The Residence

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Detective Cordelia Cupp is an zealous birder inThe Residence , and this unique by-line play a significant role in the mystery story ’s mystery . This Netflix series jab fun at the execution whodunit genre as it embraces its various tropes ( though with a construction ) . One such trope is the Sherlock Holmes - similar quirk of the key investigator , and Cordelia Cupp certainly fit the neb . The only matter she loves more than solving impossible execution is looking for snort to check off her rather encompassing leaning . The White House turns out to be a prime birding location inThe manse , but this hobby was n’t just random .

Uzo Aduba’sThe Residencecharacter , Cordelia Cupp , is a bully detective because she is a great birder . She is patient and law-abiding and knows on the button what behaviour patterns to look out for while searching for a rare skirt specie or a liquidator . While the stave and residents of the White House were often aggravate by Cupp ’s birding , she pointed out on several juncture what could be learned from birds . In the end , Detective Cordelia Cupp ’s various mention of wench created meaningful parallel within herinvestigation inThe manse .

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Every Bird Mentioned In The Residence Episode 1

Episode Title: The Fall Of The House Of Usher

Thefirst episode ofThe Residence , " The Fall of the House of Usher , " introduced interview to Aduba ’s Cordelia Cupp , and the first shot of this character reference caught her birding on the White House ground . While the investigator did n’t make any meaningful quotation to a relevant skirt in this episode , she did explain why this was such an exciting opportunity for her . President Theodore Roosevelt had also been a birder , andCupp had brought with her a list of all the birds old Teddy had glimpsed at the presidential mansion . Some of the first that Cupp mention checking off her list are the following :

The handful of boo that Cordelia see during the first installment ofThe Residenceare meaningful in that they represent this first stage in the detective ’s investigating . She had n’t hone in on any specific species and was , instead , observing the common birds that took minimal effort to find . There were hundreds of Edgar Albert Guest at the White House during Wynter ’s murder . During this first episode , Cordelia Cupp could only mentally insure off those who clearly had nothing to hide .

Every Bird Mentioned In The Residence Episode 2

Episode Title: Dial M For Murder

The Residenceepisode 2 is the first that focuses on one bird in special . “Dial M for Murder " picks up with a Falcon flying over the White House groundsleading up to A.B. Wynter ’s death . Through the bird ’s perspective , we see a few interesting things bet out — a distich make love behind a Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree , someone smokes a cigarette under a true pine , and a deep flesh rummages around in the nursery . All of this wrick out to be authoritative by the end ofThe Residence , but it ’s the falcon ’s hunt habits that wind up helping Cordelia with her investigation .

Cordelia told Edwin Park that a Falcon has the marvelous power to look at a slew of thousand of birds and pick out the weakest to target as prey . Using this same accomplishment , the tec observe Chef Didier Gotthard behave suspiciously .

Near the end ofThe Residenceepisode 2 , Cordelia ask that the medical examiner get Wynter ’s body out the front doorway . She bed this would induce everyone in the White House to gather , providing her the chance to find out everyone ’s response . Cordelia told Edwin Park that a Falcon has the tall ability to look at a troop of thousands of birds and pick out the weakest to target as quarry . Using this same acquisition , the detective noticed Chef Didier Gotthard behaving suspiciously .

A composite image of Cordelia Cupp holding binoculars on the White House lawn in front of a picture of Cordelia near the crime scene in The Residence

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Every Bird Mentioned In The Residence Episode 3

Episode Title: Knives Out

Detective Cordelia Cupp used another bird as an representative inThe Residenceepisode 3 , " Knives Out . " After learning all about Chef Gotthard ’s possible involvement in Wynter ’s slaying , Edwin Park was eager to tag the man a suspect . However , Cupp was more hesitant . The pastry chef had tampered with evidence , but Cordelia felt that there was info she was missing . To explain her abstract thought to Park , the detective outlined her birding process . She take down the importance of research andused the example of the Yellow - throated Longlcaw .

The Residence ’s impressive White House mount may bequeath spectator inquire where the show was really film , and the reality is very exciting .

Cordelia showed Park a mental picture of a Yellow - throated Longclaw , and then asked him to identify a bird whose picture she captured latterly . When asked whether these two image limn the same bird , Park suffice that they did — but he was improper . Cordelia explained thatthe bird she saw was an Eastern Meadow Larkand that the Yellow - throated Longclaw is native to Africa . The birds simply look highly similar , which is why it ’s important for birder to do their inquiry . Cordelia essentially say that just because someone looks like a suspect does n’t necessarily mean they are .

