Post Holiday Blues Streaming 25' - The Residence - Miniseries

I used to adore Shondaland series, however for me, The Residence just wasn't the greatest.

Streaming on Netflix, inspired by The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House by Kate Andersen Brower, the series revolves around a fictional murder scandal involving the staff of the White House.

I missed this when it initially started streaming back in March.

Set as an upstairs, downstairs, mystery, set in White House, Cordelia Cupp, an eccentric detective, arrives on the premises in order to solve a murder that occurred during a state dinner. During the investigation, interpersonal conflicts between 157 personnel of the residence start to unfold.

132 rooms. 157 suspects. 1 dead body. 1 wildly eccentric detective. 1 disastrous State Dinner. 

The Residence, is described as a screwball whodunnit, among the eclectic staff of the world’s most famous mansion. 

Starring Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Randall Park, Susan Kelechi Watson and many more, including Australian's Kylie, former Australian prime ministers son, Julian McMahon and Brett Tucker.

I'm not sure why this didn't hit the mark for me. But it just didn't I wish it did. But is just didn't. I loved Julian McMahon in the awesome Ryan Murphy cult classic, Nip/Tuck. But for me, this was just a bit blah.

It might not be so much of a spoiler as this aired over two months ago, however like me if you are late to the party, this is how episode eight goes down.

Spoiler alert, episode eight is super long. Like 1.5 hours long!

The following morning, Cupp leads the suspects on a tour of the murder before revealing Lilly as the killer. 

Having always disrespected the traditions of the White House, Wynter discovered evidence of her embezzlement and threatened to expose her. 

Angered, Lilly attempted to poison him during a meeting in the Yellow Oval Room before fatally striking him with a clock. Finding the body and mistakenly thinking Elsyie was the murderer, Bruce dragged the body to the Lincoln Bedroom, before moving the body to Room 301, unaware Tripp was asleep inside.

Fearing blame, Tripp moved the body to the Game Room, staged Wynter's suicide with Gotthard's knife after finding the suicide note Lilly placed in his pocket, and painted over Wynter's blood in Room 301. Seeing a chance to cover up the evidence, Lilly impersonated Elliot to keep people from the Yellow Oval Room and to order a passage to the room be sealed. Opening the passage, Cupp reveals the incriminating clock. 

With the murderer in custody, Cupp presents her conclusions to the committee, and tells Nan the case has been solved.

So if you like murder, mysteries, maybe give this a shot. If they are not your bag then maybe watch something else on Netflix. Speaking of, up next I am finally catching up on the third season of Heartstopper.