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Charles, a retired man, gets a new lease on life when he answers an ad from a private investigator and becomes the mole in an undercover investigation at a nursing home. Based on the Chilean documentary "El Agente Topo". A remake of The Mole Agent (2020). Ted Danson, around 76, stars as Charles, around 76, a retired engineering professor living in San Francisco. He also serves as the producer of this series, which sets itself apart from most by avoiding the all-too-common foul language dialogue. It’s actually very clean and more enjoyable as a result. In the story, his wife has died perhaps a year ago from the effects of Alzheimer’s disease. He is healthy, but perhaps bored with his daily routine. He has a habit of reading periodicals and newspapers, and often cuts out interesting ones to send to his married daughter in Sacramento. One day, through a cut-out, he glimpses a small, brief advertisement. He’s looking for a man between the ages of 75 and 85 for a specific job. That leads him to a private investigator hired by a man whose mother is in a luxury nursing home in San Francisco, some significant jewelry has been stolen, and the son wants the thief caught. Charles will be the key. So he’s hired to check out the place and watch and report back as the person who can uncover what’s going on. Ted Danson is just perfect in this role, which he plays with a lot of humor. It quickly becomes less about who the thief was and more about the relationships. The cast is played by a group of good actors, many of them old favorites we’ve known for the past 50 years. After watching the first three episodes in one night, we watched the last five episodes in one sitting after our usual Saturday night steak and wine dinner. The ending is shaping up to be a sequel, I hope they pull it off. One of the most enjoyable we’ve ever watched.