefined\") as strangers living in a Dakota-like Upper West Side luxury building who become amateur sleuths when one of their neighbors is found dead in his apartment. It won’t expand your mind or change your life, but it might temporarily lower your blood pressure a few points.\n\nThe story begins, like so many recent crime stories, with a podcast. Former TV actor Charles (downbeat straight-man Martin), theater director Oliver (a typically goofy but not off-the-wall Short) and mysterious 20-something Mabel (Gomez, paying subtle homage to the femme fatale archetype) have one thing in common besides their swanky address: they’re all addicted to a [*Serial*](https:\/\/time.com\/5434339\/making-a-murderer-serial-new-seasons\/ \"undefined\")\\-style true-crime podcast called *All Is Not OK in Oklahoma*. One evening, as each character is settling in for a new episode, the fire alarm sounds, forcing them off their couches. The unlikely trio winds up sharing a booth in a local bar, where they compare notes on their shared obsession. Upon returning home, they learn that police have found the body of one Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), a young man who turns out to have made plenty of enemies in the building.\n\n![Splash](https:\/\/gcp-na-images.contentstack.com\/v3\/assets\/bltea6093859af6183b\/blt7cdc71adf5adeac2\/698a1c57929fad7fc3bf7a17\/oms1_103_cb-0644rt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16%3A9)\n\nSteve Martin, Amy Ryan and Selena Gomez in 'Only Murders in the Building' Craig Blankenhorn\/Hulu\n\nPolice quickly rule his death a suicide, but our heroes immediately sense something amiss, which means they have no choice but to team up on their own true-crime podcast, also titled *Only Murders in the Building* (they are only investigating murders in this particular building, you see). This is, of course, the perfect excuse to bring three isolated people together, thus curing their loneliness. In the process, the secrets each character is keeping—secrets that are keeping them from finding friendship, love and fulfilling work—come out. And their search for Tim’s killer yields some fun roles for guest stars and supporting players including [Sting](http:\/\/content.time.com\/time\/specials\/packages\/article\/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066323,00.html \"undefined\") (as himself), Amy Ryan, [Nathan Lane](https:\/\/time.com\/5068753\/nathan-lane-angels-in-america\/ \"undefined\") and [Da’Vine Joy Randolph](https:\/\/time.com\/5775365\/high-fidelity-review-hulu-zoe-kravitz\/ \"undefined\").\n\nThere are whiffs of thematic point-making here; we could never use too many reminders, I guess, that the true-crime tales so many people devour [wring suspense out of real people’s pain](https:\/\/time.com\/5825475\/true-crime-victim-families\/ \"undefined\"). Armchair detectives might get impatient with *Only Murders*’ many whimsical digressions from a central mystery that is mostly a pretense for character-driven comedy. But thankfully, the latter piece of the show is solid. The inevitable intergenerational humor is reciprocal, lighthearted and often pretty funny. “Calls bother them for some reason,” Oliver advises Charles, referring to the youngs in general, when they’re trying to contact Mabel. “I guess old white guys are only afraid of colon cancer and social change,” Mabel quips at another point. “Sad.”\n\nThe main item on *Only Murders*’ agenda is entertainment, and it provides, in the same mannered, urbane, slightly old-fashioned comic style that characterizes Martin’s fiction and [contributions to the *New Yorker*](https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/contributors\/steve-martin \"undefined\"). (So synergistic is this series with that magazine that the animated title sequence could actually be a *New Yorker* cover, down to the title font.) This is “Shouts & Murmurs” meets “Talk of the Town” meets cozy murder mystery, a ’90s Woody Allen crime caper without the [Woody Allen ick factor](https:\/\/time.com\/5798335\/woody-allen-memoir-canceled\/ \"undefined\"). Its dialogue is fizzy like a mimosa rather than explosive like a Molotov cocktail; violence mostly takes place offscreen. And if it’s hard to imagine the show setting social media ablaze, well, maybe that’s just another reason to watch.","meta_canonical":null}

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Boilerpipe Text	We ask a lot from television these days. As evidenced by the weird intensity of the current debate around Ted Lasso , a performatively gentle, emotionally aspirational Apple TV+ sitcom that once seemed controversy-proof, the discourse leaves little space for shows to be anything besides brilliant or terrible. Which is a shame, because sometimes a mild, witty, middlebrow comedy that isn’t trying too hard to be virtuous or subversive or timely really hits the spot. Only Murders in the Building is precisely that kind of show, and it arrives—with the first three episodes streaming Aug. 31 on Hulu—in time to soothe our Delta-era, back-to-school-and-work anxieties. Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman ( Grace and Frankie ), it casts Martin, his frequent collaborator Martin Short and a sparkling Selena Gomez as strangers living in a Dakota-like Upper West Side luxury building who become amateur sleuths when one of their neighbors is found dead in his apartment. It won’t expand your mind or change your life, but it might temporarily lower your blood pressure a few points. The story begins, like so many recent crime stories, with a podcast. Former TV actor Charles (downbeat straight-man Martin), theater director Oliver (a typically goofy but not off-the-wall Short) and mysterious 20-something Mabel (Gomez, paying subtle homage to the femme fatale archetype) have one thing in common besides their swanky address: they’re all addicted to a Serial -style true-crime podcast called All Is Not OK in Oklahoma . One evening, as each character is settling in for a new episode, the fire alarm sounds, forcing them off their couches. The unlikely trio winds up sharing a booth in a local bar, where they compare notes on their shared obsession. Upon returning home, they learn that police have found the body of one Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), a young man who turns out to have made plenty of enemies in the building. Steve Martin, Amy Ryan and Selena Gomez in 'Only Murders in the Building' Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu Police quickly rule his death a suicide, but our heroes immediately sense something amiss, which means they have no choice but to team up on their own true-crime podcast, also titled Only Murders in the Building (they are only investigating murders in this particular building, you see). This is, of course, the perfect excuse to bring three isolated people together, thus curing their loneliness. In the process, the secrets each character is keeping—secrets that are keeping them from finding friendship, love and fulfilling work—come out. And their search for Tim’s killer yields some fun roles for guest stars and supporting players including Sting (as himself), Amy Ryan, Nathan Lane and Da’Vine Joy Randolph . There are whiffs of thematic point-making here; we could never use too many reminders, I guess, that the true-crime tales so many people devour wring suspense out of real people’s pain . Armchair detectives might get impatient with Only Murders ’ many whimsical digressions from a central mystery that is mostly a pretense for character-driven comedy. But thankfully, the latter piece of the show is solid. The inevitable intergenerational humor is reciprocal, lighthearted and often pretty funny. “Calls bother them for some reason,” Oliver advises Charles, referring to the youngs in general, when they’re trying to contact Mabel. “I guess old white guys are only afraid of colon cancer and social change,” Mabel quips at another point. “Sad.” The main item on Only Murders ’ agenda is entertainment, and it provides, in the same mannered, urbane, slightly old-fashioned comic style that characterizes Martin’s fiction and contributions to the New Yorker . (So synergistic is this series with that magazine that the animated title sequence could actually be a New Yorker cover, down to the title font.) This is “Shouts & Murmurs” meets “Talk of the Town” meets cozy murder mystery, a ’90s Woody Allen crime caper without the Woody Allen ick factor . Its dialogue is fizzy like a mimosa rather than explosive like a Molotov cocktail; violence mostly takes place offscreen. And if it’s hard to imagine the show setting social media ablaze, well, maybe that’s just another reason to watch.
Markdown	[Skip to Content](https://time.com/6093369/only-murders-in-building-review-hulu/#maincontent) - Menu Close [Subscribe](https://time.com/subscribe-header-time/) - [Entertainment](https://time.com/section/entertainment/) - [Television](https://time.com/tag/television/) # Steve Martin’s Only Murders in the Building Is a Droll, Cozy Mystery for Modern Manhattan [ADD TIME ON GOOGLE](https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=https://time.com) Show me more content from TIME on Google Search ![Judy Berman](https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8170b2c5c3c92c7/698a3ea0457a52b982d67c3b/Judy-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1%3A1) by [Judy Berman](https://time.com/author/judy-berman/) TV Critic Aug 30, 2021 12:00 PM CUT ![Who Is Tim Kono?](https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7a43d656f840e3b0/698a1c57db298798d2266d56/oms1_102_cb-1636rt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=3%3A2) Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short in 'Only Murders in the Building' Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short in 'Only Murders in the Building'Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu ![Judy Berman](https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc8170b2c5c3c92c7/698a3ea0457a52b982d67c3b/Judy-1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1%3A1) by [Judy Berman](https://time.com/author/judy-berman/) TV Critic Aug 30, 2021 12:00 PM CUT We ask a lot from television these days. As evidenced by the [weird intensity](https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/26/22642198/ted-lasso-season-2-review-criticism-discourse "undefined") of the [current debate](https://www.gawker.com/culture/ted-lasso-isnt-funny "undefined") around [Ted Lasso](https://time.com/6081493/ted-lasso-season-2/ "undefined"), a performatively gentle, emotionally aspirational Apple TV+ sitcom that once seemed controversy-proof, the discourse leaves little space for shows to be anything besides brilliant or terrible. Which is a shame, because sometimes a mild, witty, middlebrow comedy that isn’t trying too hard to be virtuous or subversive or timely really hits the spot. Only Murders in the Building is precisely that kind of show, and it arrives—with the first three episodes streaming Aug. 31 on Hulu—in time to soothe our Delta-era, back-to-school-and-work anxieties. Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman ([Grace and Frankie](https://time.com/3846067/review-grace-and-frankie-netflix/ "undefined")), it casts Martin, his [frequent collaborator](https://time.com/5530616/steve-martin-martin-short-jimmy-fallon/ "undefined") Martin Short and a sparkling [Selena Gomez](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888461/selena-gomez/ "undefined") as strangers living in a Dakota-like Upper West Side luxury building who become amateur sleuths when one of their neighbors is found dead in his apartment. It won’t expand your mind or change your life, but it might temporarily lower your blood pressure a few points. The story begins, like so many recent crime stories, with a podcast. Former TV actor Charles (downbeat straight-man Martin), theater director Oliver (a typically goofy but not off-the-wall Short) and mysterious 20-something Mabel (Gomez, paying subtle homage to the femme fatale archetype) have one thing in common besides their swanky address: they’re all addicted to a [Serial](https://time.com/5434339/making-a-murderer-serial-new-seasons/ "undefined")\-style true-crime podcast called All Is Not OK in Oklahoma. One evening, as each character is settling in for a new episode, the fire alarm sounds, forcing them off their couches. The unlikely trio winds up sharing a booth in a local bar, where they compare notes on their shared obsession. Upon returning home, they learn that police have found the body of one Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), a young man who turns out to have made plenty of enemies in the building. Advertisement ![Splash](https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cdc71adf5adeac2/698a1c57929fad7fc3bf7a17/oms1_103_cb-0644rt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16%3A9) Steve Martin, Amy Ryan and Selena Gomez in 'Only Murders in the Building' Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu Police quickly rule his death a suicide, but our heroes immediately sense something amiss, which means they have no choice but to team up on their own true-crime podcast, also titled Only Murders in the Building (they are only investigating murders in this particular building, you see). This is, of course, the perfect excuse to bring three isolated people together, thus curing their loneliness. In the process, the secrets each character is keeping—secrets that are keeping them from finding friendship, love and fulfilling work—come out. And their search for Tim’s killer yields some fun roles for guest stars and supporting players including [Sting](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066323,00.html "undefined") (as himself), Amy Ryan, [Nathan Lane](https://time.com/5068753/nathan-lane-angels-in-america/ "undefined") and [Da’Vine Joy Randolph](https://time.com/5775365/high-fidelity-review-hulu-zoe-kravitz/ "undefined"). Advertisement There are whiffs of thematic point-making here; we could never use too many reminders, I guess, that the true-crime tales so many people devour [wring suspense out of real people’s pain](https://time.com/5825475/true-crime-victim-families/ "undefined"). Armchair detectives might get impatient with Only Murders’ many whimsical digressions from a central mystery that is mostly a pretense for character-driven comedy. But thankfully, the latter piece of the show is solid. The inevitable intergenerational humor is reciprocal, lighthearted and often pretty funny. “Calls bother them for some reason,” Oliver advises Charles, referring to the youngs in general, when they’re trying to contact Mabel. “I guess old white guys are only afraid of colon cancer and social change,” Mabel quips at another point. “Sad.” The main item on Only Murders’ agenda is entertainment, and it provides, in the same mannered, urbane, slightly old-fashioned comic style that characterizes Martin’s fiction and [contributions to the New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/steve-martin "undefined"). (So synergistic is this series with that magazine that the animated title sequence could actually be a New Yorker cover, down to the title font.) This is “Shouts & Murmurs” meets “Talk of the Town” meets cozy murder mystery, a ’90s Woody Allen crime caper without the [Woody Allen ick factor](https://time.com/5798335/woody-allen-memoir-canceled/ "undefined"). Its dialogue is fizzy like a mimosa rather than explosive like a Molotov cocktail; violence mostly takes place offscreen. 