“Unraveling the Mystery: How ‘Only Murders in the Building’ Breathed New Life into TV Whodunits”
Enter Only Murders in the Building, a modern love letter to the murder mystery genre.


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What Makes Only Murders in the Building Fit the Genre?
The current crime drama or thriller has taken pulp to the extreme, jacking up the stakes so high for Byronic heroes or full-on villain protagonists that an audience screams on the edge of their seats to learn what could possibly happen next. Then, mute the colors or filter them with blue, and you’ve got yourself a hit crime television show.