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Review: 'Only Murders' delivers a model second season: More of the same, but different

Martin Short, left, Selena Gomez and Steve Martin in Season 2 of“ Only Murders in the Building.”.

When last we saw our heroes — Mabel (Selena Gomez), Oliver (Martin Short) and Charles (Steve Martin) — they were being led away by the police from the Arconia, their Upper West Side New York apartment building, Mabel having been found covered in blood with the body of abrasive board president Bunny (Jayne Houdyshell). This came hot on the heels of the trio's having solved two murders, an adventure they detailed in Season 1 in the ramshackle podcast for which the series is named. In a flash, they go from tabloid famous to tabloid infamous — which is good

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