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S01.E01: The Fall of the House of Usher


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This show is fabulous!  The cast is wonderful, Al Franken playing a senator... now where did someone get that idea???  😁  Codelia Cupp is a lovely mash up of so many other tv detectives (Monk screams out in places), yet still is very much her own character.  I love the use of time jumps between the witnesses as narrators, and it just flows so well.  

Looking forward to the rest of the series.  Hoping I can slow my pace on it to make it last.

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The jumping around in time thing threw me a bit, but I slowly got used to it.

The advisor/best friend seems almost too obvious to be a suspect, but the Australian team being involved is interesting!

I wasn't expecting for Kylie Minogue to actually appear, I thought they would use a random actress shown from a distance.  I loved the Secret Service agent's obsession with the celebrities.

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It's fun but I was tired so had some trouble keeping up with names of characters ( as well as the time jumps). Am I right that there was a reference early on to the President and his husband? In other words, the President is gay if I heard that correctly. Is Morgan the last name of the President or his husband, or both, and is Tripp Morgan the brother of the President or the brother of his husband? And is Jane Curtin's character (the one who found the body) the mother of the President or the mother of his husband?

  On 3/23/2025 at 12:03 PM, Paloma said:

It's fun but I was tired so had some trouble keeping up with names of characters ( as well as the time jumps). Am I right that there was a reference early on to the President and his husband? In other words, the President is gay if I heard that correctly. Is Morgan the last name of the President or his husband, or both, and is Tripp Morgan the brother of the President or the brother of his husband? And is Jane Curtin's character (the one who found the body) the mother of the President or the mother of his husband?

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The best I can remember:  There is a first gentleman, and they both seem to share the same last name.  Tripp is the brother of the president, and Jane Curtin is the president's mother-in-law.  Also, she does not care for the president (gags every time he's mentioned).

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Enjoyed this when I thought I'd just put it on for some background/entertainment.  But I got sucked in and it is all because of Uzo Aduba.  She was excellent.

Everyone was well cast.  I know he has been in lots of things since then, but I always think of Ken Marino (who plays Harry Hollinger, the President's interfering  BFF who is wildly overstepping) as the really incompetent Capt. Stently from Brooklyn 99 who kept failing upward. 

I am curious if this President is supposed to be rather benign with an unpopular presidency or somewhat evil with an  unpopular presidency? Which then makes you wonder if  Eliza Coupe (the blond senator who kept interrupting) is  an Axis of Evil senator or Out For the Truth senator?

I love that they cast Al Franken  here as well.  I see you show!

Can't wait to see whodunnit.

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  On 3/28/2025 at 9:08 PM, DearEvette said:

I am curious if this President is supposed to be rather benign with an unpopular presidency or somewhat evil with an  unpopular presidency? Which then makes you wonder if  Eliza Coupe (the blond senator who kept interrupting) is  an Axis of Evil senator or Out For the Truth senator?

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So far I think it's mostly trying to steer clear of obvious Right v Leftism, which, if I'm correct, is both refreshing and smart in the way they're doing it, especially with regards to writing and directing.

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