Only Murders in the Building
Rigor
TV Flash files “Rigor” as hour 43 of 50 in the TV Flash guide — Only Murders in the Building (2021–) on Hulu, season 5, episode 3, aired 2025-09-09, 37 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S05E03: listed hour 43 of 50 in the Only Murders in the Building guide, hour 3 of 10 in season 5. It aired 2025-09-09 (37 min). The listed hour before it is “After You” (S05E02). Next is “Dirty Birds” (S05E04).
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The trio stumbles upon a crucial piece of evidence... and promptly compromises it. With time running out, they scramble to solve the mystery before the police close in on them.
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Where does Rigor sit in the Only Murders in the Building guide?
S05E03 is listed hour 43 of 50 — hour 3 of 10 in season 5, season 5 episode 3.
When did Only Murders in the Building S05E03 air?
Rigor aired 2025-09-09 and is listed at 37 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…