Murders in the Building-When did you give up?

I'm only on season 2, but loving it as it is a great distraction from the horrid world we live in

After season 1.5. Can't believe this is still on. I really thought it was a one season lark for that cast but I guess $$ talks. Long since lost interest.

Season 4 was fun but maybe a bit too meta. And they keep introducing plot twists that don’t get resolved in that season. I hope they don’t forget them and have some master plan for the eventual conclusion.

I also hope they cut back on the celebrity guests for season 5. It’s such an odd mix when you have a combination of celebrities playing both themselves and characters.

I was out when Selena Gomez character turned surprise Lesbian. Seemed desperate.

I got bored with Selena Gomez. She's completely untalented.

I want an apartment at The Arconia.

I saw this last season and thought it was endless. It only has the standard 10 episodes but it seemed like years

Bailed near end of Season 2. I just lost interest. I think it was Martin Short and his scenery chewing that grated enough for me to finally realize that I don’t give a crap who dies and who killed them anymore.

I loved it. Silly fun. But I gave up Hulu earlier this year.

I watched more Netflix, Amazon and Apple shows and I decided one needed to get the chop. Hulu was out.

I slapped Selena’s face

I normally get annoyed by Martin Short but the role fits him well.

i agree

The first two seasons are enjoyable, in spite of Short (who I can just barely tolerate). After that it's been very disappointing with too many superfluous characters (Season 4 is full of them) and episodes that do nothing to further the plot.

Are they sexy at least?

Three episodes into Season 3. The whole Broadway schlock was a bore and it veered away from what made the show charming and fun which was these two old coots paired up up with a young Millennial solving crimes through a podcast. They barely shared any screen time through the episodes I watched and I got bored and realized that the magic dust had worn off.

Figures it would jump the shark once M joined the cast...

I gave up when I was murdered in my building.

I never watched it, I saw that Selena junkie whore was in it.

No fucking way I'm going watch Selena I don't have lupus, bought a liver from my cousin for 100,000 dollars because I'm a drunken druggie slag.

Short can be amusing in a small supporting role but not as a main character.

When they brought M on.

I can’t wait

This last season was just way too complex a story. It needs to be charming, not head scratching

Season three got me all in a tizzy

I finished it, it’s a good distraction. Martin and Short are magic together. But I can’t count the number of scenes where Gomez read her lines off camera, not making eye contact with the others. And she doesn’t come off as an “artist” at all. TPTB should have made her character a bored daughter of a billionaire instead.

I love it as a distraction considering the world we are in

I just enjoy Steve Martin and Marty Short together. The rest is window dressing.

I hope season 5 grounds things a bit more. Season 4 was convoluted.

I liked Season 4 but I don't care for Eugene Levy or Zach Galifankis (sp). Selena Gomez grew on me. I think she got better over the four seasons.

Well she certainly couldn't have gotten worse. She delivers her lines in monotone like she has no idea what the words mean.

Sazz was fun in small doses, but I’m not going to miss Jane Lynch.

I liked the portly fellow with the cat.

Two seasons was sufficient.

[quote] She delivers her lines in monotone

Which is EXACTLY in character.

Yes, I believe the monotone thing is supposed to be her character.

Except she does close to the monotone thing in the movie Emilia Perez too

I like sting

Selina Gomez is reductive.

I’d like to see more of Jackie Hoffman. She’s a scream as the resident grouch.

I love to see mink stole

I love the cute deaf kid

I watched the first three episodes of Season 1...and I gave up.

Don’t give up

I was done by the end of S1. It just shows you how lazy and venal (and desperate, I guess) Steve and Marty have become that they can accept the tepid and worse scripts handed to them. So much potential talent in all departments and this is what they give us.

