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Charles, who has retired, gets a new lease on life when he answers a private investigator’s ad and goes undercover at a nursing home
Michael Schur was inspired to create "A Man On the Inside" after watching the Chilean documentary "The Mole Agent", he says, "The Mole Agent" documentary is powerful because it makes people feel something incredibly similar, regardless of age, ethnicity, or gender, and I would describe that feeling in a very reductive way: “I have to call my mom.” We tried to do a similar thing with our show’s tone: basically, does our show contribute to that feeling of wanting to call my mom?
I’m not a big watcher, but we ruined the entire season on the first night.
Ted Danson is great, of course, but Stephanie Beatriz (Diaz, ’99) is amazing, and her character is someone you’d want to spend all your time with.
It’s set in San Francisco, which of course helps with the appreciation, but most importantly, while it’s very sad at times, it’s a comedy and gives hope for the future, as we all age a little.