39/47
El Agente Topo (2020) remake
Retired Charles finds a new lease on life when he answers an ad for a private investigator and becomes the mole in a secret investigation into a nursing home. Based on the Chilean documentary El Agente Topo. Writing a review of this show requires context and content.
Having three parents dealing with the challenges of assisted living made it all the more enjoyable and impactful
Ted Danson plays an eight-year-old widower (Charles) struggling to establish a new routine after his wife dies from dementia-related health issues. series of classic sitcom plot devices, Charles lands a job as an undercover detective at an assisted living facility (formerly known as a nursing home) to solve a jewelry heist. His boss, Lilah Richcreek Estrada as Julie, is black and white, but who can crack the case, is Danson’s sarcastic, good-natured, square Charles.
Also funny are the deaths due to the jokes and comments about assisted living and the things that happen there
director (well played by Stephanie Beatriz as Didi), Charles’ daughter Emily (Mary Elizabeth Ellis), and the various residents and their many silly problems. There are some ill-conceived machinations for the older women that don’t fit with the rest of the story, and Charles’ daughter’s three teenage children, who are incredibly irreverent (and interchangeable), are distracting and distracting. The best parts are Charles’ slow immersion into his new community, with little social connection to the other residents, especially Caleb, played by Stephen McKinley Henderson.
The awkward banter between Charles and Chief Julie is hilarious
And while daughter Emily’s home life isn’t all that exciting, later episodes have some great scenes between her and Charles. Ultimately, it’s not all that hard to figure out (who stole what). , and what will happen to Charles), but the sentimental parts of Charles waking up and accepting his wife’s death are very precious.
Overall, I recommend it, especially to viewers in their 40s and older
The older stars (Sally Struthers, Veronica Cartwright) have parts that might make older viewers smile, but they’re mostly wasted on inane jokes about old people and sex.