I find this episode simply beautiful. I really have a feeling that the next episode will be chaotic and fun and I hate the fact that we are going to wait for another week just to see it. You may think that the story in the 4th episode is going slow but I really do not care at all because I just find this episode wholeheartedly fun and at the same time traumatizing, what a great cliffhanger. Once you see the trio together, it's very very attractive. The music is just WOW. The timing of the music is really really on point!
17 Reviews
Manhattan Murder Mystery meets LA Story
kpkruza9 September 2021
Loved seeing Steve Martin bring in some of the surreal imagery/fantasy he so cleverly used in LA Story (remember the talking billboard?).
I have also never enjoyed Martin Short quite so much. He seems to have mellowed with age and his performance and banter with Martin is subtly hilarious.
I have also never enjoyed Martin Short quite so much. He seems to have mellowed with age and his performance and banter with Martin is subtly hilarious.
Love and murders
AvionPrince166 July 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Nice episode . An episode with love and investigations . A date and the case still going on . I enjoyed it and the comedy side is still there and have still have some points to make the TV show interesting . Sting is more and more suspected in the case . And they try to know more from the sing and his implication: we know also that Tim kono worked for Sting and money is involved . So they try to talk to him. We also have the mens character who learn that Mabel knew Tim Kono : so yeah there will be trust issues for sure and that make things more interesting and make us wondering what will happened . And Mabel is maybe in danger .A nice case to follow and we learn also more about the three main characters . Very nice.
What a Turkey
Hitchcoc22 September 2021
This is such a creative show. Having the likes of Sting and Tina Fey is great. Martin Short's quirk is going to interrupt everyone at every turn. He is so hyped up, and hilarious. Steve Martin is buttoned down to the nth degree. His bit with the bassoonist is delightful. Each character has a secret. I don't care if they ever solve anything--it makes no difference. Love it!
Charles' love interest
haileym-369787 September 2021
Amazing episode
ocassiomartins7 September 2021
I love the dinamic between the main characters. In my opinion, this was the most fun episode to date. To see Charles revisiting his past, and working on it, was pretty refreshing. Selena Gomez as Mabel is excellent, love her lines, charisma and dry humor. 10/10.
Comedy is Steve Martin and Martin short
moviesfilmsreviewsinc12 August 2022
With strong female characters, secrets revealed, and fun guest stars, this episode has a lot going for it.
It doesn't feel like we've gotten any closer to discovering Tim Kono's killer, but we do get some significant character development, along with the answer to one of the show's burning questions who is Lucy? Despite the fact that we get a whole scene with Sting (more on him later), the women steal the show this episode. At first, it was just a pleasant surprise to have Tina Fey narrating the episode, layering the action with vague aphorisms about second chances. But to have her actually appear in the episode as Cinda Canning, interacting with the trio, is a joy. Her brand of comedic delivery meshes well with the rapport Gomez, Short, and Martin have going. Canning's asides with her two clone-like assistants were pure Power Boss. No wonder the trio worships her! The final scene, with Cinda recording her podcast, was definitely a jaw-dropper. What does this mean for the trio? Will they all make it out alive? Isn't it a bit meta to make a podcast about a podcast? Will we be jumping back and forth through time for the rest of the series?
Every episode seems to bring up twice as many questions as it answers. But, to be fair, we're not even halfway through the season. Their date doesn't go well. Ryan's Jan is genial and vulnerable but never comes off as inappropriate. She doesn't believe she's oversharing, but Charles is clearly uncomfortable, but Jan doesn't seem to realize how much. It's when she presses him, and he divulges nothing, that things turn sour. Only later, when Charles realizes that he must be truly vulnerable, he lays his soul bare to Jan and shares his "wounds," manifested in the form of Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig (whom we later learn are cruise ship performers). Bugs and Porky haunt him with the failure of his previous relationship -- and Lucy. The Lucy reveal is lovely and frankly unexpected this early in the series. By making her not an ex-girlfriend or a lost love but a young child in need of stability, we see Charles trying to break the cycle of his past and his unkind father. This means Charles was definitely lying to Mabel in Only Murders In the Building Season 1 Episode 1. Charles stated that he had lived alone at the Arconia for twenty-eight years. If Emma (his ex-girlfriend) and her daughter Lucy lived with him, that doesn't count as being alone.
It doesn't feel like we've gotten any closer to discovering Tim Kono's killer, but we do get some significant character development, along with the answer to one of the show's burning questions who is Lucy? Despite the fact that we get a whole scene with Sting (more on him later), the women steal the show this episode. At first, it was just a pleasant surprise to have Tina Fey narrating the episode, layering the action with vague aphorisms about second chances. But to have her actually appear in the episode as Cinda Canning, interacting with the trio, is a joy. Her brand of comedic delivery meshes well with the rapport Gomez, Short, and Martin have going. Canning's asides with her two clone-like assistants were pure Power Boss. No wonder the trio worships her! The final scene, with Cinda recording her podcast, was definitely a jaw-dropper. What does this mean for the trio? Will they all make it out alive? Isn't it a bit meta to make a podcast about a podcast? Will we be jumping back and forth through time for the rest of the series?
