Someone's been murdered. Homicide Det. Terry Seattle (Will Arnett) is on the case. Solving the crime won't be easy, especially for his "new" partner, a real-life celebrity with no script and often no idea what's going on in the ridiculously entertaining "Murderville," Netflix's six-part comedy where improv meets murder-mystery dinner theater meets every rote cop show of the past 40 years.
Each episode of the series features a new mystery and a new guest star who's paired up with the hard-knock detective Seattle by his precinct captain and estranged wife (Haneefah Wood). The "team" is assigned a case, and the fun is watching personalities like Conan O'Brien, Sharon Stone, Marshawn Lynch and Ken Jeong fumble their way through a narrative where they're the only ones on set without a script. They "investigate" crime scenes, grill suspects and put up with Seattle's bizarre methodology for 30 minutes. At the episode's close, they're asked to identify the killer from a lineup of three suspects. Then the captain reveals if they got it right or wrong.
The show, which also features Kumail Nanjiani and "Schitt's Creek's" Annie Murphy, throws curveballs after red herrings at its unsuspecting guests, putting them on the spot when they're asked to go undercover on their own, with Seattle feeding them lines through a hidden earpiece. Some of the best comedic moments come out of the folks who aren't from the comedy world: Lynch as a poker dealer who has no idea how to dole out cards. Stone flat-out refusing to do what Seattle asks, turning the tables so Arnett is left dangling.
