Why everyone should be watching Only Murders in the Building in this anxious era
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Other chicken soup shows include Gilmore Girls, Ted Lasso and Schitt’s Creek. Martin, also a writer on the series, gives the best lines to his buddy, who delivers quips such as: “As I said to Paula Abdul during our production of Hedda Gabler, we’ve got to start thinking outside the box, here.” Gomez fits surprisingly well into this trio as the withering millennial navigating two gentlemen in their seventies. “Rando is a slang for a person of no significance,” Oliver explains to Charles, who replies: “I used context clues, but thank you.” When Short, who is 72, asked Gomez, 29, how she reacted when she found out she’d be working with him, the former Disney star reportedly responded: “I Googled you” – this total lack of reverence is exactly why their relationship works.
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