The Residence is a silly programme. It is silly because it is bad TV, but it is also silly because the premise is flawed. Produced by Shondaland, the company behind Bridgerton, it is essentially overlaying the same meteorically successful formula onto an American template, presenting us with a drama between rich people unfolding not in a pretty English garden, but at The White House.
However, without the wit and charm that forms the bedrock of Bridgerton (or indeed Knives Out, which it rips off most obviously), The Residence ends up a tacky whodunnit without the heart and soul of the shows that inspire it.
