In Netflix’s A Man On The Inside, Ted Danson stars as Charles a retired professor who goes undercover in a retirement neighborhood to unravel the thriller of a resident’s household heirloom that’s disappeared.
Primarily based on the Maite Alberdi’s documentary The Mole Agent, the series, which launches today, may very well be seen as a restricted mission, a one and finished investigation, however Danson and showrunner Mike Schur are hoping for extra instances.
Within the finale episode [SPOILERS ALERT], Danson’s Charles solutions his cellphone from non-public investigator Julie, performed by Lilah Richcreek Estrada. “I can’t imagine I’m saying this however I’ve one other job for you,” she says.
“Say no extra,” replies Charles earlier than hanging up the cellphone. “Hey, sorry I do want you to say extra however no matter it’s, I’m in,” he provides as he calls her again.
The setup is designed for a second season. Schur instructed Deadline, “We’re kind of in a fingers crossed, we’ll that bridge once we come to it, type of a deal. However I’ll say that there isn’t a scarcity of concepts from me and from different writers about what we would do in a future season. Fingers crossed, we’ll see.”
Danson, actually crossing his fingers, provides, “Pricey Lord, sure.”
A Man On The Inside sees Danson’s Charles reply a categorized advert from non-public investigator Julie. Charles’ mission: to go undercover contained in the Pacific View Retirement House in San Francisco and remedy the thriller of a stolen household heirloom. Everybody, residents and workers alike, is a possible suspect, and it’s as much as Charles to unravel the case with out touchdown on the radar of Didi (Stephanie Beatriz), the all-seeing, all-knowing director of Pacific View.
However preserving a low profile proves troublesome because the affable Charles rapidly endears himself to his fellow residents. Being a ‘man on the within’ sends Charles on a journey that makes him notice there’s much more life left available — and permits him to reconnect along with his daughter Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) within the course of.
The series tackles themes of ageism, loneliness and Alzheimer’s dementia, began after The Good Place and Hacks exec producer Morgan Sackett recommended turning The Mole Agent documentary, which was set in Chile, right into a scripted collection.
It additionally stars Stephen McKinley Henderson, Sally Struthers, Eugene Cordero, Margaret Avery, John Getz, Susan Ruttan, Lori Tan Chinn, Clyde Kusatsu, Marc Evan Jackson, Jama Williamson, Wyatt Yang, Deuce Basco, Lincoln Lambert and Kerry O’Malley.
The eight-part collection is produced by Common Tv with Schur and Sackett exec producing alongside 3 Arts’ David Miner, Micromundo Producciones’ Maite Alberdi and Marcela Santibañez, who have been being the Oscar-nominated doc, and Motto Photos’ Julie Goldman and Christopher Clements, who additionally produced the doc.
