‘Maggie Moore(s)’: The land’s dry, the laughs are dark in Jon Hamm’s intriguing crime comedy

A murder victim’s neighbor (Tina Fey) becomes friendly with the investigating police chief (Jon Hamm) in “Maggie Moore(s).” (Screen Media)

That Jon Hamm fellow sure likes playing cops, FBI agents, journalist detectives, etc., what with his pre-fame role as Inspector Nate Basso in the Lifetime series “The Division” in the early 2000s, followed by “The Town” (2010), “Bad Times at the El Royale” (2018), “Richard Jewell” (2019), “No Sudden Move” (2021) and “Confess, Fletch” (2022).

And now here’s the awkwardly titled “Maggie Moore(s),” in which Hamm brings his low-key charm to the role of Jordan Sanders, chief of police in fictional Buckland County, New Mexico, where not one but two women named Maggie Moore have been murdered in the span of 10 days.