If this were a book, it’d be a hell of a page-turner.
Sure, that’s a bold statement. But when it comes to The Residence, I’m going to stand my ground. Netflix‘s quirky new whodunit series from Shonda Rhimes — which premiered on the streaming service on Wednesday — asks the question, what happens when an important dinner at the White House is disrupted by the murder of one of the house’s staff members? Sheer calamity is the answer. Amid the cluttered murder mystery landscape, this show is a delightful standout.
The murder case in The Residence is a numbers game: one dead body, 132 rooms and 157 suspects. Needless to say, to find the homicidal needle in this complicated haystack, the team calls in a highly skilled investigator. As with any good murder mystery, that person must have an unconventional style and peculiar methodology. Well, step aside Adrian Monk: Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba)
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