
Bad Monkey(2024)
A detective turned restaurant inspector in Southern Florida is pulled into a world of greed and corruption after a tourist finds a severed arm while fishing. And yes, there's a monkey.


“132 rooms. 157 suspects. 1 dead body.”
A brilliant, eccentric detective must solve a murder in the White House residence — where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects.

Uzo Aduba
Cordelia Cupp

Giancarlo Esposito
A.B. Wynter

Molly Griggs
Lilly Schumacher

Ken Marino
Harry Hollinger

Randall Park
Edwin Park

Susan Kelechi Watson
Jasmine Haney

Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Larry Dokes

Jason Lee
Tripp Morgan

Al Mitchell
Rollie Bridgewater

Dan Perrault
Colin Trask
The Residence is a comedy series that first aired in 2025 exploring themes of detective, based on novel or book, the white house, anthology, murder, whodunit. Created by Paul William Davies, it stars Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Molly Griggs. A brilliant, eccentric detective must solve a murder in the White House residence — where the staff and guests at a state dinner are all suspects.
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