Netflix’s The Residence, Severance’s season 2 finale, and more new TV this week

This week the big news is, of course, the Severance finale. After really popping off this season and giving us more intrigue than ever, we’re finally nearing the completion of the Cold Harbor file and god, who knows what they’re going to do to Gemma (Dichen Lachman)? I’m on the edge of my seat, and I can’t wait to find out what kind of cliffhanger we’re in for.

But there’s plenty of great new TV beyond that. As a die-hard fan of mysteries, I’ll be following The Residence, Netflix’s latest murder mystery that combines comedy with the White House, something we haven’t had in a long time.

Here’s the best new TV premieres and finales this week.

New shows on Netflix

The Residence

Genre: Murder mystery comedy
Release date: March 20
Showrunner/creator: Paul William Davies
Cast: Uzo Aduba, Giancarlo Esposito, Susan Kelechi Watson, and more

“A murder in the White House during a state dinner” is a concept that will panic a lot of people — not least of which is the Secret Service, Capitol Police, and several other law enforcement agencies that would prefer to not make a big fuss. But Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba), an eccentric and astute detective, is not so interested in any of the politics. Can she get to the truth of why this murder occurred?

New shows on Hulu

Good American Family

Genre: Thriller family drama
Release date: March 19
Showrunner/creator: Katie Robbins
Cast: Ellen Pompeo, Mark Duplass, Imogen Faith Reid, and more

Natalia Grace (Imogen Faith Reid) is a Ukrainian orphan who has been taken in by Kristine (Ellen Pompeo) and Michael Barnett (Mark Duplass). The Barnetts initially are told that she’s a child with dwarfism, but slowly begin to worry that actually the story might be much more complicated than that.

New shows on Paramount Plus

Happy Face

Genre: Moody procedural
Release date: March 20
Showrunner/creator: Robert King, Michelle King, and Jennifer Cacicio
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Annaleigh Ashford, James Wolk, and more

Adapted from Melissa Moore’s 2018 podcast Happy Face and her autobiography Shattered Silence, both about how she was the daughter of the Happy Face killer, Happy Face is a fictionalized take on the true-crime reality: Melissa (Annaleigh Ashford) is forced to talk to her incarcerated father (Dennis Quaid) after decades of no contact when she sets out to save an innocent man on death row for a crime her father committed.

New shows on Apple TV Plus

Severance season 2 finale

Genre: Twisty sci-fi
Release date: March 21
Showrunner/creator: Dan Erickson
Cast: Adam Scott, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, and more

Mark (Adam Scott) is back with Cobel (Patricia Arquette) and all is not well in the world. How will his reintegration go? What does Lumon have up its sleeve? What is left of Cold Harbor? All answers and more in the finale, “Cold Harbor.”