what's going on everybody and welcome back to my channel movie files elliott back again
with a brand new tv review and today we'll be discussing the first three episodes of a brand
new hulu original comedy murder mystery by the name of only murders in the building which by
the time this video is out the first three episodes will be available today to watch
on hulu and my goal by the end of this video is to let you know if it's worth checking out
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talk about the series ladies and gentlemen let me know if this was something you were excited for
once you've seen the first three episodes what do you think about it what was your favorite
episode out of the three who's your favorite character what are you thinking about the comedy
this cast the murder mystery are you invested in the story let's talk about it all in the comments
below so again this will be a spoiler free review just going over the episodes pros cons character
breakdowns and all that fun stuff but before we break all that down let me let you all know what
the show is all about only murders in the building was created by steve martin and john hoffman and
the show follows three strainers who are obsessed with true crime and suddenly find themselves
wrapped in one when a death occurs inside their exclusive upper west side apartment building the
trio suspects murder and employees their precise knowledge of true crime to investigate the truth
the show stars steve martin martin short and selena gomez and this hulu original will
consist of eight episodes and will premiere each tuesday week by week all right so going into this
new comedy murder mystery i was so excited to see these icons work together again and that is steve
martin and martin short who worked together in movies and shows i think they just have great
chemistry together and i don't have to let you all know who these guys are they're legends they're
goats they're icons so i was excited to see them work together and then you throw in selena gomez
well i don't listen to her music but i think she's a pretty talented actress so seeing that group of
actors work together talented individuals and then you give me it's a comedy with two comedic icons
mixed in with a murder mystery i was sold on that just alone so going into this let's talk about the
show the first three episodes starting off with my episode one breakdown which was titled true
crime and the synopsis of that episode reads upper west side neighbors charles oliver and
mabel bond over their shared love of true crime when a fellow resident dies in their building
the trio is determined to solve this mystery and record a podcast at the same time so let
me give you all just a quick character breakdown of the characters starting off with steve martin
who plays charles now charles is someone who used to be famous back in the day he was on a
tv show in the 90s that was revolving around true crime and he was a detective so he's been kind of
seeking for that validation in the present day time he lives in this gorgeous apartment
in the upper west side of new york he's been there for over 30 years but he's unfortunately
been there for a very long time by himself and that's kind of the point of the character he's
he has his old history that he's trying to chase he goes these auditions but he can't really find
the character that he really likes and he just is really quiet he keeps himself he doesn't
really interact with his neighbors until this murder happens and that's when he stumbles upon
meeting oliver and mabel who are obsessed with true crime and this is where charles kind of
re-energizes himself and he now has a purpose and he now has friends that kind of interact with
while trying to figure out this crime which brings us to the other character oliver who was played by
martin short and martin short's character is a very interesting character now he used to be a
famous broadway director he has some really high highs and some really low lows he has a
really big flop in his career that really kind of messes up his financial situation but he's happy
he's smiling he's one of those people that we all know in real life that is just the nicest person
a lot of good energy but he you know there's some demons behind that smile and that's kind of what
you learned about that character within the first three episodes that his financial situation he
kind of i don't say uses people but he has this kind of relationship with his family that they
don't really trust him with money he has this issue where he might not be able to live in this
beautiful apartment for much longer because what he puts himself in but again he's someone that is
always kind of seeking oh what are you all about how can i you know get to know you
more but at the same time he's trying to seek this validation from other people so i like
what this character oliver has to offer which brings us to the kind of the oddballing situation
you have these two older gentlemen who have had you know successful careers and then you look at
mabel who's played by cena gomez who's i would say probably in her mid-20s like how does she afford
this type of building how does she make her way in there which leads to more of her mysterious
side of this character especially when it comes to this murder mystery and her past and what she
used to you know who she used to associate herself with so again you mix in this kind
of older generation of these kind of older stars mixed in with this kind of mysterious character
it brings itself and lends itself to a really interesting dynamic between these three people
who they all have something in common they love murder mystery they love this podcast
but then they're kind of seeking something to kind of give them purpose in life which leads them to
teaming together to figure out who is the murderer of this person that died in their
building so let's go over this episode one which i think episode one does a pretty good job of kind
of establishing the characters putting us in a situation where again everyone's kind of keeping
to themselves and then this murder happens and they're like hold on we all three of us love
murder mysteries we're experts we can figure this out so this kind of one of those three characters
kind of come into place and again you get a little bit of backstory of these characters but
you get more sort of the backstory in episode two and three but you kind of see that again
they're kind of looking for friendship they're seeking for validation that's kind of all what
