Charles knew best.

Before signing on to “Only Murders in the Building,” Steve Martin had one stipulation that he presented to co-creator John Hoffman.

“Steve Martin said, at the very beginning of this whole show, to me, ‘There’s one thing I would ask, which is that at the end of every season, the end of that 10th episode, you give the people the answer, you tell them who did it, and then you move on,'” Hoffman exclusively revealed to The Post.

“‘I don’t want ambiguity in that thing. It feels much more satisfying to have the answer.’ So I was like, okay, that’s a great framework.”

Hoffman now calls that formula “the trick of the show.” 12

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“Ten hours of a one mystery story that has to twist its way and keep people a bit on their toes and surprise you, it’s always a dance arou

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