26/40
Michael Schur was inspired to create A Man On the Inside after watching the Chilean documentary The Mole Agent
Chronology
Charles, a retiree, gets a new chance at life when he answers an ad for a private investigator and becomes a mole in an undercover investigation at a nursing home.
Remake El Agente Topo (2020)
He says: The documentary The Mole Agent is powerful because it makes people feel something remarkably similar, regardless of age, ethnicity or gender, and I would describe that feeling in a very simplistic way: “I have to call my mom.” In our show, we tried to do something similar with the tone: Basically, does our show contribute to that feeling of wanting to call our moms?
The show has the right mix of warmth, humor, sadness and depth, and the storyline keeps you glued to the screen
I’m not the type of person who likes to watch series back to back, but we watched the entire season in our first night.
Ted Danson is great of course but Stephanie Beatriz (Diaz in ’99) is amazing and her character is someone you want to spend all your time with
It’s set in San Francisco which of course helps my rating but mostly although it’s very sad at times it’s a comedy that gives you hope for the future as we all get older.
A solid eight out of ten for me, a show for all ages and who knows maybe there will be another season
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