Recap of 'Only Murders in the Building' season 3: everything you should remember before watching the return

Return Only Murders in the Building with new episodes on Disney+ and as usual in the series, the protagonist trio will have to solve the murder that occurred at the end of the previous season. Needless to say, but just in case, keep reading at your own risk because there are spoilers. 

In this third season, the trio continued with their podcast, and the play Death Rattle Dazzle took up most of the plots in the third season. By the end, we left Mabel feeling a bit lost after ending her relationship with Tobert (Jesse Williams) and losing her job and home after her aunt sold the apartment.

Oliver survived two heart attacks and also said goodbye to a relationship, while Charles, on the other hand, seems to have survived an assassination attempt, which will be the mystery of the new season.

In this fourth season, the investigation leads the three amateur podcasters to Los Angeles, where a Hollywood studio is preparing a movie about the podcast Only Murders in the Building.

This is what you need to remember from the third season before watching the new episodes on Disney+.

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The Murder of Ben's is Solved

The central mystery of season 3 was the death of the character played by Paul Rudd. Although initially it was thought he had been poisoned on stage during Oliver's musical, it was revealed that Ben was pushed through the elevator shaft at the Arconia, and the culprits were Donna and Cliff.

Donna first tried to poison Ben because he received a bad review for his performance in Death Rattle Dazzle and didn't want her son's first producer credit to receive negative criticism. However, Ben survived and was pushed through the elevator shaft after an argument.

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Oliver and Loretta 

Portrayed by Meryl Streep, Loretta was the protagonist of Oliver's play. They had good chemistry from their first meeting and their connection grew as the season progressed.

The relationship was going well, but he gave his blessing for her to break the contract and go to Los Angeles to star in a TV series. 

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Loretta and Dickie

It was revealed that Loretta is actually Dickie's biological mother and that she auditioned for the musical to get closer to him. At the end of the third season, Dickie is Loretta's agent and manages the job offers his mother receives in Los Angeles.

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A New Murder

In the final episode, Sazz and Charles were dressed identically, as they often do, and Sazz dies from a gunshot that comes through his apartment window, suggesting that Sazz was not the intended target of the fatal shot. 

Season 4

When Charles, Oliver, and Mabel return to New York, they embark on an even more epic adventure: crossing the courtyard of their building to delve into the twisted lives of the residents of the West Tower of the Arconia.

Alongside Steve Martin, Martin Short, Selena Gomez, and Michael Cyril Creighton, this season features guest stars Meryl Streep, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Eugene Levy, Eva Longoria, Zach Galifianakis, Molly Shannon, Kumail Nanjiani, Melissa McCarthy, and Richard Kind, among others.

*This article has been automatically translated using artificial intelligence