Meryl Streep and Martin Short’s Only Murders in the Building characters were packing on the PDA!
Filming for Only Murders in the Building season 5, the on-screen couple was spotted on the streets of New York City on Wednesday, May 7. In the photos, Short, 75, dressed as Oliver Putnam — with a banana in hand — is running beside his new wife, Loretta Durkin (Streep).
In the shots, the two are also seen showing some PDA, from cuddling up with one another to even sharing a kiss.
While it isn’t clear what the newlyweds are running to (or from), Loretta may be joining Oliver, Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) and Steve Martin (Charles-Haden Savage) as they solve the latest murder to plague New York City.
Executive producer Dan Fogelman teased in a January conversation with The Wrap that the upcoming season will include “another big fun mystery the writers have been cooking up.”
“The ability for the writers to take those three guys who are so comfortable in the skin of those roles now, and where the comedy sits in the show, where the dramedy sits in the show, it’s just so always so fun to start a new story with them and explore new aspects of their friendship and new aspects of their lives,” Fogelman said.
In March, the show’s official social media accounts revealed that Renée Zellweger is also joining the cast. The next month, Deadline confirmed that Logan Lerman, Jermaine Fowler, Christoph Waltz, Keegan-Michael Key and Beanie Feldstein joined the cast.
Since Streep, 75, joined the series during season 3, rumors regarding the nature of her and Short’s relationship began to circulate. But Short’s representatives told PEOPLE in January 2024 that the pair are “just very good friends, nothing more.”
Short later told PEOPLE in May 2024 that it was “coincidental” that Streep joined the show as a love interest for his character. In October 2024, OMITB executive producer and writer John Hoffman discussed the “unbelievable” chemistry between Streep and Short — on and offscreen.
“You know, it is one of the most unexpected turns but I remember thinking, like, ‘God.’ As I got to know Meryl, as I’ve known Marty, and as I watched the two of them work together in season 3, I just — it was unbelievable,” he told Decider, adding: “They just delighted in each other on screen, off-screen in every way.”
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Only Murders in the Building seasons 1 through 4 are available to stream on Hulu.
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