Will Arnett is a master at playing clueless blustering nincompoops, and his talents are perfectly suited to the role of Senior Detective Terry Seattle, a mustachioed copper who stumbles through one murder mystery after another while breaking in a new partner every episode in the Netflix improv comedy/mystery “Murderville.”
Here’s the deal. For each new storyline, Arnett and the supporting cast are given a script, while the guest celebrities (playing themselves) are told nothing and are just plunged into the roughly half-hour storyline, which always involves a murder, three suspects, the guest star attempting to identify the killer and a clever reveal that actually makes some sense. Season One guest stars included Conan O’Brien, Kumail Nanjiani, Sharon Stone, Annie Murphy and Ken Jeong, all of whom proved more than capable of going with the flow and playing off Arnett’s lead, even when it placed them in ludicrous situations. “Murderville” made for goofy, escapist, easily bingeable light entertainment in Season One.
