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Season 1 – The Residence

Play trailer 2:13 Poster for Season 1 – The Residence Mar 2025 Crime Drama Comedy Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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132 rooms. 157 suspects. One dead body. One wildly eccentric detective. One disastrous State Dinner. The Residence is a screwball whodunnit set in the upstairs, downstairs, and backstairs of the White House, among the eclectic staff of the world's most famous mansion.
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Critics Consensus

The Residence situates itself in the White House for a lighthearted murder mystery that won't tax the brain, but Uzo Aduba's eccentric sleuth brings a welcome level of sophistication to proceedings.

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Eric Deggans NPR A superior, genre-blending TV experience. Jun 7, 2025 Full Review Graeme Blundell The Australian The Residence is a delightful, sometimes breathless romp, despite a few longueurs along its somewhat frantic journey... Apr 21, 2025 Full Review Clarisse Loughrey Flicks (AU, NZ, UK) What Knives Out owes implicitly to Agatha Christie or The Last of Sheila, The Residence would rather point out explicitly. Apr 3, 2025 Full Review Eddie Harrison film-authority.com …unfortunately for The Residence, depressing real life has overtaken the fun, fictional fancy it offers…watching Cordelia Cupp solve crimes is a quaint, entirely out-of-date take on American crime… Rated: 3/5 Sep 10, 2025 Full Review Cristina Escobar LatinaMedia.Co It’s good to see a Black woman in the eccentric genius role. Sep 1, 2025 Full Review Christopher Stevens Daily Mail (UK) It wastes what could have been a wonderful premise, showing us the inner workings of America's most famous building as though it's a doll's house. Rated: 2/5 Aug 4, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Sabrina B. Easy to follow along and love the main actress. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 11/07/25 Full Review Guillaume T It's funny, everything is so well done. The offbeat humour is amazing, all the characters are so colorful. Maybe could have been a bit shorter but overall what a blast ! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 11/05/25 Full Review David S This series is mostly well written and it certainly has engaging and funny moments peppered throughout. But it is also stretched out waaaaaay longer than it needs to be. This could have been a funny 4 episode or even 5 episode season. Instead it's an eight episode slog. Almost every joke, every scene, every character interaction goes on and on and on and on interminably. Most really go nowhere. Probably the most annoying -- and unforgivable -- thing however is how the writers turn the supposedly amazingly talented detective who never misses anything into total nincompoop. SPOILER AHEAD........ late in the show in episode 6 or 7 out of 8 they introduce a totally new character who the detective and every other character just seems to have forgotten exists. This characters should not have been missed as she was standing right there in the middle of everyone. She just turns up and the detective now starts all the overly talky investigations all over again. Its bad writing that treats the audience like dolts. If you like very talky shows with little action, this might be for you. But I ultimately didn't care for the murdered characters and had no interest in who killed him or why. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 10/15/25 Full Review Doyin O It’s just poor and stretched out. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/09/25 Full Review John M Such a shame this wasnt renewed. The premise was nothing new but the execution was fresh, offbeat, occasionally VERY funny and what a great ensemble. Kudos for the casting. If you are looking for something different this is it. I binged it in two sessions. Uzo Aduba is really excellent here. The writing is delicious. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/02/25 Full Review JoParkerBear P I enjoyed every minute of it. Funny and amusing. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 09/28/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Paul William Davies

Creator

Jaffar Mahmood

Director

Betsy Beers

Executive Producer

Liza Johnson

Director

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Mar 20, 2025 The Fall of the House of Usher At a Congressional hearing, the story of a mysterious White House death and the brilliant detective hired to crack the case -- begins to unfold. Details Episode 2 Aired Mar 20, 2025 Dial M for Murder From celebrities and cabinet members to plumbers and pastry chefs, everyone is in the hot seat as Cordelia conducts interviews. Details Episode 3 Aired Mar 20, 2025 Knives Out Simmering conflicts in the White House kitchen offer Cordelia a delicious opportunity to uncover clues. Details Episode 4 Aired Mar 20, 2025 The Last of Sheila Irrepressible butler Sheila rises from Waffle House to the White House; but her misbehavior at the state dinner arouses Cordelia's suspicions. Details Episode 5 Aired Mar 20, 2025 The Trouble With Harry A surprise tip points Cordelia to three of the President's lesser-known housemates, his brother Tripp, his mother-in-law Nan and his top advisor, Harry. Details Episode 6 Aired Mar 20, 2025 The Third Man As dawn breaks, Cordelia faces pressure to end the residence's lockdown; in the present day, a fresh testimony upends the Senate hearing. Details Episode 7 Aired Mar 20, 2025 The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb Elsyie, a housekeeper, is the liked employee in the residence; but Cordelia suspects there's more to her than meets the eye. Details Episode 8 Aired Mar 20, 2025 The Mystery of the Yellow Room As the clock ticks down on her investigation, Cordelia is ready to reveal the murderer in the residence, even if she has to do it on the fly. Details

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Season Info

Director
Jaffar Mahmood, Liza Johnson
Creator
Paul William Davies
Executive Producer
Betsy Beers
Network
Netflix
Genre
Crime, Drama, Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date
Mar 20, 2025
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