37/42
Charles, a pensioner, gets a new lease of life when he answers an ad for a private detective and becomes a mole in a secret investigation at a nursing home. Based on the Chilean documentary El Agente Topo. Remake of El Agente Topo (2020). I’m not a fan of binge-watching TV shows, but we blew the entire season to shreds on the first night. It has the right combination of warmth, funny, sad, deep with a storyline that keeps you in suspense. Ted Danson is great, of course, but Stephanie Beatrice (Diaz in 1999) is amazing and her character is someone you want to spend all your time with. It’s set in San Francisco, which of course helps me with the rating, but first of all, even though it’s very sad at times, it’s a comedy, and it gives you hope for the future because we’re all getting a little older. A solid eight out of ten for me, one for all ages, and who knows, hopefully another season.