Only Murders in the Building co-creator talks meta jokes, Martin Short's approach to one-liners, and honoring victims in season 2

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*This article contains spoilers for Only Murders in the Building season 1*

After successfully working out who killed Tim Kono, everyone's favorite amateur sleuths found themselves in a sticky situation at the end of Only Murders in the Building season 1, when a blood-soaked Mabel was found leaning over the dead body of Arconia board president Bunny. Season 2, which releases on Hulu and Disney Plus on June 28, picks up right where the dramatic cliffhanger left off, with the meddling trio being questioned by the authorities.

All dubbed "persons of interest", Mabel (Selena Gomez), Oliver (Martin Short), and Charles (Steve Martin) quickly set about solving the latest grisly crime to clear their names, but this one feels much more personal than the last. "Someone's trying to frame us," Oliver exclaims in an early episode – and that's before murder weapons, and erotic paintings that were stolen from Bunny's place, start bizarrely showing up in their apartments. 

The pressure is on in more ways than one, too. Their podcast on Tim Kono's murder investigation was a smash hit, and their fans are desperate for more content. It doesn't seem particularly wise to broadcast their findings as they go given that the killer is seemingly onto them, but the story is there for the taking. Will they be able to deliver the goods a second time around? 

It's a question Only Murders showrunner John Hoffman, who created the series with Steve Martin, asked himself many times during the making of season two, too – or so he told us when we sat down with him recently ahead of the show's return. During the chat, Hoffman also touched on the new chapter's myriad of meta jokes, managing the abundance of stars clamoring to be in the show after season 1,