“You’re the reason I care about murder.”

This is what character Charles Haden-Savage, played by Steve Martin, tells his favorite true crime podcaster in the most recent episode of “Only Murders in the Building.” In a show that has danced around its central characters’ desensitivity to death, it was startling, yet somehow expected, to hear it said so flagrantly.

When five students are thrown into detention together, one would assume that the individuals would leave with a greater appreciation for one another – end of story, right? Unlike any other classic teen fiction book or movie, this detention session results in a death.