Only Murders in the Building
Season 1
10 listed hours · 2021– · Hulu
From the desk
How this season is filed
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.
TV Flash files Season 1 of Only Murders in the Building (2021–) on Hulu as the first listed season of 5 — 10 listed hours, 2021-08-31–2021-10-19 from “True Crime” (S01E01) to “Open and Shut” (S01E10). Titles, dates, and synopses on file — no invented recaps.
Desk essentials in this season
- S01E01 True Crime
True Crime as the Hulu contract: Martin, Short, and Gomez already a silent-film trio, podcast fandom as found family inside the Arconia.
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S01E01 True Crime
Upper West Side neighbors Charles, Oliver & Mabel bond over a shared love of true crime. When a fellow resident dies in their building, the trio determine to solve the mystery and record an accompanying podcast.
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S01E02 Who Is Tim Kono?
The group begins researching the victim. Meanwhile, Mabel's secretive past starts to be unraveled.
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S01E03 How Well Do You Know Your Neighbors?
Oliver employs his theater director skills to analyze the case. Charles & Mabel question an obsessive cat lover.
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S01E04 The Sting
Believing the murderer might be a famous resident whom is difficult to access, the group seeks advice from a renowned podcasting host.
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S01E05 Twist
Mabel slips away on a solo mission tracking the victim's final days. Suspicious, Charles & Oliver follow her.
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S01E06 To Protect and Serve
Mabel brings her new friends (and an old one) to her childhood home to meet her mother. Meanwhile, Detective Williams starts to have her own doubts about the case as she prepares for motherhood.
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S01E07 The Boy from 6B
With the investigation scratching at a web of old crimes originating inside the building, a mysterious young man turns the tables to spy on Charles, Oliver & Mabel.
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S01E08 Fan Fiction
Hitting a dead end, the group calls for reinforcements in the form of their podcast's Superfans.
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S01E09 Double Time
With the residents growing upset at the building's negative publicity, the trio faces a revolt. Charles is visited by an old colleague who sheds light on his past.
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S01E10 Open and Shut
In the season finale, the trio races toward a resolution while their own lives are put in danger.
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