A Man on the Inside: What to Know about the Ted Danson and Mike Schur Comedy Series - Netflix Tudum
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Today, Netflix debuted a first look at Ted Danson in A Man on the Inside (formerly known as A Classic Spy), a new comedy series from The Good Place creator Mike Schur premiering in November.
Based on the Oscar-nominated documentary The Mole Agent, the eight-episode series follows a retired man, Charles (Danson), who gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad placed by a private investigator and becomes a mole in a secret investigation of the Pacific View Retirement Residence in San Francisco. Joining him is a pedigree list of stars, including several Schur veterans from Brooklyn Nine-Nine.
The original film, which was nominated for a best documentary Oscar in 2021 (My Octopus Teacher won that year), takes place in Chile and follows an 83-year-old widower who is hired by a private investigator to infiltrate a nursing home in order to find out if its residents, including the mother of the PI’s client, are being mistreated.
Check below for more info on the show and photos of Danson doing detective work as Charles.
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What is A Man on the Inside about?
A widower, eager to shake up his routine, answers an ad from a private detective to solve a mysterious theft. Posing as a new resident, he goes deep undercover at a senior living community, building heartwarming new friendships and a stronger bond with his daughter along the way.
Who else is in the cast?
- Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Licorice Pizza, Red One) as Emily, a married mother of three boys who has to adjust when her father, Charles (Danson), makes a surprising late-life career move and becomes an undercover detective.
- Stephanie Beatriz (Twisted Metal, Encanto, Brooklyn Nine-Nine) as Didi, the all-seeing, all-knowing managing director of the Pacific View Retirement Residence in San Francisco.
- Lilah Richcreek Estrada (Chicago Med, Four Dads) as Julie, a San Francisco-based private investigator. Julie hires Charles to be her mole and pretends to be his daughter to maintain the ruse at the retirement home.
- Two-time Tony nominee Stephen McKinley Henderson (Fences, Dune) as Calbert, a transplant from Washington, D.C., who’s the stoic eyes and ears of the Pacific View community.
- Two-time Emmy Award winner Sally Struthers (All in the Family, Gilmore Girls, Still Standing) as Virginia, the vivacious life of the party who immediately takes a shine to Charles.
- Eugene Cordero (Loki, Easter Sunday, The Good Place) as Joel, Emily’s husband, a supportive and exceedingly competent 10th-grade science teacher.
- Academy Award nominee Margaret Avery (The Color Purple, Being Mary Jane) as Florence, Virginia’s sweet best friend. Florence loves poetry and the Golden State Warriors in equal measure.
- John Getz (Transparent, Grace and Frankie, The Social Network) as Elliott, Pacific View’s resident lothario. Elliott immediately feels threatened by all the attention Charles gets when he moves in.
- Four-time Emmy nominee Susan Ruttan (L.A. Law, Sprung, Mom) as Gladys, a glamorous former costume designer from New York who lives next door to Charles at Pacific View.
- Lori Tan Chinn (Joy Ride, Kung Fu Panda 4, Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld) as Susan, the president of the Pacific View resident council, which she rules with an iron fist.
- Clyde Kusatsu (Young Rock, Never Have I Ever) as Grant, a Princeton grad at Pacific View who’s deeply concerned with you knowing he’s a Princeton grad.
- Marc Evan Jackson (Lessons in Chemistry, The Good Place, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Dead to Me) as Evan, the client who hires Julie to investigate the theft of his mother’s necklace.
- Jama Williamson (The Good Place, Parks and Recreation) as Beatrice, the Pacific View activities director who’s never had a bad day in her life.
Executive producers of the new series include Schur for Fremulon; Morgan Sackett; David Miner for 3 Arts Entertainment; the original film’s director, Maite Alberdi; Marcela Santibáñez for Micromundo Producciones; and, for Motto Pictures, Julie Goldman and Christopher Clements.
This is Danson and Schur’s first team-up since The Good Place, their comedy about the afterlife, ended in 2020. Following the conclusion of the Emmy-nominated comedy series, Danson starred on NBC’s Mr. Mayor, and Schur went on to co-create Rutherford Falls and executive produce Hacks.
When does A Man on the Inside come out?
A Man on the Inside infiltrates Netflix in November 2024.
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