OliMabel

OliMabel is the friendship between Charles-Haden Savage, Oliver Putnam and Mabel Mora from the Only Murders in the Building fandom.

Season 1
Charles, Oliver, and Mabel are residents in Arconia building. They first meet together in the elevator, where Oliver tries to have small talks with two of them. Later that night, an alarm goes off and all of the residents in Arconia need to evacuate. Due to lack of seats, in the restaurant they are evacuating at, the trio settle to sit together at one table. They eventually bond over their common interest in a crime podcast. When it is revealed that someone - named Tim Kono - died by suicide in Arconia, the trio assume that it may not the truth and decide to start they own crime podcast by investigating the mystery.

In the middle of the investigation, Mabel and Charles argue because Mabel has found out that Charles was being dishonest about his background story. Oliver chimes in, explaining that everytime he directs a new show, the hardest part is getting the actors to trust each other. So Charles makes all of them promise to not lie and to start trusting each other. Both of them agree only for Oliver to confess that he doesn't trust Mabel once she leaves the room.

One day, Charles and Oliver finds out from Oliver's son that Mabel had always known Tim Kino even before he died, and for somewhat reason decides to keep it from them. That day, they also catch the sight of Mabel going into a car with tie dye guy, the man Charles saw in Arconia staircases the day Tim Kono died and whom he has been suspecting. Charles tries to keep on trusting Mabel, but Oliver keeps inciting and fueling his mistrust that he began to doubt Mabel. They eventually discover that Mabel and the tie dye guy were only friends with Tim Kono and had nothing to do with his murder. The trio decide that Mabel better not return into the investigation due to his mother's request.

Charles and Oliver decide not to continue their podcast as they realize that they have been profiting from Mabel's painful experience, but their sponsor soon asks them for more episodes, and gives hem a check for a large sum of money. Charles still chooses to stop the podcast and Oliver, a bit reluctantly, agrees.

After having a conversation with her mom and mentioning that Charles and Oliver are the first friends she has made in a long time, Mabel is once again determined to solve the case. This time with her mother's approval, Mabel comes back to Arconia. She apologizes for being dishonest to Charles and Oliver and insists they continue the investigation.

Mabel and Oliver bond over their distaste for the way Charles keeps involving his new girlfriend - Jan - into their investigation. Later, Mabel and Oliver break into Jan's residence and find the solid proof that Jan is the killer. In the long run, they find Charles paralyzed in the building elevator as he was poisoned by Jan.

As Jan points her gun towards them, Charles wills to prevent her from shooting Mabel and Oliver, but he is unable to move. Fortunately, Mabel manages knocks Jan off by punching her face with the ring on her fingers.

Few days later, the trio celebrate their solved case on Arconia rooftop. While Mabel is going down to her room to take some more champagne, mysterious texts tell Charles and Oliver to get out of the building. Charles and Oliver decide they cannot leave Mabel and run downstairs to get her. They are greeted by the sight of Mabel over the dead body of the Arconia board president - Bunny - with Mabel’s knitting needle sticking out of her chest. Mabel tries to explain, but copes suddenly barge in and the trio are held to the police station for questioning.

Quotes
"No. This ends now, Jan. You won't shoot my friends. Shoot me if you need to, but not them. Because I don't want to live in a world without them anymore. There were parts of myself that were dead that they brought back to life. Before this... I was just a hollow shell walking around. And they made me alive."

- Charles, Open and Shut

Behind The Scene
"The big question of the whole series for me was, 'Beyond all the plot the narrative and everything else, was how do these three people work together? How do these three people fit together?' These three people learn to love each other and those elevators end up, in some way, saving each other."

- John Hoffman, The Writer

Fanon
Many fans are drawn to the fun dynamic of the tree characters with, as Disney+ UK twitter account has described, Charles - the quiet conversationalist one, Oliver - the friendly and always carrying deliveries one, and Mabel - the one with the headphones. Fans think that their differences really balanced out the dynamic. The age gap is also a part of their fun qualities. How Charles and Oliver often not understanding modern slang and Mabel not knowing Boomer-era cultural references make it even amusing for fans to see how they are slowly rubbing off and learning from each other.

Some think that Oliver and Charles look like an old married couple with Mabel as their angsty daughter. Others suggest that Charles and Oliver may be the father figures Mabel needs in her life, as they two are good with children. Their relationship is very comforting that many fans think of the trio as their own family. Others also wish that they have neighbors like them.

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Trivia

 * #OliMabel twitter hashflag was active until 8 September 2022.