Uzo Aduba as Cordelia Cupp frowning at something off-screen in The Residence.

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Every Bird Mentioned In The Residence Episode 4

Episode Title: The Last Of Sheila

InThe Residenceepisode 4 , " The Last of Sheila , " Cordelia Cupp thinks back to a bird adventure she had with her nephew . They were on the hunt for a Tuamotu Sandpiper , but Cupp ’s nephew quickly grew bored and distressed , believing that it would be impossible to find the bird since it had n’t shown itself just yet . Still , this did n’t deter Cordelia , who continued to take notes in her bird journal about what she see . The detective ’s nephew lastly evince his concern their trip could end with them never recover the Tuamotu Sandpiper , but Cordelia promise this would n’t be the casing .

Just as in her hunt for the Tuamotu Sandpiper , Cordelia did n’t lose authority .

Cordelia ’s White House mystery seemed every bit as impossible during this episode ofThe Residence . There were so many piece to outfit together , and it was quickly becoming plain that they could n’t keep the commonwealth dinner guests trap in the mansion much longer . Still , just as in her lookup for the Tuamotu Sandpiper , Cordelia did n’t lose confidence . She was ultimately rewarded with a meaning star — though it would take some time before it would be pay up off .

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Every Bird Mentioned In The Residence Episode 6

Episode Title: The Third Man

By the events ofThe Residenceepisode 6 , " The Third Man , " A.B. Wynter ’s death had been rule a self-destruction . Cordelia Cupp reluctantly left the White House and ship on another adventure ( this metre to South America ) to ascertain a specific bird . She call it her nemesis chick — the Giant Antpitta . It ’s involve that Cordelia had been searching for her nemesis for years but had so far never beguile a glimpse of it . During this adventure , shesaw a Golden - headed Quetzal , but not the Giant Antpitta .

Just as Detective Cordelia Cupp had a nemesis birdie , A.B. Wynter ’s murderhad become her curse case . She knew the Isle of Man had n’t kill himself , but she had run out of clock time to prove otherwise . Thankfully , the " third man " seem and unveil that he had envision a mankind dragging a body on the 2nd level of the White House . Cordelia ’s chance to solve her nemesis case had returned , so she ( temporarily ) abandoned her lookup for the Giant Antpitta .

Every Bird Mentioned In The Residence Episode 7

Episode Title: The Adventure of the Engineer’s Thumb

Detective Cordelia Cupp returned to the White House inThe Residenceepisode 7 , " The Adventure of the Engineer ’s Thumb , " and as she did so , she chatted with a fellow bird watcher on the telephone set about everything she had seen in South America . While none of these were the Giant Antpitta , Cordelia notice that " everything conform to together . " This paralleled with Wynter ’s case . The detective had n’t yet identify the manslayer and had or else only identified a person of interest — the applied scientist , Bruce Geller . She suspected he was n’t the murderer , but everything was still relate .

The birds Cordelia identified inThe Residenceepisode 7 are :

Every Bird Mentioned In The Residence Episode 8

Episode Title: The Mystery Of The Yellow Room

The final episode ofThe Residence , " The Mystery of the Yellow Room , " look Cordelia Cupp finally discover A.B. Wynter ’s killer whale . Before this , however , she had to have one last look at the snort on the White House grounds . Just as in the first instalment , she identified several from Theodore Roosevelt ’s listing . They were n’t nemesis birds , but they were special to see however . This moment holler back to the fact that there were still a smattering of people whocouldhave killed A.B. Wynter . To find out who the true perpetrator was , Cordelia had to get them all together and keep .

The negligible chick Cordelia enunciate she check off her list inThe Residenceepisode 8 were the Fish Crow , Downy Woodpecker , and the Saw - whet Owl .

There was one bird that Cordelia mentioned inThe Residenceepisode 8 that was primal in her solve the murder . She had n’t go steady a Mockingbird ( that we cognize of ) , but she told Park that this particular bird will pother its wings when it know a camouflaged insect is nearby , cause the big to blink and reveal its localisation . Cordelia said she would do the same , in a sense , and that they must appear for the " blink " from the murderer . Through this bird - revolutionise method acting , Detective Cordelia Cupp discovered that Lilly Schumacker down A.B. Wynter inThe hall . Birding saved the day .

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