Charles (Steve Martin) is definitely unlucky in love. Oliver (Martin Short) is engaged and Mabel (Selena Gomez)? She is an evolving Charles. Our heroes each have time to take care of their hearts as they try to make headway in solving Ben’s (Paul Rudd) crime. Just as well, because the police apparently didn’t care. A TV star is poisoned onstage and, hours later, thrown from an elevator in Upper West Manhattan, and there are no reporters or detectives on the trail. Yeah, Only Murders in the Building was more tied up than we’re seeing.

Ignoring Season 3’s glaring plot flaws, the series is trying with a heavy hand to make us believe that Meryl Streep is a walking psychopath, a woman fixated on her idol and capable of murder. If we go with the ‘whodunit’ formula, it won’t be her. It’s never who you expect, so it gets tiring to insist on the key. In “It’s Love”, the story advances a few millimeters because the protagonists are dealing with their affective problems first. And they were already doing exactly that in previous episodes.

Still, I love Only Murders in the Building. My list of suspects comes down to two names, kind of obvious too. I’ll bet on the submissive brother, Dickie (Jeremy Shamos), who “helped” Loretta as soon as she ran out of customers and livelihood. But for now, it’s the actress the writers want us to think is the killer. We already have motive and opportunity, where are the police when we need them?