Comedy
Only Murders in the Building
It’s fun, but the show is guilty of lack of restraint in the second degree—a senseless crime if ever there was one.
Anything that can go wrong, will go wrong. That’s what the famed Murphy’s Law tells us anyway. And for Murphy’s great-great-great-great grandson, Milo Murphy, everything most certainly will go wrong.
Good thing Milo’s got his optimism, logic, well-equipped backpack and, most importantly, best friends Zach and Melissa, to help him navigate his crazy world.
Milo and the gang aren’t looking for trouble. But for them, normal, everyday occurrences spin crazily out of control and threaten to produce the worst sort of trouble imaginable. For instance, they have to be careful with their household chores, because you never know: Those chores could blow up the house. They have to be just as cautious at school too, in case they’re forced to fight with an evil robot—a robot that they, naturally, had a hand in creating.
And, occasionally, they also run into time-travel agents Balthazar Cavendish and Vinnie Dakota as they work in the “past” to preserve the life of the pistachio, their boss’ favorite snack. You just never know.
If you listen carefully, you’ll probably recognize a familiar voice in this animated Disney show. ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic serves as the voice of Milo (and he sings a few quirky songs for the show, too).
He fits the character perfectly: After all, Milo is always nerdy, consistently inquisitive and occasionally silly—characteristics. you’ll see throughout each 22-minute episode (which typically features two separate stories).
Depending on which episode you catch, buildings might explode, chores may become hazardous, hand-to-hand combat could take place and anything normal will be turned on its head.
There aren’t too many life lessons doled out, but it’s evident that Milo and his friends are forgiving, accepting and the best of pals. And even though plenty will go wrong, everything is made right in the end.
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In “Field of Screams,” Milo and Melissa help Zack complete farm chores to prove he’s more than just a city boy. Time travel agents Cavendish and Dakota search for a piece of an alien spaceship. In “Spy Little Sister,” Melissa is trained to become a secret agent. Milo and Zack accidentally create an evil robot that threatens to destroy their middle school.
Kids are thrown into mud, doused with milk and covered in hay. A barn explodes, men are blasted with a water hose and a horse nearly kicks a young boy in the face. Men and women engage in hand-to-hand combat. A robot is shot at with a laser gun.
An angry farmer is afraid two men will trespass on his property. Two men search for an alien spaceship. A boy says he showed a picture of a goat udder to his friend.
Two girls flirt with and fight over a boy. A girl says that her father wants her to develop more “femergy” (female energy). A man goes shirtless, a couple kisses and a cartoon woman wears a form-fitting dress. A woman walks in on a man in a bathrobe, who’s cutting his toenails.
It’s fun, but the show is guilty of lack of restraint in the second degree—a senseless crime if ever there was one.
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