"Anyone would be lucky to have a friend like Howard Morris. As Only Murders in the Building's fourth-most-important Arconia resident, he's tried to buddy up to his podcasting neighbors and join on their investigative high jinks - only to get brushed aside when Charles, Oliver, and Mabel get serious in their pursuit of a killer."
"But Charles takes pity on a mourning Howard and, during the building's "last supper" party, they have their first one-on-one conversation to date, with Howard admitting his jealousy of the Only Murders trio's unique bond. "I used to be the center of my mother's world and she died," he says. "Maybe I had invested a little too much in a robot that doesn't care about me. But it felt so good to have any kind of partner." Their conversation is both cathartic for Howard and a boon for the investigation: When Howard notices that a smudge mark in Charles's apartment looks similar to ones left by his mother's old motorized scooter, the gang realizes only the matriarch of the Caccimelio crime family could have left it."
Howard Morris repeatedly seeks friendship with Charles, Oliver, and Mabel but is sidelined when they focus on the murder investigation. Howard bonds with L.E.S.T.R., the robot replacement for murdered doorman Lester, enjoying loyalty and a makeover app. L.E.S.T.R.'s programming then forces loyalty to billionaire Camila after she buys the Arconia and turns it into a casino. Charles comforts Howard at the building's last supper, prompting Howard to reveal grief and jealousy. Howard recognizes a smudge like his mother's scooter, connecting the clue to the Caccimelio crime family and helping to implicate Mayor Beau Tillman in Lester's murder. Howard confronts the trio after Cinda Canning's body is found.
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