The Residence - The Third Man
After seeing a number of suspects, and hearing testimony from a number of people who witnessed events in The White House that night, "The Third Man" offers some context on how the the investigation ended, where Cordelia Cupp (Uzo Aduba) has been all this time, and identifies the mysterious "Third Man" (Timothy Hornor) who appeared at the state dinner without anyone knowing who he was and witnessed someone moving a body. Although the focus shifts from the investigation to different locals in future (the hearing, Cupp in The Amazon searching for the elusive giant antpitta, and Park (Randall Park) acting as the middle man to get to the truth while riding a kiddie train) all the parts blend wonderfully together to create one of the series best episodes and set the stage for the truth to finally be revealed.
The episode features several fun moments including everything surrounding Patrick Doumbe's testimony which seems at first as if it will add nothing to the investigation until Cordelia catches a lie and, through a text chain, forces the truth into the open. By the end of the episode the birder is out of her nest (just missing the bird she traveled thousands of miles to see) and a new lead opens the door to reopen the investigation revealing a love story and explaining a series of errors and misunderstands that ultimately, finally, lead back to a killer and their motive for murder.
- Title: The Residence - The Third Man
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