After The Good Place, this hilarious Netflix series will warm your heart

Subscribers to the Netflix platform can discover season 1 of the series since this Thursday, November 21, 2024. Old-fashioned spy (A Man on the Inside). Worn by Ted Danson (The experts, The Good Place), is this new fiction worth a look?

The new series Old-fashioned spy (A Man on the Inside) arrives this Thursday, November 21 on Netflix. Season 1 of this fiction, carried in particular by Ted Danson (The experts, Damages, The Good Place) et Lilah Richcreek (Chicago Med, Grace et Frankie), consists of eight 30-minute episodes. Old-fashioned spy is inspired by the Chilean film mixing documentary and fiction The Mole Agent (L’agent taupein French) released in 2020.

Old-fashioned spy : What is the series with Ted Danson about?

At the very beginning of the series Old-fashioned spywe meet Charles, a retiree who has found his daily routine but has lost his joy of living since the death of his wife. Their daughter, Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis), is worried about him and advises him to find an activity to keep himself busy and meet new people. Neither one nor two, Charles spots an advertisement for a position of assistant investigator aged between 75 and 85 years old. He then goes to meet a private detective named Julie, who hires him for an infiltration mission in a retirement home, managed by Didi (Stephanie Beatriz, seen in Brooklyn Nine-Nine).

Old-fashioned spy : Should you watch the series with Ted Danson?

The series Old-fashioned spy is it worth the detour? This bittersweet comedy is definitely worth a watch! One of the keystones of this success rests on Charles, his endearing and touching protagonist, and on his sober and effective interpretation by Ted Danson. This 76-year-old actor had already shown a more comic side in the series The Good Place where he plays Michael, architect of the Afterlife. A whole gallery of characters – whether it's Emily, Charles' daughter, Didi (Stephanie Beatriz in a role a thousand miles from that of Rosa in Brooklyn Nine-Nine) or the residents of the retirement home – brings to life the main narrative of Charles' investigation. Beyond the humor skillfully deployed around this amateur investigator, more moving themes such as love between seniors, maintaining a form of independence or the end of life enrich this series. A blanket, a cup of tea and onward: we challenge you not to get attached to this apprentice detective!