Only Murders in the Building
Sparring Partners
TV Flash files “Sparring Partners” as hour 19 of 50 in the TV Flash guide — Only Murders in the Building (2021–) on Hulu, season 2, episode 9, aired 2022-08-16, 29 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S02E09: listed hour 19 of 50 in the Only Murders in the Building guide, hour 9 of 10 in season 2. It aired 2022-08-16 (29 min). The listed hour before it is “Hello, Darkness” (S02E08). Next is “I Know Who Did It” (S02E10).
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Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Closing in on the killer, Mabel takes her investigative talents into the ring. Oliver and Charles duke it out over a birdcage only to end up confronting their deepest paternal struggles.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Sparring Partners sit in the Only Murders in the Building guide?
S02E09 is listed hour 19 of 50 — hour 9 of 10 in season 2, season 2 episode 9.
When did Only Murders in the Building S02E09 air?
Sparring Partners aired 2022-08-16 and is listed at 29 minutes.
Do seasons stand alone?
Mysteries largely reset by season while character relationships continue in the same building. Start with season one to meet Charles, Oliver, and Mabel; later cases still play if you accept the found-family backlog.
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Why this series still plays
Watch Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez investigate the Arconia with chemistry that could carry a silent film. True-crime podcast fans as found family; amateur sleuthing as Sunday-watch energy. Funny, twisty, low cruelty — mystery-box comfort with A-list farce chops.
August 31, 2021, Hulu. True-crime podcast fans Charles, Oliver, and Mabel investigate murders in their Upper West Side building, and the drop logic is Sunday-watch energy with A-list farce chops. Steve Martin and John Hoffman made Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez the Arconia's amateur sleuths and found family. Each season typically centers on a new murder in the same building community; guest killers and Broadway cameos keep seasons fizzy. **Fifty episodes, five seasons, still the house.** Mystery-box…
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- Steve Martin as Charles-Haden Savage
Steve Martin investigates Only Murders in the Building as Charles-Haden Savage — true-crime podcast fans as found family, amateur sleuthing as Sunday-watch energy, chemistry that could carry a silent film. Funny, twisty, low cruelty. TV…
- Martin Short as Oliver Putnam
Martin Short investigated the Arconia as Oliver Putnam on Only Murders in the Building — Steve Martin and Selena Gomez, true-crime podcast fans as found family, amateur sleuthing as Sunday-watch energy. Funny, twisty, low cruelty. TV…
- Selena Gomez as Mabel Mora
Selena Gomez's Mabel Mora investigates Only Murders in the Building as the third beat in an Arconia trio — Steve Martin, Martin Short, chemistry that could carry a silent film, true-crime podcast fans as found family. Amateur sleuthing as…