Binge-worthy A sweet spy comedy on ageing

A MAN ON THE INSIDE Netflix ★★★★☆

- Jan Lee

A Man On The Inside may not be among the top 10 most-watched series on Singapore's Netflix charts. But the eight-part comedy from Mike Schur, creator of the highly acclaimed hit comedy The Good Place (2016 to 2020), is sweet, heart-warming and worth a sit-down.

American actor Ted Danson, who also starred in The Good Place, leads A Man On The Inside as Charles, a retired engineering professor who lives alone in the house he used to share with his late wife, who died of Alzheimer's disease. The bereaved widower leads a dull and isolated existence.

After his daughter Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis) urges him to try something new, Charles applies for a new job as a spy. He is hired by a private investigator to infiltrate an eldercare home as a new resident after a major theft is reported.

Here are three reasons to tune in.

Tinker Tailor Senior Spy
A Man On The Inside is ostensibly a spy comedy and many of the laughs in the early episodes are a twist on the usual espionage tropes.