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The series follows Danson playing a retired man who gets a new lease on life when he becomes a mole trying to solve a mysterious theft in the Pacific View Retirement Residence in San Francisco._ by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Nov 21, 2024 3:45 PM UTC Actors Ted Danson and Stephanie Beatriz star in the new Netflix comedy, "Man on the Inside," which is based on the Oscar-nominated documentary " The Mole Agent." The series follows Danson playing a retired man who gets a new lease on life when he becomes a mole trying to solve a mysterious theft in the Pacific View Retirement Residence in San Francisco. by [TIME Video](https://time.com/author/time-video/) ## TIME Video Nov 21, 2024 3:45 PM UTC Creator Michael Schur has had a foothold on TV comedies for years, with beloved series like _Parks and Recreation_, _The Good Place_, and _Brooklyn Nine-Nine._ His latest, _A Man on the Inside,_ premiering on Netflix Nov. 21, brings together stars from two of those shows—_Good Place_'s Ted Danson and _Nine-Nine_'s Stephanie Beatriz. Alongside co-stars including Mary Elizabeth Ellis (_It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia_) and Lilah Richcreek Estrada (_Chicago Med_), