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Salvation Tambourine

Episode 3 of season 4 is the worst episode they've done. I know the celebrities are meant to be annoying but they were annoying without adding anything. Celebrities being awful versions of themselves needs to be done right and this was horrific. I'm a bit worried for the rest of the season after a fairly weak start.

thereiver

i think its funny but it has a a very well written story ,steve martin is a good dramatic actor ,some episodes are quite violent in parts .Selena gomez is a good actress but her voice sounds strange like a cartoon character.

its a great setting a high class apartment building in new york.its really a comedy drama.

martin short is brilliant.

NIMAN

Martin Short is by far the best thing about the show.

This latest series is one too many imho. It's losing its appeal. That latest episode, with the stereotypical Irish stuntman, was pretty terrible, and he was so cringeworthy. Not funny at all.

Xander10

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122644409#Comment_122644409

I'd go further and say the season before this one was one too many

Salvation Tambourine

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122644409#Comment_122644409

I think even bringing Paul Rudd back and shoehorning him into such a bad character shows that the show is running out of fumes. The last two episodes especially have kind of bored me.

thereiver

Paul rudd is a great actor i don,t like his hackneyed irish stuntman character with his dire irish accent .it,s unusual for a hit comedy to have 2 leading actors who are over the age of 70. i,d like if they had a scene with steve and martin sitting around a table with microphones and recording the podcast .Most podcasts are not made by walking around talking into a phone.i think its too early to say if the new season will be as good as the last.

CastorTroy

Thought that was a better episode. Moved the mystery along and found the jokes landing better.

The one thing I'm not a fan of is the whole jealousy from Oliver.

Salvation Tambourine

Very much watching this out of habit now. The story of the murder is actually decent it's everything else around it that I'm not bothered with. Maybe it was always this way but the show just feels too American now.

miamee

I find I am less engaged in the episodes that have too many people in it, i.e. the ones with the 'other' Mabel, Charles and Oliver or the latest episode which I only half watched and had to rewind a couple of bits because I hadn't been paying full attention. I might rewatch it, see if it was just me but I found there was nearly too much going on

CastorTroy

I keep forgetting it's out until I go to watch Agatha and see it in the Continue Watching list.

This week had its fun moments. Apparently that was all Meryl/Melissa, apart from 1 shot.

https://tvline.com/interviews/only-murders-in-the-building-melissa-mccarthy-meryl-streep-fight-scene-1235322993/

Selena broke laughing in one scene, when Bev was going off at the actors. I saw her turn away shaking so thought that's what happened and looking online they said in an interview that that's what happened.

Isthisthingon?

Noted the nurse with the awful Irish accent in the latest episode. it just takes away from the scene.

Genuinely cant fathom why shows cant find genuine ethnic actors for bit parts. Hollywood is full of budding actors from all around the world. They don't all have to be colin farrell or cilian murphy

sydthebeat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122757335#Comment_122757335

ive literally no idea WHY she had to be irish??

did i miss something?

Isthisthingon?

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122757405#Comment_122757405

I've a funny feeling there may be a reason to it, given paul rudds character was also 'Oirish'.

Otherwise its a strange character selection.

sydthebeat

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122757435#Comment_122757435

i can get the quirk with the paul rudd character, just a bit of absurdism really, and he does do an OK irish accent ( i enjoyed the little emphasis when he pronounces fill-um for film)

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but the random nurse in the hospital turning out to be irish just made no sense to the story at all, unless it was some really kack handed way to question the main characters attempt to talk to gubbins

Bogey Lowenstein

I'm really looking forward to the next series. I think Chevy Chase would be a good choice for a guest role.

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