Only Murders in the Building Season 5 is confirmed – and there's plenty we know about it already.
2024 had some great releases, which included the fourth season of the popular Hulu hit. Only Murders in the Building, which has steadily returned each year with a new season to make us question who the murderer is this time, will be back again for another game of mystery. But what do we know so far about this next installment of the popular franchise? Let's get into it...
What Is The Only Murders In The Building Season 5 Premiere Date?
At the time of updating this in April 2025, there is no set premiere date for Only Murders in the Building Season 5, but we can undoubtedly theorize. Season 5 was confirmed by Deadline in September 2024, weeks before the fourth season even ended, and the show does tend to come back every year, so it might just appear on the 2025 TV schedule.
Only Murders in the Building is one of the rare colossal streaming shows that releases new episodes pretty consistently. While we're still waiting for the 2025 arrival of Stranger Things Season 5 or the upcoming Wednesday Season 2 after years of waiting, the Hulu hit has consistently delivered a new season. It’s probably safe to expect it’ll appear at some point this year.
The Only Murders In The Building Season 5 Cast
Steve Martin, Martin Short, and Selena Gomez will be back as Charles, Oliver, and Mabel. You can't really have this series without them. The Only Murders in the Building cast will hopefully always have those three.
Aside from that, we do know a couple of new cast members. First of all, Sofia Caccimelio will be a big part of Season 5, and will be played by Téa Leoni, according to Deadline.
The character appeared in the final minutes of the Only Murders in the Building Season 4 finale, and is the wife of Nicky Caccimelio – otherwise known as "The Neck," and someone who has ties to the Caputo crime family.
Then, in March 2025, it was confirmed via the show’s X page that Renée Zellweger has joined the cast of Season 5.
In early April 2025, a slew of cast announcements came in from Deadline. These include:
- Logan Lerman
- Christoph Waltz
- Jermaine Fowler
- Keegan-Michael Key
- Beanie Feldstein
Goodness gracious! I’m already excited for Season 5 now seeing all of these cast announcements. I’m so excited!
What Is Only Murders In The Building Season 5 About?
With another season confirmed, there are so many directions that Only Murders in the Building Season 5 could go – but we do know a couple of ways, thanks to some interviews:
Season 5 Will Follow The Murder Of Lester
As you can probably guess, Season 5 of Only Murders in the Building will focus on the murder of Lester, the doorman of the apartment building that they all live in, and how he ended up dead in that fountain at the very end of Season 4.
In an interview with Variety in October 2024, showrunner John Hoffman revealed that they were deep in the process of writing, and that because the victim was a doorman – something that's a big thing in New York City – this kind of death is going to be a lot different, and have a "level of respect" that others didn't:
I know the killer. I know the story. We are now breaking the fourth episode of Season 5, so we have a pretty good handle on it all…Season 5 is shaping up within the microcosm of our building in New York, and modernization, and grappling with that. The victim was a doorman, and that is a very rich lineage and heritage to New York City — what that job is, and the union around that job — and there's a level of respect involved. Now, we have to pay respect by finding out what exactly might have happened to Lester. The old-school nature of all of that piety that you still find in New York, matched up with sort of the modern.
Lester was almost more of a background character, but he had plenty of moments with our main trio and was a kind man, so I'm sure if anyone is going to get to the bottom of it, it's Charles, Oliver, and Mabel.
Sofia Caccimelio Will Play An Important Role In Season 5
As mentioned before, Téa Leoni has joined the cast in a significant way as Sofia Caccimelio, and we know that her character is going to play an important role in the upcoming season. In that same Deadline article that confirmed she was joining the cast, Hoffman confirmed that she'll be an "intriguing bump forward" for what is to come:
I think she's the great tease at the end of the finale and a little bit of an intriguing bump forward. She's an extension of the little news report in Episode 9 that Mabel makes note of at the hospital. [Sofia] is the wife of the Dry Cleaning King of Brooklyn, and maybe a couple of dry cleaning outlets in Manhattan, as well, we may come to know… But beyond that, it's a world opened up potentially that we haven't talked about too much yet in New York, so she holds a lot of intrigue.
Season 5 Will Focus On Some Very "Relevant" Things Happening In New York Right Now
Season 5 of Only Murders in the Building is going to touch on some "relevant" things that are ongoing in New York even right now. In an interview with TheWrap in October 2024, Hoffman said that they are trying to tell a "particular kind of take" of New York and how the next season is very much the continuation of "classic meets modern:"
What I'm excited about for Season 5 is that we're trying to tell a particular kind of take from a New York angle. Season 5 will hit on some very current things going on within New York, specifically very relevant things that are happening in the city right now, in ways that honestly we couldn't have even predicted. We built our story, and then certain things revealed themselves, and vice versa. We found out certain things, we were hearing whispers about certain things and it's a little bit more reflective, deeply New York, both historically and the modern New York right now too.
The Crew Hopes For The Show To Continue For Long After Season 5
While Season 5 is going to dive deeper into modern-day New York City with relevant things happening during Lester’s death, we also know that the intention is for this show to run for as long as Hulu will allow it to run. In an interview with Variety in October 2024, Martin Short admitted that he really does see this series continuing on, even past the murders within the building:
Once you get over the hump of how many murders can happen in one building, you’re really stepping back and looking ultimately at the true original concept, which is three lonely people in New York City brought together by a common interest in true crime. Hopefully, we’ve tethered out our stories and hit reflections of things that we all recognize about life and death — and being that close to it and examining and investigating and following that, and then reflecting back. All of that feels very fertile always, so I’ll go as long as they’ll have us.
I mean, I am here for any number of seasons with this series, so let’s go!
Production For Only Murders In The Building Season 5 Has Begun!
Some happy news to give in this update – the production for Season 5 of Only Murders in the Building has officially begun! The X page for the series officially made the announcement in March 2025:
We're back in production! Season 5, here we go! 🎬 #OMITB pic.twitter.com/LBGciqLZGxMarch 3, 2025
Now this is some news I can get behind.
What are you the most excited about when it comes to Only Murders in the Building Season 5? All I know is that I'll be counting down the days until it gets here – and wondering who murdered that poor doorman, Lester. I suppose I can watch some of the other best original shows on Hulu while I wait.
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