I'm only half way through the first season but I am really shocked by how well Short, Martin and Gomez work together. Usually the boomer/millennial discourse jokes never land well but this series managed to create such a refreshing dynamic between the three leads.

Martin Short plays Oliver, an eccentric theatre director/writer who hasn't been able to catch a break after many failed projects, while Steve Martin plays a former D-list actor called Charles who can't seem to let go of the past. Selena Gomez then rounds off the trio as a much younger guest of her Aunts' in the building that Oliver and Charles live in. All three characters share a passion for a Whodunit-style murder mystery podcast, hosted by Tina Fey, before starting their own podcast following a shocking death in the building. Even though they're working together it's obvious that the three leads all have separate agenda's associated with solving the mystery and creating the podcast.

Short and Martin are particularly engaging in this series as the trio interview the building's tenants to try and find the murderer. Gomez does seem a bit flat in her acting style initially but I just choose to attribute that to the characterisation of Mabel. I found that once I got over that mental-block I really started to enjoy her character, and I cannot emphasise enough how surprised I was to see Short, Martin and Gomez have such good chemistry. All of the characters seem to have a great backstory and many secrets that come to head as the show progresses.

There's definitely some good laughs in here too and I was delighted to see a fan favourite from the office Amy Ryan show up in the last few episodes I watched!

As someone who gets easily freaked out by true crime stories I find this series much more digestible with its lighthearted humour and heartfelt relationships between characters. This is probably the only 'feel good' murder mystery series I've seen that's actually of good quality.

I really like the idea that you can create a pseudo-family within your community and 'Only Murders in the Building' really hits home with that sentiment.