Martin Short’s athleticism was put to the test in Tuesday’s episode of “Only Murders in the Building” as Oliver volunteers to reenact how Sazz Pataki’s killer was able to murder the Brazzos stunt double, clean up the crime scene and bring her down to the incinerator all in 12 minutes.
The sequence sees Short decked out in athletic wear as he races from the window of Dudenoff’s apartment (after an assist down from Mabel and Marshall P. Pope, the screenwriter of the podcast’s Hollywood film portrayed by Jin Ha) to Charles’ apartment. After hilariously sliding down a stair bannister and yelling at a group of leash children for getting in his way, Oliver is confronted by none other than former tennis player John McEnroe, who chases after Short as he runs away screaming.