"Melancholic Third Season of 'Only Murders in the Building' Adds Meryl Streep for a Serious Twist"

The third season of Hulu's "Only Murders in the Building" is a somber meditation on loneliness, with weak comedy and a limitedly involving mystery. The show's humor relies heavily on callbacks and insider-theater jokes, while the mystery follows a familiar Agatha Christie-style structure. Despite its shortcomings, the season is still entertaining, thanks to the sweet melancholy of the tentative love story between Martin Short and Meryl Streep's characters, as well as Selena Gomez's droll performance. However, the show's attempts to do too many things result in only a few elements being done well.