'A Man on the Inside' goes to college, and Ted Danson aces the test

"Creator Michael Schur's inspiration for his Netflix series A Man on the Inside was a really unusual one. It's based on a documentary from Chile, called The Mole Agent, which told the story of an octogenarian hired by a private eye firm to solve a case of theft in an elder care facility by going undercover as a new resident."

"The first season of A Man on the Inside was very funny, and its central mystery was a good one but most of all, the series was about family, and friendship and explorations of such issues as trust, usefulness and mortality. Like The Good Place, it was a very philosophical comedy. And now, for Season 2, A Man on the Inside returns with an even stronger story."

"This time the setting is a small college, where a wealthy and abrasive major benefactor has rubbed lots of people the wrong way. The school administrators come to the detective agency run by Julie played once again by Lilah Richcreek Estrada to investigate acts of theft and vandalism targeting the controversial donor. And she, in turn, dispatches Charles, played by Danson, to go undercover, by assuming a role he once held in his own past: professor of engineering."

Michael Schur adapted the series from the Chilean documentary The Mole Agent, which centers on an elderly undercover investigator in an elder care facility. Ted Danson stars as Charles, an undercover operative supported by Lilah Richcreek Estrada as Julie and a talented ensemble. Season 1 combined humor and a central mystery while examining family, friendship, trust, usefulness and mortality. Season 2 relocates the investigation to a small college after thefts and vandalism target a wealthy, abrasive benefactor. Charles assumes his former role as an engineering professor, introducing new allies and suspects including Mary Steenburgen and David Strathairn, with a tone mixing philosophical comedy and surprising twists.

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