Overview
In the just-dropped trailer for Only Murders in the Building season five, Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin, It's Complicated) gives the apartment complex that he calls home — as do his friends and fellow podcasters Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez, Emilia Pérez) and Oliver Putnam (Martin Short, Grimsburg) — a fitting description: "the most-murderous building in New York". Another run for this mystery-comedy delight does indeed mean another suspicious death that needs investigating. This time, the show's central trio are looking into the demise of the Arconia's beloved doorman Lester (Teddy Coluca, The Blacklist), although the police rule it as accidental.
Of course, Charles, Mabel and Oliver aren't convinced with that explanation — and, as the first sneak peek at season five shows, their latest round of sleuthing brings a few colourful new characters into their orbit. Mobsters and billionaires are part of Only Murders in the Building's plot this time around, which is where new co-stars Bobby Cannavale (Unstoppable), Renée Zellweger (Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy), Logan Lerman (We Were the Lucky Ones) and Christoph Waltz (Old Guy) fit in.
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By now, audiences know that lives don't just thrive in NYC towers like the Arconia. Sometimes — frequently in this abode — they end, too. Folks connected to the fictional structure haven't been having a good run, but Charles, Mabel and Oliver looking into their untimely passings, and talking about it, has proven this series' premise since 2021's first season.
A severed finger, The Godfather references, mafia meetings, "three of the richest people in the world sniffing around a murder scene", the Mayor, gambling, examining a body at a funeral: that's all in store in season five, as seen in the trailer.
You'll next be viewing the trio's antics from spring Down Under, with Only Murders in the Building locked in for a Tuesday, September 9, 2025 premiere date for its fifth season.
Michael Cyril Creighton (American Horror Stories) is back among the cast as well, as are Meryl Streep (Extrapolations), Da'Vine Joy Randolph (Bride Hard), Richard Kind (Poker Face) and Nathan Lane (The Gilded Age). Alongside Cannavale, Zellweger,Lerman and Waltz, season five also features Téa Leoni (Death of a Unicorn), Keegan-Michael Key (Dear Santa), Beanie Feldstein (Drive-Away Dolls), Dianne Wiest (Apartment 7A) and Jermaine Fowler (Sting).
Check out the trailer for Only Murders in the Building season five below:
Only Murders in the Building streams Down Under via Disney+, with season five premiering on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. Read our reviews of season one, season two and season three.
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