# Only Murders in the Building

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-murders-in-the-building/950152>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, disney-hulu\
**Created:** [September 6, 2021, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-murders-in-the-building/950152 "2021-09-06T00:37:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2021, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/only-murders-in-the-building/950152/3 "2021-09-06T00:52:53Z")

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My comment from another thread:

> [@Series you've recently watched, are now watching or have given up on](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/series-youve-recently-watched-are-now-watching-or-have-given-up-on/946108/265):
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> I had watched one at the time of my first post and all three so far now. It isn’t bad. Much less comedic than I expected, given the leads. Each of the three are given mysterious/complicated pasts of their own that are being revealed more centrally to the story than the actual murder mystery, which is almost just a MacGuffin. It has elements of what I’m not sure what to call it-- not quite “magical realism” because it (probably) doesn’t happen from the character’s POV and is seen only by the aud…

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