Overview
It's happening again: if a particular hit murder-mystery comedy is going to keep living up to its title, there's set to be another murder in the building. Viewers are currently watching what happens when someone is killed in New York's fictional Arconia complex for the fourth time, thanks to Only Murders in the Building season four — and a fifth round is now on the way as well.
Everyone is already well-aware of the show's setup, too. Each season, a new murder takes place in the apartment tower that its main sleuthing trio call home. It was true in 2021's season one, 2022's season two and 2023's season three, as well as in the now-streaming season four. When season five will arrive hasn't been revealed, but the series has been dropping new episodes annually so far.
Variety reports that there'll be ten episodes in the fifth season — so, ten more chances to see Selena Gomez (The Dead Don't Die), Steve Martin (It's Complicated) and Martin Short (Schmigadoon!) as neighbours and podcasters Mabel Mora, Charles-Haden Savage and Oliver Putnam. There's no word yet on guest stars, with Only Murders in the Building fond of enlisting plenty of other famous faces. Sometimes they play themselves, as Sting (The Book of Solutions) and Amy Schumer (IF) have. Sometimes the show gets Meryl Streep (Don't Look Up), Paul Rudd (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire), Tina Fey (Mean Girls) and more into character.
At present, in a season that's also taken them to Hollywood, Mabel, Charles and Oliver are looking into the death of Sazz Pataki (Jane Lynch, Velma), Charles' stunt double. They're also grappling with the fact that a Tinseltown studio wants to turn their podcast into a film. Cue Molly Shannon (The Other Two), Eugene Levy (Schitt's Creek), Eva Longoria (Tell It Like a Woman) and Zach Galifianakis (The Beanie Bubble) all popping up, with season four's new cast members also including Melissa McCarthy (Unfrosted), Kumail Nanjiani (Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire) and Richard Kind (Girls5eva).
Alongside Short, Gomez and Martin, plus Lynch, fellow long-running Only Murders in the Building regulars Michael Cyril Creighton (American Fiction) and Da'Vine Joy Randolph (a newly minted Oscar-winner for The Holdovers) are also a part of season four.
As always, knowing that there'll be another death in the Arconia doesn't mean knowing what's to come in season five — other than Mabel, Charles and Oliver getting sleuthing, with a heap of fellow big-name talent both helping and hindering their investigations.
There's obviously no trailer yet for season five, but check out the full trailer for Only Murders in the Building season four below:
Only Murders in the Building streams Down Under via Star on Disney+, with season four streaming now. Season five does not yet have a release date. Read our reviews of season one, season two and season three.
Via Variety.