“I think she’s the great tease at the end of the finale and a little bit of an intriguing bump forward,” co-creator John Hoffman has revealed. “She’s an extension of the little news report in Episode 9 that Mabel makes note of at the hospital. [Sofia] is the wife of the Dry Cleaning King of Brooklyn, and maybe a couple of dry cleaning outlets in Manhattan, as well, we may come to know.”
He continued, “But beyond that, it’s a world opened up potentially that we haven’t talked about too much yet in New York, so she holds a lot of intrigue.”
Hoffman shared that he and Leoni have been texting for weeks. He said, “She is the best! We’ve had the best conversations about where she might go.” Last week when Hoffman spoke to Deadline, he said Leoni could potentially join the Season 5 cast but it had yet to be confirmed.
When asked if the Caccimelios are connected to anything from earlier seasons, Hoffman revealed, “I think there are references to what Oliver [Martin Short] said when he dealt with financing for his shows; so, yeah, there may be some crossover that way. Potentially, some danger could be involved in helping. There are some moves that might come in Season 5 that change the whole equation.”
He added about themes they’ve been playing with in the writers room, “We were talking earlier today about what’s New York right now. So there is a classic version of that, and then what does it look like today? That’s intriguing to me.”
Today's classic New York and Big Apple theme for season five makes sense, following the death of Lester the doorman (Teddy Coluca), who undoubtedly has decades of insight into the city and the building.
Leoni starred as Elizabeth McCord in the CBS series Madam Secretary and guest-starred on Fox's The X Files and NBC's Frasier, among others.
Season four of Only Murders in the Building is now available to stream in its entirety on Disney+.
