44/50
Michael Schur was inspired to create “The Man Inside” after watching the Chilean documentary “Agent Mole”
Synopsis
Charles, a retiree, gets a new lease of life when he answers an ad for a private investigator and becomes a mole in an undercover investigation at a nursing home.
Remake of El agente topo (2020)
He says: "Agent Mole" the documentary is powerful because it makes people feel incredibly similar at any age, ethnicity or gender, and I would describe that feeling in a very reductive way like “I have to call my mom.” In our show, we tried to do a similar thing with the tone: Basically, does our show contribute to that feeling that makes us call our mothers?.
I’m not a fan of overeating, but the first night we ruined the whole season
It has the right combination of warm, funny, sad, deep with a story that keeps you engaged.
Ted Danson is of course great, but Stephanie Beatrice (Diaz in '99) is great 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 above all, even though it’s very sad at times, it’s a comedy and gives you hope for the future as we all get a little older.