Only Murders in the Building
Nail in the Coffin
TV Flash files “Nail in the Coffin” as the first listed hour of season 5 — Only Murders in the Building (2021–) on Hulu, season 5, episode 1, aired 2025-09-09, 39 min.
From the desk
How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E01: listed hour 41 of 50 in the Only Murders in the Building guide, first listed hour of season 5. It aired 2025-09-09 (39 min). The listed hour before it is “My Best Friend's Wedding” (S04E10). Next is “After You” (S05E02).
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
While investigating Lester's mysterious "accidental" death, the clues lure Charles, Oliver, and Mabel out of Manhattan — and straight into some dangerous new "old" territory.
Viewer FAQ
Where does Nail in the Coffin sit in the Only Murders in the Building guide?
S05E01 is listed hour 41 of 50 — first listed hour of season 5, season 5 episode 1.
When did Only Murders in the Building S05E01 air?
Nail in the Coffin aired 2025-09-09 and is listed at 39 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.
In the series
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…