Difficult to tinker with a series as charming and sparkling asOnly Murders in the Building from Disney+. The ten episodes are devoured like an Agatha Christie novel speckled with effective gags and refreshing self-mockery.
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The second season, online this Tuesday in French and English on Disney+, does not disappoint, far from it. She adds the great Shirley MacLaine to her five-star cast, which includes two big names in humor: Steve Martin and Martin Short.
Boo! Big show of boomers, will mock the trolls on Twitter. No way. As hacksa terrific comedy available on Crave, Only Murders in the Building builds a bridge between generations by adding singer and actress Selena Gomez to the main trio.
And nothing in the intergenerational plots of this tasty comedy seems forced or cliché. Young, old, thirty or seventy, they learn from each other, get on each other’s nerves (of course) and form a sincere friendship without it looking like an episode of the game of lifefrom 1991.
It’s fun and witty. Big thumbs up from my side. It is viewed in one go.
For those who don’t know anything aboutOnly Murders in the Building, scandal, lord! a quick summary. Lonely artist Mabel (Selena Gomez), fallen actor Charles (Steve Martin) and declining theater director Oliver (Martin Short) live in the same heritage building on New York’s Upper West Side. The three residents of the famous Arconia – that’s the name of the building – do not see each other, but share an all-consuming passion for “true crime” podcasts.
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Scene from the second season ofOnly Murders in the Building
When one of their neighbors is shot in the head, the three amateur sleuths join forces and concoct their own podcast of true crimewhich will scooper the cops on the identity of the killer of their apartment building (luxury, obviously).
The tenth and final episode of the first season ended with an icy punch. On her living room floor, poor Mabel (Selena Gomez) cradled the bloodied body of Bunny, the hateful chairwoman of the Arconia residents’ committee. A long knitting needle pierced the trunk of the victim, who had several “enemies” in the vicinity.
The second season ofOnly Murders in the Building resumes exactly at this moment: who therefore liquidated Bunny, a lonely and embittered woman? The cops suspect our three popular and endearing Sunday investigators, the first to go to the victim’s bedside. But for lack of evidence, the police release Mabel, Charles and Oliver, who then attack the second season of their podcast, devoted to the hunt for Bunny’s killer.
The first three 35-minute episodes (out of a total of ten) take detours that take us (too much) away from the central investigation. In the fourth episode, the usual rhythm resumes and the series catches us in its intriguing nets. The tracks become blurred, the clues abound and the hunt for the assassin becomes obsessive.
In parallel, Only Murders in the Building never loses its original and eccentric tone. Each episode of the series takes the form of a podcast episode, which digs into the teeming past of many characters, more complex than they show.
Among the new faces ofOnly Murders in the Buildingyou’ll discover the hilarious Amy Schumer in her own role, who moves into the penthouse where singer Sting lived in the previous season. Model and comedian Cara Delevingne plays an art gallery owner who takes an interest in Mabel’s work and whose intentions are confusing.
Brilliant Tina Fey reprises her mini-role as Cinda Canning, a star ‘podcaster’ who starts a podcast – Only Murderers in the Building – about our three amigos Mabel, Charles and Oliver.
As for Shirley MacLaine, she plays Bunny’s mother and her opulent personal story will lead our sleuths down winding paths.
Throughout the episodes, the viewer juggles motley pieces of the puzzle like a million-dollar erotic painting, hidden elevators, spicy secrets from the past, and rivalries that date back to the 1970s. Once again, Martin Short inherits the the most powerful replies. He is hilarious.
Ah yes, like in the first chapter, Selena Gomez always speaks with clenched teeth and locked jaws. What do you want, this series with multiple qualities cannot be perfect either.
People at Mass!
Télé-Québec smashed its own viewing record last Thursday for a National Day show. Between 9:30 p.m. and midnight, the National Day broadcast on the Plains of Abraham was seen by 812,000 people, while the Saturday evening replay attracted 197,000 music lovers.
Friday evening, the simultaneous broadcast of the Montreal show on TVA and Radio-Canada brought together 728,000 curious people. In summary, Quebec beat Montreal and Marc Labrèche had the upper hand over Pierre-Yves Lord.