Yahoo Lifestyle Uzo Aduba Searches for a Killer in The White House in New Netflix Drama “The Residence”: See the First Trailer
"This could be someone from the staff, could be a guest, could be anybody," Aduba says in the trailer for the upcoming murder mystery
The White House becomes a crime scene in the first trailer for Netflix's The Residence.
The murder mystery series stars Uzo Aduba as detective Cordelia Cupp, who launches an investigation after a dead body turns up in The White House. The Shondaland production follows the search for a killer in a house of 132 rooms filled with 157 suspects after “a disastrous State dinner.”
“We have no idea who might've been involved in this,” Cordelia says at the start of the preview as she sits down with the President, played by Paul Fitzgerald.
“There's a murderer out there — or in here,” she adds, looking around the room.
The drama is met with a tinge of humor as each character wonders who among them committed the crime.
“Did anything unusual happen?” she asks staffer Jasmine Haney (Susan Kelechi Watson), who sarcastically replies, “Other than my boss dying?”
“Other than that, yes,” Cordelia says.
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Uzo Aduba as Cordelia CuppAnd as the head of the Secret Service, Colin Trask (Dan Perrault), reminds everyone, “There is no place like this place. It is bigger than you.”
Throughout eight episodes, Cordelia digs deeper into each person in The White House the night of the murder, noting: “This could be someone from the staff, could be a guest, could be anybody.”
A bloody knife sparks interest and tensions run high, with fights, speculation and worry imploding on one of the most famous mansions in the world.
“We're making progress,” Cordelia declares before joking, “I would go so far as to say we're almost done here.”
“Really?” FBI Director Wally Glick (Spencer Garrett) asks hopefully.
“No,” Cordelia responds as the trailer comes to an end.
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In addition to Aduba, Fitzgerald, Watson, Perrault and Garrett, The Residence, which is based on a book with the same title by Kate Andersen Brower, also features Giancarlo Esposito as A.B. Wynter, Edwina Findley as Sheila Cannon, Molly Griggs as Lilly Schumacher, Jason Lee as Tripp Morgan, Ken Marino as Harry Hollinger, Al Mitchell as Rollie Bridgewater, Randall Park as FBI agent Edwin Park, Bronson Pinchot as Didier Gotthard, Julieth Restrepo as Elsyie Chayle, Mel Rodriguez as Bruce Geller, Isiah Whitlock Jr. as Larry Dokes and Mary Wiseman as Marvella.
Led by showrunner and executive producer Paul William Davies, The Residence is co-executive produced by Shonda Rhimes and Betsy Beers. This comes after the same trio worked together on For the People, a legal drama that ran for two seasons on ABC before being canceled in 2019.
The Residence is available for streaming on March 20 on Netflix.
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