Season 1
132 rooms. 157 suspects. 1 dead body.
Synopsis
The Residence (2025), Season 1 is a Netflix murder-mystery comedy you can watch online on iFILM — eight episodes built around one body and a houseful of liars. A state dinner ends with a corpse inside the White House, and every guest and staffer becomes a suspect.
Enter Cordelia Cupp, a consulting detective who would rather be birdwatching and notices what nobody else does. The season runs like a proper whodunit: she questions everyone from Cabinet members to plumbers and pastry chefs, and each interview peels back another lie. A bitter kitchen feud, a butler named Sheila acting strange, a housekeeper hiding something — clues stack up one episode at a time. Cut against it all, a Senate hearing in the present keeps shifting as new testimony lands.
Created by Paul William Davies and led by Uzo Aduba, with Giancarlo Esposito and Randall Park, the show wears its influences openly: episode titles nod to Knives Out and Agatha Christie, and the tone stays witty rather than grim. If you like a talky, clever parlor mystery, this one fits. Stream The Residence Season 1 online on iFILM.
8 episodes
S1·E1The Fall of the House of Usher
At a Congressional hearing, the story of a mysterious death at the White House, and the brilliant detective hired to crack the case, begins to unfold.
S1·E2Dial M for Murder
From celebrities and Cabinet members to plumbers and pastry chefs, everyone is in the hot seat as Cordelia conducts interviews.
S1·E3Knives Out
Simmering conflicts in the White House kitchen offer Cordelia a delicious opportunity to uncover clues.
S1·E4The Last of Sheila
Irrepressible butler Sheila has risen from Waffle House to the White House. But her misbehavior at the state dinner arouses Cordelia's suspicions.
S1·E5The 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.
S1·E6The Third Man
As dawn breaks, Cordelia faces pressure to end the residence's lockdown. Meanwhile, in the present day, a fresh testimony upends the Senate hearing.
S1·E7The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Elsyie, a housekeeper, is the most-liked employee in the residence. But Cordelia suspects there's more to her than meets the eye.
S1·E8The 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.
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