SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for the first three episodes of “ Only Murders in the Building ” Season 5.

“Only Murders” is headed “back to its roots,” as showrunner John Hoffman puts it.

Yes, the series’ central victims have always died in the Arconia, but Seasons 3 and 4 were less focused on the history and characters of the building than the people who happened to wander into it as they interacted with Charles (Steve Martin), Oliver (Martin Short) and Mabel (Selena Gomez) for various reasons. By contrast, this season’s murder feels like an attack on the building itself: In the Season 4 finale, Lester (Teddy Coluca), the Arconia’s doorman, is found dead in the fountain out front.

The trio suspects mob activity at first. Charles and Mabel were recently approached by a

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