everybody go watch the residence
14/06/25
i just watched the residence annd ohhhhhhh my GOD did i love it my sister recommended it to me and it took a while to get around to it but one day i was hemming some pants and wanted something to play in the background (bad idea: got too invested to sew) and guys let me tell you its SO good oh my god
ok so first of all the cast is amazing i love all the actors and cornelia and edwin are chefs kiss second of all it is FUNNY like its funny in the sense that i laughed out loud many times without it being annoying funny yknow its like idk how to explain it its just funny and the fact that they managed to make it funny while preserving the murder mystery of it without watering it down is awesome and i love them for it
then there is the actual murder mystery part which i feel is compelling and well thought out but also well managed, it throws you for a billion different loops without it feeling annoyingly complicated as i often have when there are plotholes for plotholes' sake but no they did it perfectly i feel like because every plothole fit into the insanely wacky situation they built up and thats why it WORKED its just wacky enough to imagine a bunch of shit but not so wacky that it starrts getting annoying do you get my vibe
next thing i adore is the episode setup itself, i love that each episode gets to know a different staff and i love how little moments arre interspersed that are all relevant but also just make you feel like youre THERE and even htough i do think its annoying when tv is dumbed down for the viewer i do feel like it was done very tastefully and i didnt hate it that much
this is where we maaaaay get into spoiler territory so read on your own volition, ill let you know where i continue w the non spoilery stuff so skip this if you want:
i really relaly like how you can tell that everyone just has respect for each other i like how cornelia has respect for the chief i like how AB has respect for literally the entire house even the biggest pains in the asses like everyone who is worth something respects the SHIT out of each other and oh my god bruce elsyie how adorable is that if it isnt like them i dont want it
SPOILERS END HERE then besides that i just really loved watching it i loved lookking at it it looks good the lighting is good the colours are satisfying thos white house SHOTS oh my god are they gorgeous and also im obsessed with the ideas of this universe hell yeah we have a gay president of the US who everyone hates including his MIL his boybestie lives down the hall as does his brother who physically attacked him (again, the POTUS himself) in the white house thinking that was something he could just do the australian prrime minister fucked te white house chef against a tree sure whatever also the how many dudes do you need cornrelia i love you
sorry this is getting really long but i really could just go on and on and on abt this show i love it so much its so good its really really just so so good please if you bother to read any of this at all go watch it its on netflix its 8 long episodes and i promise youll be hooked from the first second oh did i mention the intro with all the artwork UGH i love it so much okay i really do need to go to bed now but yeah go watch the residence i love it oh my god