‘Only Murders in the Building’ Shines With Selena Gomez’s Career-Best Work in Season 2: Review

variety.com:

Daniel D'Addario Chief TV Critic“Only Murders in the Building” was a surprising triumph last year — a comedy whose amiable, low-key wit built in power as its first season ran on.

With fine work by Steve Martin, Martin Short and Selena Gomez at the center, it added up to a portrait of disaffected and alienated people.In its second outing, “Only Murders” no longer has its element of surprise: We know what it can do.

But that’s the only thing this show has lost. With its rococo details of life in a New York doorman-building overlaying careful and meticulous construction, the Hulu whodunit comedy is as strong as ever in its second outing.The series picks back up with the mystery established in the final moments of the first season: The murder of cranky co-op board president Bunny (Jayne Houdyshell).

As the season runs on, we get real insight into Bunny’s life, and delve deeper into the backstories of the trio of leads — all of whom live in the same building, the Arconia, and record a podcast about the violence that seems to break out there frequently.