#ted-danson

#ted-danson

Detective Charles Nieuwendyk is back. The professor-turned-undercover agent played by Ted Danson in the hit Netflix show "A Man on the Inside" returns this week for a second season, where he aims his investigative eye at a Bay Area college. Inspired by the Chilean documentary "The Mole Agent," the first season of "A Man on the Inside" created by Mike Schur ("Parks and Recreation") was one of the most San Francisco-centric TV shows in years.

Ted Danson 's Charles Nieuwendyk, a widowed and retired professor of engineering turned private eye, is hosting a Thanksgiving gathering at his home. It's his most treasured holiday tradition: "Small group. Close friends and loved ones...We talk, we drink, we eat. We have a calm, quiet evening." Spoiler alert: that's not quite how it goes. The gathering expands to more than a dozen guests, including one complete stranger, and turns into a messy and weird and heartbreaking but also wonderful affair,