they have in common and they all want to try to see who was this murderer how did this person die
and it really kind of brings a really good premier episode but the thing that a good premiere episode
does is it gives you that hook right so obviously i won't give the hook off here but i'll just say
the ending of episode one really made me like oh well if that person knows that person
what was that person's involvement in the murder so i'll just kind of leave it at that but i have
to say that it was a pretty interesting way to end the episode which leads right into episode
two which was titled who is tim oh no the group begins researching the victim meanwhile maple's
secretive past starts to unravel so this second episode here really focuses on maple's character
selena gomez and it kind of really dives deeper into how does she get attached to this building
how did she end up you know finding this building who is she looking over the building for and that
apartment that she's in so you kind of get a little bit more backstory in her as well as
her past and who she used to hang out with and how who she used to hang out with may or may not have
something to do with the person that died in their building so you get more of that character which
unfortunately for me what i really loved about episode one was seeing this trio again these two
older gentlemen mixing in with this younger lady and selena gomez and just seeing their dynamic
with selena gomez being the main focus it kind of doesn't give you that trio that we got in the
first episode so that's kind of my one criticism of the second episode is that the characters are
kind of split away and it really kind of focus on one character and kind of neglects the interesting
aspect of the two other characters but we get more of them in the third episode but again
the the biggest thing in the second episode is okay maple has some secrets and she has some
some past issues with some friends that kind of may lead into this main plot which i thought was
pretty interesting so again i didn't think the second episode was as strong but it still has
that mystery aspect especially after that hook of episode one which ties perfectly into episode two
which kind of really opens door into like what is the main connection between all these characters
which brings us into the final episode which was titled how well do you know your neighbor oliver
employs his theater director skills to analyze the case meanwhile charles and maple question a
obsessive cat lover so episode three to me was the best episode out of the three because one of the
things about the first two episodes steve martin martin short two comedic genius i didn't really
and comey's very subjective right i didn't really find the first episode that funny it was cute it
was charming charming is a perfect way to describe the first episodes but episode three was funny and
i won't describe the scene but there's a scene involving charles and maple investigating one of
their suspects and i'll just say it involves blood and it involves a frozen cat i'll just kind of
leave it at that once you see the episode you know what i'm talking about but this is another episode
that kind of incorporates more of the people in the building we have amy ryan's character get
into the mix a little bit which you can tell that might be a love interest for charles character
and then we also get a very famous celebrity that gets thrown into the mix which i won't reveal that
celebrity in this episode but again what i liked about this episode where i thought it did better
than episode two this episode three does focus on one primary character which is oliver which
we kind of get more backstory of his financial situation kind of how he sees himself and and
the goals he has for himself but unfortunately his goals sometimes can hurt other people financially
speaking so we see his financials kind of bleed into the main story which is kind of
the main just of this story is kind of his backstory of this whole dynamic but again
the suspect that they got to get in place and then there's another suspect in the episode
that i thought was really interesting dynamic to say the least but again the third episode to me
was really a great mixture of episode one the murder mystery aspect but then giving me the
comedy that i wasn't really getting those first steps two episodes so for me personally episode
three was easily the best episode it hit on the comedy beats it opens up the door to more
of the mystery and you really get to see this dynamic when they work together it's a pretty
good trio of characters again oliver and his whole financial situation charles kind of keeping to
himself but being kind of a person that's really shy and kind of awkward at points and again maple
very mysterious very secretive past that is really going to make its way into the main plot so
overall i gotta say i wasn't overly impressed with the comedy until episode three but nonetheless
it's charming it has a really good sensibility to it the the mystery is pretty interesting
again when you learn more about maple and her connections that may or may not tie to this
person that died in the building is really interesting and just again just seeing these
icons just having a good time and just having you know just mystery being thrown in the mix i think
mixes pretty well but i gotta say these episodes about 30 minutes and it's gonna be eight episodes
in total and we got the first three me personally i don't think this is a show that has that type of
week-to-week kind of conversational water cooler talk about oh what do you think about this what
do you think about that it has a little bit of it but not to a week-to-week basis which
to me i think the show should have just dropped all eight episodes at one time but this is my
thoughts i enjoyed the first three episodes but i don't think it has that type of like
conversational interest in the show for me personally which brings me to my last point
what do you all think about these three episodes should i review it on a week-to-week basis or do
you think i should just come back maybe when the eighth episode drops and give you like my season
overall thoughts let me know your thoughts in the comments again your favorite character your
favorite episode your thoughts your theories on who the murderer may be and let's have a
conversation about it in the comments thank you all for watching this review again if you haven't
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