I personally have been a ride-or-die superfan of the show since Ep 1 S 1. Loved the first three seasons and the Arconia-as-character. Love the world-building and side characters. However, Season 4 STANK to HIGH HEAVEN. I got through it, but it was a hate-watch. The inclusion of all the celebrities, Melissa McCarthy as Steve Martin's sister, Paul Rudd as the stund double for the Paul Rudd character from last season...it was so annoying and self-aware. I agree with other posters that the show worked originally because it was small and charming, and focused almost entirely on banter between the three leads. This shit was wayyyyyyy to conplicated, too many characters and B plots. And killing Sazz?! Horrible. Too morbid and dark, even for a show about murder. The way Oliver goes "Well, you know what this means, pod cast time!" after Charles' best friend on earth has been brutally murdered in Charles' own apartment. Just so flippant. Oh, I hated that entire premise with a passion.

I would have been thrilled with just the plot about the Westies in the West annex and how weird they were and what was the truth about them. Richard Kind et al. Perfect. Give me only that. Not the star-studded LA movie bullshit. There were so many characters that Steve and Marty's lines were reduced by like 70%. They became side characters in their own fucking show. Hated it. Praying that Season 5 is better.

And those outrageous wallpapers that appear in so many of the interiors!

Right after season one, episode one.

Still watching it, still enjoying it.

Around the episode where Martin Short and Meryl Streep went on a date. I just lost interest. I should probably give it another go, though. I enjoyed the first season.

I made it through the first season, but it was a slog. One thing that struck me was the language. I’m not a prude and the word fuck is a wonderful thing, but this show had the cast and premise of something you could have sat down and watched with grandma if not for that. I’m showing my age I guess.

Did you slap Selma?

I didn't bother continuing onto the second season. I felt like it should have been a miniseries with a complete story arc.

but people will DIE

I gave up after a few episodes. Meh.

It's always been downhill after the clever opening credits which promise so much...

Loved seasons 1 and 2. The plots were intriguing, and the relationships between the three lead characters endearing. I'm sure Gomez' monotonous delivery is supposed to be the antidote to Martin Short's flamboyance. Not sure she nails it, but she is certainly effective in this trio. The Arconia is the fourth character, and they neglected it in the fourth season. In my opinion, none of the celebrity guest stars worked in S04. It was almost like the show got a major budget boost and had no idea what to do with it.

Season 3 was a bit of a dive, with season 4 even further departing from the original premise. The show works best when it stays within the building. Taking the stories outside has not worked well for the show. I hope they bring the show back to the basics for a last hurrah. Considering the murder victim, there is a chance that the show stays indoors again.

I agree with you, R54, the Arconia is critically important to the feel and success of the show. Where our opinions differ is, I thought Season 3 was charming as hell. The Broadway angle was wonderful, it allowed Oliver (Martin Short) to really shine and have a purpose (with predictably comedic results). And to see Charles Hayden Savage treading the boards in an Oliver Putnam show was delightful. Then we have Meryl who really was a cute addition. I loved the patter song about the Pickwit Triplets. It was a joy.

Season Four, however was a miserable slog.

I thought S03 had its moments. The announcement of Meryl Streep made me worry that her mere appearance would make the entire show steer off course. But they added her to a well measured extent. It was S04 when all the stars cluttered the story lines. But I thought that S03 already lost focus with adding all the theater aspects. (Meryl Streep's song was gay gold though.)

This last season bored the shit out of me. The previous season was spectacular. This one though. Ooph. More red herrings, no humor, an experiment in tedium. I just didn’t care.

I thought it was original, fun and charming until Season 4. The whole "Dudenoff" thing with the Hispanic trio and Sazz murder thing was overly complicated and uninteresting.

Per Rotten Tomatoes the scores went down but not by much:

S01: 100% (critics) / 93% (audience)

S02: 97% / 91%

S03: 96% / 87%

S04: 96% / 86%

Yes, R59 I saw a lot of raves about Season 4 on Reddit, and assumed they were all paid shills because it is such a grueling and unrewarding season. But apparently, no. People actually liked it. People voted for Trump, and people genuinely loved Season 4 of OMIB. Go figure!