She's back! The first episode of the fourth season of Only Murders in the Building premiered on Hulu last night, and we got to see a bit of Meryl. My expectation is that she's not going to feature very prominently this season, but it's nice that we got to see her at all.
In her scene with Martin Short (could there be more rumors about them as a real-life couple, btw?), I couldn't help but notice how great she looked (sort of West Coast-ified). Her character, Loretta, has moved to Los Angeles to do a silly TV show, and the gang is out there to be pitched the idea of their podcast being turned into a major motion picture. The scene between Streep and Short is cute, but I get the sense that there may not really be much more of a character arc that they're going to explore with Loretta, not that she's finally got her big break. Molly Shannon's character happened to stand out to me as particularly funny and well-played.
Regardless, like I said, I wasn't expecting Meryl to be in this season a lot. But who knows? I'm still looking forward to more info on developments for the Devil Wears Prada sequel. The farther out we go from the news of the potential Joni Mitchell biopic, the more it seems like it may be mostly made up, or at least extremely obliquely a possibility. I certainly wouldn't mind news of something more concrete for her to do in the likely year she has before Prada films (assuming it does indeed get off the ground). And then there's always the Emmys, which are coming up on September 15. Meryl is of course nominated for her supporting performance in season 3 of Only Murders.
Until then, I'll enjoy the bits we get of her in this latest season. I'll leave you with a snippet where she talks about the appeal of her participation in the show, and of portraying this character.