Every episode seems to bring up twice as many questions as it answers. But, to be fair, we're not even halfway through the season. Their date doesn't go well. Ryan's Jan is genial and vulnerable but never comes off as inappropriate. She doesn't believe she's oversharing, but Charles is clearly uncomfortable, but Jan doesn't seem to realize how much. It's when she presses him, and he divulges nothing, that things turn sour. Only later, when Charles realizes that he must be truly vulnerable, he lays his soul bare to Jan and shares his "wounds," manifested in the form of Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig (whom we later learn are cruise ship performers). Bugs and Porky haunt him with the failure of his previous relationship -- and Lucy. The Lucy reveal is lovely and frankly unexpected this early in the series. By making her not an ex-girlfriend or a lost love but a young child in need of stability, we see Charles trying to break the cycle of his past and his unkind father. This means Charles was definitely lying to Mabel in Only Murders In the Building Season 1 Episode 1. Charles stated that he had lived alone at the Arconia for twenty-eight years. If Emma (his ex-girlfriend) and her daughter Lucy lived with him, that doesn't count as being alone.
Second Chance
wesleybec8 September 2021
The Sting
Prismark1011 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
Looney Tunes: Back in Action was a bit of a turkey. It might explain why Steve Martin keeps having visions of Bugs Bunny and Porky Pig.
Charles, Oliver and Mabel bring a turkey to Sting's apartment. It is a way to interrogate him as Sting is now the main suspect.
If they had gt drummer Stewart Copeland and bassist Andy Sumner, they would have had the Police!
Charles and Oliver realise just how lucrative a successful podcaster can be when they go to meet Cinda Canning. She has been bought out for $30 million.
Oliver's son tells him that Mable knew Tim Kono when they were kids.
Bravo for Sting playing along with the joke.
The romance subplot took the sting out of the murder mystery a little. Although it may be something that have legs for later episodes.
Charles, Oliver and Mabel bring a turkey to Sting's apartment. It is a way to interrogate him as Sting is now the main suspect.
If they had gt drummer Stewart Copeland and bassist Andy Sumner, they would have had the Police!
Charles and Oliver realise just how lucrative a successful podcaster can be when they go to meet Cinda Canning. She has been bought out for $30 million.
Oliver's son tells him that Mable knew Tim Kono when they were kids.
Bravo for Sting playing along with the joke.
The romance subplot took the sting out of the murder mystery a little. Although it may be something that have legs for later episodes.
The F bomb continues and so does the flat lining Gomez
wildsnow909 September 2021
Ok eposide 4 is to suspect the person in the eposide's title. Yes, check marked, done. But the gratuitous use of the F word is becoming more annoying. It seems extreme the times it's used and is just there, as most reviewers note, for shock value.
Lastly, 4 eposides in a Gomez is still a one emotion, or better yet, emotionless character. Her dull and the smartest person in the room will be the downfall of the series. Yes, I get it, she has 250 M followers so she's hired.
Lastly, 4 eposides in a Gomez is still a one emotion, or better yet, emotionless character. Her dull and the smartest person in the room will be the downfall of the series. Yes, I get it, she has 250 M followers so she's hired.
Police ha ha
bevo-1367811 September 2021
Great chemistry, generational mix...but
repete523 October 2021
Steve, Martin & Selena working well together...who woulda thunk it?
Overall, it's a great comedic mystery show. What brings it down a bit, what is distracting, what is unnecessary, is the CUSSING by the stars. The all too frequent f*** words usage.
It's totally unnecessary!! Did the writers think the story line and pace of the show was lacking, so they had to spice it up?
Yuck, please stop trying to appeal to the lowest denominators! These guys carry the show by their presence, their charisma, their body language, their timing, etc. When they "f***", ""f*****g", etc, it's a cringe moment, especially coming out of Selena's mouth. Please stop it.
Overall, it's a great comedic mystery show. What brings it down a bit, what is distracting, what is unnecessary, is the CUSSING by the stars. The all too frequent f*** words usage.
It's totally unnecessary!! Did the writers think the story line and pace of the show was lacking, so they had to spice it up?
Yuck, please stop trying to appeal to the lowest denominators! These guys carry the show by their presence, their charisma, their body language, their timing, etc. When they "f***", ""f*****g", etc, it's a cringe moment, especially coming out of Selena's mouth. Please stop it.
Worst episode of the series
yavermbizi13 March 2022
I've got to say, when an episode's main plotline is straight-up mocked in one of the following ones ("Fan fiction", namely), this should be the clue that maybe it should've been left on the cutting room floor. Charles' plotline is also incredibly cringy and lame. Really, the whole episode is.
Not to say there aren't positive moments, a few funnier jokes here and there, but it just isn't on the level with the rest of the series - far from it.
Not to say there aren't positive moments, a few funnier jokes here and there, but it just isn't on the level with the rest of the series - far from it.
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