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You did not really suppose the season one finale of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building” would go away us with a full decision, did you? When Mabel (Selena Gomez), Charles (Steve Martin), and Oliver (Martin Short) lastly figure out who killed Tim Kono (Julian Cihi), it solely results in a serious cliffhanger and a model new mystery for the trio to solve. The drawback is, they’re now the prime suspects. So, let’s rewind a bit.
Season one among the present revolved round the three unlikely mates and residents of the Arconia making an attempt to resolve who killed their fellow resident Tim. While pursuing the case, they begin a podcast, appropriately named “Only Murders in the Building“, and study every part there may be to find out about Tim’s life main as much as his staged suicide. It seems Mabel was as soon as mates with Tim. Years in the past, the two have been a part of a bunch of mates referred to as The Hardy Boys, together with Zoe (Olivia Reis) and Oscar (Aaron Dominguez). But after Zoe tragically falls to her demise throughout a New Year’s Eve celebration, the crew goes their separate methods (with Oscar doing jail time).
Throughout their investigation, Charles falls for the charming bassoonist in the constructing, Jan (Amy Ryan). But whereas he thinks his love life is lastly on the upswing, Mabel and Oliver uncover Jan additionally had a fling with Tim, and he or she murdered him after he minimize their relationship off. Charles additionally figures it out, however not earlier than Jan poisons him. However, he nonetheless manages to report her confession, which results in her arrest for homicide. Mabel, Charles, and Oliver are celebrating their closed case on the Arconia’s roof when Mabel runs downstairs to get extra Champagne, however whereas she’s gone, Oliver and Charles obtain similar texts telling them to get out of the constructing from a quantity they do not acknowledge.
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They go downstairs to fetch Mabel, solely to search out her in her residence coated in blood, a useless physique sprawled out in entrance of her. If you recall, this very scene is how the season one premiere opened, however all you possibly can see was the physique in a tie-dye hoodie. In the finale, Mabel rolls the physique over, revealing it is Bunny (Jayne Houdyshell), the head of the constructing’s resident board, who’s been brutally murdered — stabbed with one among Mabel’s knitting needles.
The police burst in and arrest Mabel, Charles, and Oliver, however who really killed Bunny? The present undoubtedly needs you to suspect Mabel. In the final scene the place we see Bunny alive, Mabel calls her a “cranky outdated b*tch,” after which the subsequent time we see her, she’s useless in Mabel’s residence stabbed along with her knitting needle. In different phrases, all apparent roads result in Mabel.
But Charles and Oliver had their points with Bunny, too. She tried to evict each of them from the constructing amid their homicide investigation. But there’s additionally Howard (Michael Cyril Creighton), he is usually sketchy. His cat was poisoned at the identical time Tim was, however he seemingly does not have a purpose to go after Bunny.
Then there’s Cinda (Tina Fey), who runs a rival podcast about murders referred to as “All is Not Okay in Oklahoma” (and, later, “Only Murderers in the Building”) who could wish to drum up one other story to cowl. What higher means than to border her competitors to get them out of the means? Seems a bit a lot, although, even for Cinda.
At the very least, it is secure to imagine the one who texted Oliver and Charles to return downstairs is concerned in the homicide someway. It’s attainable the assassin hasn’t even been launched but, and we’ll meet them when season two of “Only Murders in the Building” premieres on June 28. So a lot to dive into in season two! But we’ll nonetheless have to attend to search out out who killed Bunny … and if it was one among our beloved podcasters.
