Let's see---a murder mystery that takes place in an ultra-wealthy, Dakota-like apartment building in New York, where the residents are folksier and quirkier than Mayberry, and where the three main characters can traipse through a supposed murder scene more casually than Columbo. Everything about this series is contrived and unbelievable, especially the fact that the leads all live effortlessly in apartments worth millions of dollars, while Martin Short's character claims to be dead broke. Huh?

Steve Martin is indeed talented, but he is now approaching George Burns territory. Martin Short, who has has made a career out of being exaggerated and silly, is excruciating here, mugging more than ever while attempting to be riotously funny. He isn't.

Also, someone needs to tell the script-writers that the gratuitous use of modern obscenities---including the ever-present F, MF, S, and BS words---doesn't make the older characters more hip and contemporary, but rather it makes them more painfully contrived and emphasizes the lack of meaningful dialogue.