YMMV / Murderville

• Broken Base:
  • British reviewers or those familiar with the show's inspiration, Murder in Successville, seem to all compare Murderville to it negatively, criticizing the American show's overuse of comedians as guests instead of celebrities less familiar with improv, as well as the more relaxed, watered-down tone. However, some have praised Murderville for its gleeful silliness, Arnett's performance, and the fun of watching experienced comic actors riff off of each other. Most seem to agree that the Marshawn Lynch episode is Murderville's best, though, no matter what they think of the show as a whole.
  • The specific decision to drop the "town full of celebrities" element from "Successville" has also had mixed reactions. Even some negative reviews of Murderville cite this as an understandable change that helps each episode focus on the improv instead of distracting celebrity impressions. Others miss the impressions and feel like the cases are too generic without them.
• Captain Obvious Reveal: The clues that identify the correct murderer (out of three suspects) are very obvious: something in their dialogue gives it away and/or an element of the crime scene lines up with another object in the room when they are interrogated. The other suspects will also say or do something that directly contradicts the established facts. For example, in "Triplet Homicide", Amber explicitly says The Killer Was Left-Handed, and two of the suspects pointedly do something with their right hand. This is by design, as the appeal of the series isn't the complexity of the murders, but watching the celebrity guests fumble their way through them.
• The Woobie:
  • Terry Seattle. He's in the midst of a divorce with Rhonda, whom he clearly still has feelings for, he's traumatized by his partner's unsolved murder, he's a laughingstock among his fellow cops and former high school classmates, and over the course of the season he starts living out of his office. He at least gets some closure for Lori's murder and his divorce at the end of Episode 6.
  • Deb in "The Magician's Apprentice". By her own admission, she's too old to get her former job back, she's dating a married man, and she's stuck working as a waitress. She even breaks down in tears while Conan is questioning her.