I finished The Residence and it was so much fun! Really, I laughed more during this than most comedies. I mentioned it last week, Uzo Aduba is amazing in it. Her delivery and everything she did with her character made it an instant classic imo. Detective Cupp is a great character. She is a genius and knows it, but she admits that she can and occasionally does make mistakes. She isn't an asshole about it like other detectives. She also doesn't behave like an asshole towards other people, unless they really give her a reason to (like normal characters) and she has a deep respect for Chief Dokes when other detectives often dismiss their police liaisons/superiors (you know the type). She is also not quirky/weird to the point of ridiculousness. Yes, she is very intense about her talents as a detective and she loves birding, but in other aspects she is just like everyone else and I loved that. Randall Park has awesome comedic timing. He was also perfect in his role. Some of the scenes of him and Uzo Aduba were comedy gold. It is really how subtle of most of the comedic moments are that works for me. In part because of the tile but also because of how the majority of the season played out, I really thought that the entire season would take place during the state dinner. I wasn't expecting there to be more than two timelines (state dinner and senate hearing). It was unexpected, but obviously made sense and we saw the characters interact beyond just one evening. I don't think this show needs more seasons, but I would gladly watch more of Detective Cupp, hopefully with Chief Dokes and Agent Park. Washington DC probably has other establishments that could make this premise work.
After that, I started watching S2 of Poker Face, but I'm not completely caught up. I really like this season so far (5 eps in). Obviously it has the same vibe as The Residence and also some good comedy. The running gag of the announcer in the baseball episode was really funny. The guest stars on this show are always great.
I also started (first two episodes) Murderbot and I also like that. The tone is something different, but I think it's interesting. A bit of a different take on sci-fi maybe.
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Randall Park has awesome comedic timing. He was also perfect in his role. Some of the scenes of him and Uzo Aduba were comedy gold. It is really how subtle of most of the comedic moments are that works for me.
In part because of the tile but also because of how the majority of the season played out, I really thought that the entire season would take place during the state dinner. I wasn't expecting there to be more than two timelines (state dinner and senate hearing). It was unexpected, but obviously made sense and we saw the characters interact beyond just one evening.
I don't think this show needs more seasons, but I would gladly watch more of Detective Cupp, hopefully with Chief Dokes and Agent Park. Washington DC probably has other establishments that could make this premise work.
After that, I started watching S2 of Poker Face, but I'm not completely caught up. I really like this season so far (5 eps in). Obviously it has the same vibe as The Residence and also some good comedy. The running gag of the announcer in the baseball episode was really funny. The guest stars on this show are always great.
I also started (first two episodes) Murderbot and I also like that. The tone is something different, but I think it's interesting. A bit of a different take on sci-fi maybe.