Only Murders In The Building - Season 1 //top\\ -
In the velvet-draped, cream-colored confines of the Upper West Side’s fictional Arconia, three lonely strangers found an unlikely cure for isolation: a shared obsession with true crime podcasts. Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), a once-famous TV detective now reduced to cooking omelets alone; Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), a bombastic, cash-strapped Broadway director still clinging to past glories; and Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez), a sharp, mysterious young artist renovating her aunt’s apartment—they had nothing in common but the building’s elevator and a burning need for connection.
Twists:
The investigation reveals Mabel's secret past with the victim and eventually exposes Jan Bellows , a bassoonist and Charles's love interest, as the murderer. Only Murders in the Building - Season 1
The B-Story: The Subway
Charles was in a panic. While trying to record a voice memo for the podcast in the subway station, he ran into his ex-girlfriend, Jean , the one who sold him the detergent that gave him the rash. She was now dating a younger, hipper version of Charles—a man who dressed like a cowboy and played the harmonica. In the velvet-draped, cream-colored confines of the Upper
The show’s genius is how it uses specific, niche evidence to drive the plot: The B-Story: The Subway Charles was in a panic
The Setting: The Arconia as a Character
The first season revolves around the murder of Arcon, a wealthy and reclusive resident of the Arconville, a luxury apartment building on the Upper West Side. The victim, Arcon, is found dead in his apartment, and the investigation that follows reveals a complex web of secrets and lies among the building's residents.