TV
ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING SEASON 3
BECAUSE HOMICIDES ALWAYS COME IN THREES
Stage fright: Oliver (Martin Short), Mabel (Selena Gomez) and Charles (Steve Martin) are in for a murderous time.
★★★★
OUT AUGUST (DISNEY+) / EPISODES VIEWED 8 OF 10
SHOWRUNNER John Hoffman
CAST Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, Meryl Streep, Paul Rudd, Ashley Park
PLOT The murder of the leading man in Oliver’s (Short) new play ruins his big comeback and means yet another mystery to solve.
TWO WORDS TELL you that this, once the eccentric also-ran on Disney+, a curio among Marvels, has become a prestige project: Meryl Streep. The most famous guest star in Only Murders In The Building’s third season doesn’t show up for just any old rubbish. Securing Streep is clearly a coup, but it’s a mark of the confidence this show has developed that it doesn’t treat her with any more reverence than anyone else. It invites her to muck in and join the ensemble. Only Murders now seems bigger and more expensive, but it remains as unpretentiously goofy as ever.