Overview

• Shonda Rhimes' new Netflix series, 'The Residence,' is a murder mystery set in the White House during a state dinner.
• Uzo Aduba stars as Cordelia Cupp, an eccentric detective, alongside Randall Park as FBI agent Edwin Park, forming a modern-day Sherlock and Watson duo.
• The ensemble cast includes Giancarlo Esposito as the murder victim, White House Chief Usher A. B. Wynter, and Susan Kelechi Watson as a rising Assistant Usher.
• The series is inspired by Kate Andersen Brower's nonfiction book 'The Residence: Inside the Private World of the White House.'
• 'The Residence' is described as a screwball whodunnit featuring 132 rooms, 157 suspects, and a mix of humor and intrigue.