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Readable Markdown	We ask a lot from television these days. As evidenced by the [weird intensity](https://www.theringer.com/tv/2021/8/26/22642198/ted-lasso-season-2-review-criticism-discourse "undefined") of the [current debate](https://www.gawker.com/culture/ted-lasso-isnt-funny "undefined") around [Ted Lasso](https://time.com/6081493/ted-lasso-season-2/ "undefined"), a performatively gentle, emotionally aspirational Apple TV+ sitcom that once seemed controversy-proof, the discourse leaves little space for shows to be anything besides brilliant or terrible. Which is a shame, because sometimes a mild, witty, middlebrow comedy that isn’t trying too hard to be virtuous or subversive or timely really hits the spot. Only Murders in the Building is precisely that kind of show, and it arrives—with the first three episodes streaming Aug. 31 on Hulu—in time to soothe our Delta-era, back-to-school-and-work anxieties. Created by Steve Martin and John Hoffman ([Grace and Frankie](https://time.com/3846067/review-grace-and-frankie-netflix/ "undefined")), it casts Martin, his [frequent collaborator](https://time.com/5530616/steve-martin-martin-short-jimmy-fallon/ "undefined") Martin Short and a sparkling [Selena Gomez](https://time.com/collection/100-most-influential-people-2020/5888461/selena-gomez/ "undefined") as strangers living in a Dakota-like Upper West Side luxury building who become amateur sleuths when one of their neighbors is found dead in his apartment. It won’t expand your mind or change your life, but it might temporarily lower your blood pressure a few points. The story begins, like so many recent crime stories, with a podcast. Former TV actor Charles (downbeat straight-man Martin), theater director Oliver (a typically goofy but not off-the-wall Short) and mysterious 20-something Mabel (Gomez, paying subtle homage to the femme fatale archetype) have one thing in common besides their swanky address: they’re all addicted to a [Serial](https://time.com/5434339/making-a-murderer-serial-new-seasons/ "undefined")\-style true-crime podcast called All Is Not OK in Oklahoma. One evening, as each character is settling in for a new episode, the fire alarm sounds, forcing them off their couches. The unlikely trio winds up sharing a booth in a local bar, where they compare notes on their shared obsession. Upon returning home, they learn that police have found the body of one Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), a young man who turns out to have made plenty of enemies in the building. ![Splash](https://gcp-na-images.contentstack.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7cdc71adf5adeac2/698a1c57929fad7fc3bf7a17/oms1_103_cb-0644rt.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16%3A9) Steve Martin, Amy Ryan and Selena Gomez in 'Only Murders in the Building' Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu Police quickly rule his death a suicide, but our heroes immediately sense something amiss, which means they have no choice but to team up on their own true-crime podcast, also titled Only Murders in the Building (they are only investigating murders in this particular building, you see). This is, of course, the perfect excuse to bring three isolated people together, thus curing their loneliness. In the process, the secrets each character is keeping—secrets that are keeping them from finding friendship, love and fulfilling work—come out. And their search for Tim’s killer yields some fun roles for guest stars and supporting players including [Sting](http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2066367_2066369_2066323,00.html "undefined") (as himself), Amy Ryan, [Nathan Lane](https://time.com/5068753/nathan-lane-angels-in-america/ "undefined") and [Da’Vine Joy Randolph](https://time.com/5775365/high-fidelity-review-hulu-zoe-kravitz/ "undefined"). There are whiffs of thematic point-making here; we could never use too many reminders, I guess, that the true-crime tales so many people devour [wring suspense out of real people’s pain](https://time.com/5825475/true-crime-victim-families/ "undefined"). Armchair detectives might get impatient with Only Murders’ many whimsical digressions from a central mystery that is mostly a pretense for character-driven comedy. But thankfully, the latter piece of the show is solid. The inevitable intergenerational humor is reciprocal, lighthearted and often pretty funny. “Calls bother them for some reason,” Oliver advises Charles, referring to the youngs in general, when they’re trying to contact Mabel. “I guess old white guys are only afraid of colon cancer and social change,” Mabel quips at another point. “Sad.” The main item on Only Murders’ agenda is entertainment, and it provides, in the same mannered, urbane, slightly old-fashioned comic style that characterizes Martin’s fiction and [contributions to the New Yorker](https://www.newyorker.com/contributors/steve-martin "undefined"). (So synergistic is this series with that magazine that the animated title sequence could actually be a New Yorker cover, down to the title font.) This is “Shouts & Murmurs” meets “Talk of the Town” meets cozy murder mystery, a ’90s Woody Allen crime caper without the [Woody Allen ick factor](https://time.com/5798335/woody-allen-memoir-canceled/ "undefined"). Its dialogue is fizzy like a mimosa rather than explosive like a Molotov cocktail; violence mostly takes place offscreen. And if it’s hard to imagine the show setting social media ablaze, well, maybe that’s just another reason to watch.
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