This post contains spoilers for the first three episodes ofOnly Murders in the Building.
Did Sting… stand too close to Winnie?
Could he… very much stand losing her?
‘Only Murders in the Building’ (and Sting).Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu; Inset: Hulu
Was he her… king of pain?
Sorry, we’ll just come out and say it: Did Sting poison Winnie after killing Tim Kono?
Worse yet, on the floor moaned Winnie, seemingly poisoned with powder.
While Oliver fretted, “Oh my god, who would do this to you?”
What appealed to theOMITBgang about transforming the music legend/rainforest guardian into a prime suspect?
“Well, it’s just so unlikely, you know?”
Martin chuckles to EW.
It’s not just a guest cameo.
It’s actually something that could happen.
In the building I live in, Mitch Miller used to live there.
Do you know Mitch Miller?Sing Along with Mitch?
It was like a ’60s thing.
No, you’re too young.
Don’t look at me like that, you youngsters."
“And he was, of course, in a French Chateau in the middle of a pandemic.
We couldn’t stop looking at his bookshelves.
It was like, ‘How old are those bookshelves behind you?’
It was the most beautiful, perfectly apt setting to be Zooming with Sting.”
“He ran with everything we asked him to do he was completely into it,” shares Hoffman.
“And beyond that, he came on set so prepared.
It was scripted that he had to express not liking dogs, but he went further with it.
In the joke about when Marty [as Oliver] says, ‘Do you have a dog?’
And then Sting nods and says, ‘I have a dog.
I don’t like him either.’
He threw it in, in a first take.
Marty and I were talking right after the first take: ‘Oh my God, he’s hysterical!’
He just dove in.
He didn’t surprise us all because he’s brilliant.
But I think the gamesmanship was clear from the moment he stepped on set.”
“More viable than you would think,” responds Hoffman with a laugh.
“And they find that out in very quick order.
“There’s alotto be revealed about Sting in the next episode,” hints Martin.
Furthers Hoffman: “This show has a lot going on that’s very meta.
Sting did issue a prickly “Are you suggesting I had something to do with it?”
response when Oliver asked if he knew Tim.
And the trio learned that Tim was fired after losing a client big money.
So, what are the potential ties that bind here?
“We do find out there’s a stronger connection between Sting and the victim,” says Hoffman.
He’d go ‘Roxaaanne!’
Or he’d do: ‘Every move you make.’
He’d do one of his massive hits, every take.”
Adds Gomez: “It was surreal being on set.”
Sting is hardly the only celebrity to pop up in the series.
“And also how far he might go to protect what’s important to him.”
There’s also the matter of that mysterious Post-It note (“G.M.
What sorts of twists and turns will be lying in wait for viewers in the remaining seven episodes?
“There are many twists yet to come.
There are many complications that are both funny and surprising and are laid in.
I’m very detail oriented.
Steve Martin [who co-created the show] is very detail oriented.
Dan Fogelman [theThis Is Uscreator who is also an executive producer onOnly Murders] is very detail oriented.
And forgive us for not providing intel on this critical matter sooner.
“We took great care in every way.
So hang tight, she’s a fighter.”
The next episode ofOnly Murders in the Buildingstreams Sept. 7.
