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Charles, a retiree, gets a new chance in life when he answers an ad for a private detective and becomes a mole in an undercover investigation in a retirement home. Based on the Chilean documentary “El Agente Topo”. Remake of El agente topo (2020). Ted Danson, about 76, plays Charles, about 76, a retired engineering professor living in San Francisco. He is also the producer of this series that stands out from the others by avoiding the all too common crude dialogues. As a result, it is very clean and more enjoyable. In the story, his wife probably died a year ago from Alzheimer’s disease. He is in good health, but perhaps he is bored with his daily routine. He has a habit of reading magazines and newspapers and often cuts out an interesting advertisement to send to his married daughter in Sacramento. One day, through a cut hole, he sees a small and short advertisement. I am looking for someone between the ages of 75 and 85 for a specific job. This leads him to a private investigator hired by a man whose mother lives in a high-end nursing home in San Francisco, has had valuable jewelry stolen, and whose son wants the thief caught. Charles will be the key. So he is hired to check out the scene, observe, and report as the person who will reveal what is going on. Ted Danson is just perfect in this role, which he plays with great humor. It quickly becomes less about who the thief was and more about the relationships. The characters are played by a group of great actors, many of whom are old favorites we have known over the last 50 years. My wife and I enjoyed watching it. After watching the first three episodes in one evening, we watched the last five episodes in one sitting after our usual Saturday dinner of steak and wine. The ending sets the stage for a sequel, I hope they do. One of the best we have ever seen.
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