Our favorite podcast team is at it again on Only Murders in the Building, as they have a brand new murder to solve and a wide range of new suspects to consider.
The mystery/comedy series has become one of the most acclaimed shows on TV, with its first season nominated for 17 Primetime Emmys, including Outstanding Comedy Series and Outstanding Lead Actor nominations for both Martin and Short (Gomez was nominated, along with Martin and Short, as a producer on the show). So it was no surprise that it was cited as one of WTW's most anticipated 2023 summer TV shows.
It's almost time to tune back in and try and figure out who killed Ben, so let's go over everything you need to know about Only Murders in the Building season 3.
Only Murders in the Building season 3 release date
Only Murders in the Building season 3 arrives on Tuesday, August 8, exclusively on Hulu in the US and Disney Plus in the UK. The first two episodes of the series are going to be available as of August 8, with one episode premiering each week for the following eight weeks.
Only Murders in the Building season 3 trailer
At long last, the official trailer for Only Murders in the Building season 3 has arrived, giving us a look at some of the potential suspects (including Meryl Streep), familiar faces (Jane Lynch is back!) and the amazing chemistry of Martin, Gomez and Short.
You can also check out some of the previously released teasers for the new season right here.
Only Murders in the Building season 2 recap
WARNING, SPOILERS AHEAD
Only Murders in the Building season 2 was about proving who killed Bunny and stopping our main podcast team from being framed. Along the way, Mabel dealt with her own past trauma, Oliver had a crisis involving whether or not he is the biological father to his son Will (Ryan Broussard) and Charles reunited with his kind-of step daughter, Lucy (Zoe Margaret Colletti). But, back to the murder.
After successfully revealing Poppy White (Adina Verson) as Bunny’s killer — which she conspired on with Detective Kreps (Michael Rapaport) — Charles, Mabel and Oliver find that things are on an upswing for them.
Charles learns that his Brazzos revival is a hit and he’s going to be on it full time, while he also starts a new relationship with makeup artist Joy (Andrea Martin). Meanwhile, Mabel appears to forgive Alice (Cara Delevingne) but opts to move on, painting over the mural in her apartment. And for Oliver, he decides to tell Will the truth about the DNA test, but before he can, his son assures him that no matter what, he is the only dad that he’ll want. Shortly after that, Oliver gets a call and is offered a directing job for a Broadway show that opens in a year.
It then immediately jumps to one year later, where Oliver is prepping his leading man, Ben Glenroy (Paul Rudd), on opening night. Glenroy is on edge, but not from nerves. Rather, it’s his co-star that he calls "F***bag." That co-star is none other than Charles, who appears to have no love loss for Glenroy either, telling him "good luck" (a curse in the theater) and then warning him to "be smart; stay away from her" and that he knows what Glenroy did.
In the audience, Mabel sits with Lucy and Joy, who sigh in relief over the year they’ve just had; Mabel comments that "any year without murder is a good one in my book." On cue, as the curtain raises and as Glenroy gives his first line of dialogue he collapses. Charles, Oliver and medical people rush to him, but he is dead. Mabel rises from her seat and can only say "you’ve got be f***ing kidding me."
Only Murders in the Building season 3 plot
After having already solved two murders in their building, the podcasting trio of Charles (Martin), Mabel (Gomez) and Oliver (Short) are back at it here.
As we saw at the end of last season, the leading man to Oliver's new play dies on stage on opening night. It appears that the killer is someone involved in the show, so the Only Murders team starts to dig into the show's cast of theater actors with big personalities and potentially even bigger secrets to figure out who is the murderer among them.
Only Murders in the Building season 3 cast
It wouldn’t be Only Murders in the Building without Selena Gomez, Steve Martin and Martin Short leading the way as our favorite amateur sleuths/podcasters Mabel, Charles and Oliver. All three return to once again solve a mystery that they are right in the middle of. But who is going to be joining them?
Joining them as new additions to the season are a number of big names. First is Paul Rudd as Ben Glenroy, who we saw as the murder victim at the end of season. There is also Meryl Streep as one of the actresses in the show, Loretta, and a potential suspect.
Also new to the Only Murders cast is Jesse Williams (Grey's Anatomy) as Tobert, Ashley Park (Joy Ride) as Kimber, Jason Veasey (Flatbush Misdeameanors) as Jonathan, Gerald Caesar (Dear Evan Hansen) as Ty, Linda Emond (The Patient) as Donna, Wesley Taylor (Smash) as Cliff, Allison Guinn (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as K.T., Adrian Martinez (Renfield) as Gregg and Don Darryl Rivera (Let the Right One In) as Bobo. The trailer also shows Matthew Brodercik appears in the season, but in an undetermined role (could he be the latest celebrity playing themself after Sting and Amy Schuemer?)
There are also going to be a number of familiar faces returning for this season, including Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Detective Williams, Andrea Martin as Joy, Michael Cyril Creighton as Howard, Jackie Hoffman as Uma and Jane Lynch as Sazz Pataki. Nathan Lane and Amy Ryan previously confirmed that they are not appearing in Only Murders in the Building season 3.
Only Murders in the Building season 3 suspects
It may be way too soon to get an effective list of suspects since we know so little about Ben Glenroy, but we just can’t help ourselves.
Charles
Sure, it is incredibly unlikely that one of main heroes would actually murder someone, but Charles has been put in almost as compromising a situation as Mabel was at the end of season 1. Charles and Ben Glenroy clearly had a lot of animosity toward each other — Charles basically threatens him in the final moments of season 2. It’ll be interesting to see how all that came to pass in the new season.
The mysterious "her"
Part of Charles’ threat to Glenroy is to "stay away from her." Who is the her that he is referring to and could she be the murderer? This could be someone entirely new that we meet in season 3, but people that Charles would likely be protective of could include Mabel, Lucy or Joy. Or could he be warning Glenroy based on past experiences, perhaps from someone like Jan (Amy Ryan)?
The field
Pretty much no one was suspecting Poppy to be the season 2 killer until late in the game (though we always had a feeling Cinda Canning was somehow involved, even if it was just tangentially), so there’s a good chance that whoever killed Ben Glenroy is either someone entirely new or a smaller character whose connection we aren’t aware of yet.
How to watch Only Murders in the Building
All episodes from the first two season of Only Murders in the Building are available to stream right now: on Hulu in the US and on Disney Plus in the UK. It’ll be the same when season 3 arrives.
Of course, you need to have a subscription to either of these services in order to watch. They are both available to be signed up for as standalone services, but US consumers looking to sign up for Hulu can also add Disney Plus and ESPN Plus for a single, discounted monthly fee as part of the Disney Bundle.
