Commitment. The reason I rewatch so many shows and rarely start new ones is my fear of commitment. I’m afraid I’d have wasted a lot of time if I commit to a show and it turns out to be bad or have an awful ending.

Much like a relationship. Of course, I have a tonne of experience there.

Only Murders in the Building was a trailer I had watched earlier this year and it looked interesting. Also, I hadn’t seen Steve Martin since Father of the Bride and I was excited.

Then my friend told me how amazing it was and available on Hotstar and I decided to think about it.

My sister and I were hanging out lazily one Sunday evening looking for something to watch and we saw it pop up and looked at each other.
Should we? It’s a show. An entire season. 

I fear commitment and she cannot stand suspense. Not the best duo for a crime comedy thriller I’d say.

But we said ‘let’s do it’ and 30 mins in, we were hooked.

The cast does not disappoint and the story is brilliant. The scenes are shot cleverly. Actually, the whole show is clever. Funny when you don’t expect it and scary when you think it’s safe to relax.

I don’t want to give out spoilers but it’s definitely a show I’ve binged watched in nearly six months.

I work in the space of Diversity and Inclusion and I always find it so strange how your work will sometimes start showing up in your personal life.

Take for example, in December the world celebrates International Disability Day. At work I’ve been designing a virtual game that will allow people to understand disabilities and how we can make our workplaces more inclusive.

In about, the seventh or eighth episode of Only Murders in the Building, one of the suspects is hearing impaired. They begin the episode from his point of view and there is no sound throughout the episode. Just muffled sounds. You’re basically now experiencing the world the same way this person who is hearing impaired would. The entire episode is shot this way. Is your mind blown? Mine was! The episode ends with Steve Martin’s exclamation of ‘yes’ out loud. And thats the only clear sound in the entirety of the episode. Freaking brilliant!

The reason I am also glad that I invested in this show was because I couldn’t predict it. I hate when I can predict the story. It’s like the person has failed me. They’ve denied me the suspense that should be guaranteed in a suspense thriller. I feel cheated when I can tell the ending: book or movie.

This show had more fidelity than some of my relationships.

You cannot predict anything so do your ass a favor and inform it that it will be sitting on the edge of its sit.

I deeply recommend this show. Deeply. It’s clever and funny and full of plots twists.

It was nice to see the depth of Steve Martin and Martin Short’s acting come to life after a long time and to see Selena Gomez move from her usual teenage angst to jaded millennial.

I guess we’re all moving on then. Of course, I’m not moving on from books but in other ways, I am moving on. I’ve moved cities again! And romantically I’ve moved in a heart space I’m proud of. Vague enough?!?