"Only Murders in the Building" boss on the killer, who's back next season and a case for rewatching - Salon

The following story discusses spoilers from the "Only Murders In the Building" finale, including the identity of the murderer.

"Only Murders in the Building" Broadway showman turned hobbyist detective Oliver Putnam (Martin Short) is charming and ambitious to the very last.

The truth is still a satisfying bombshell, and heartbreaking to boot. After Salon spoke to "Only Murders in the Building" showrunner John Hoffman, though, it's apparent that Oliver's could have been speaking his creator's ambitions out loud.

Hoffman, along with the writing team and the mystery-comedy's co-creator Steve Martin, pored over every detail of that intoxicating tête-à-tête Martin's glum Charles-Haden Savage shared with the manslayer he, Oliver and their young partner Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) had been hunting, to ensure the perpetrator would not be very easy to guess. .