Good evening, dear listeners! It's your hosts again from the new hot podcast 'After the Credits', where we follow in the footsteps of the characters from 'Only Murders in the Building' and search for all the unanswered questions ourselves. In this episode, you'll find talking parrots, strange art cults, imaginary knitting circles, and much more!

Warning: Spoilers ahead for 'Only Murders in the Building'

The second season of any series is much harder to remember for viewers than a successful first (as the characters themselves admit in one of the funny meta moments). So for now, it's warming up, and the first episode, 'Suspects,' mostly serves as a reminder of the characters and plot points. So let's not judge too harshly yet, but let's try to catch all the Easter eggs and funny moments. Stay tuned!

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Part 1. The Beginning of Something Bigger

As you remember, dear listeners, in the first season, each episode was told from the perspective of one character, affecting the artistic techniques used. Just think of the near-genius episode 'The Boy from 6B,' during which not a single word was spoken until the last seconds – because the narrator was a deaf guy named Theo. We'll see if the creators maintain this approach, as it's not visible at this early stage.

So, we pick up the story right where we left off. Our dear sleuth-podcasters – once-famous actor Charles-Haden Savage (Steve Martin), theater director Oliver Putnam (Martin Short), and mysterious artist Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) – find themselves being interrogated at the police station.

The reason for the interrogation is that the trio were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Bunny Folger (Jayne Houdyshell), the unpleasant head of the board of the luxurious 'Arconia' complex, bled out in Mabel's arms in the middle of her apartment. The situation doesn't look good because the viewers get an Easter egg from the first season – Mabel's monologue about sometimes dreaming of killing a burglar with a knitting needle. And what a coincidence: a knitting needle was sticking out of the murdered Bunny.

Through the station scene, we are reminded of our heroes' distinctive traits. Charles still associates with his most famous role, Detective Brazzos, whose glory days are long past; Oliver dreams of fame, though he doesn't hesitate to throw friends under the bus to save himself from jail; Mabel is quick-witted but never tells all she knows.

Detectives Williams (Da'Vine Joy Randolph) and Kreps (Michael Rapaport) are forced to release their suspects because the police haven't found the murder weapon – they only know it's NOT a knitting needle. Detective Williams, whom we remember from the first season, advises the team to stop sticking their noses into investigations, and the heroes agree. Although Oliver is unhappy, which is perfectly in character.

Part 2. The Case Gets Personal

Suddenly, rather interesting prospects start to emerge for the trio.

Savage is offered a regular role in a reboot of Brazzos, but the lead part will be played by a young actress (a funny nod to Hollywood's politically correct trends), while Charles will get a cameo as the heroine's uncle. He just needs to 'stay out of jail.'

Putnam runs into Amy Schumer (playing herself) in the elevator, a new neighbor moving into Sting's old apartment. Amy expresses interest in adapting 'Only Murders in the Building' as a TV series.

As for Mora, having gotten her share of internet fame under the hashtag #BloodyMabel, she suddenly finds an invitation in her messages to an exhibition from a certain Alice (Cara Delevingne). Alice openly shows interest in Mabel and asks her to join some group of artists.

Host's note: 'Only Murders in the Building' somehow managed to cast two actresses fiercely hated by the internet. Schumer has long been accused of joke theft, indecent behavior, and hypocritical SJW activism, while Delevingne was just recently trending all over Twitter in connection with the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial (as she appeared during a kiss with Amber in an elevator before the star couple's divorce). Let's hope this doesn't greatly affect viewer interest in the series.

However, the heroes' plans for a normal life are jeopardized – famous podcast host Cinda Canning (Tina Fey) seriously takes on the story of Bunny's murder, portraying Charles, Mabel, and Oliver as undeniable culprits. This is done through a witty visual sequence, during which two knitting Tina Feys appear on screen.

Thus, our trio is forced to resume the investigation. Let's follow them!

Part 3. 'Only Murders in the Building' Is Back at It

First, they sneak through the ventilation into Bunny's apartment to get rid of threatening letters sent by the hapless Oliver (we remember his financial problems from the first season). There, they discover three interesting things:

1. Bunny's parrot, Mrs. Gambolini, can perfectly imitate the voice and mannerisms of its late owner.
2. A very valuable painting of a naked man has disappeared from the apartment.
3. In Bunny's closet, there is an entrance to a secret elevator, which saves the heroes from being discovered.

Details of the night of the murder gradually return to Mabel, who remembers that before dying, Bunny gasped '14' and 'Savage.'

 Oliver finds a sinister postcard among the papers, which unambiguously hints at a third party's interest in the missing painting.

And the missing item turns up in Charles's apartment – moreover, Charles recognizes his father in it.

Impressions

As much as we like the main characters, we can already see some not-so-good trends. The story hasn't become engaging enough yet; the great character named Oscar (Aaron Dominguez). around whose relationship with Mabel a decent storyline was built, vanished completely; Oliver Putnam gradually ceases to be eccentric and becomes just slightly unpleasant (or maybe it just seemed that way to me). But for now, these might just be coincidences, Let's keep watching listening further.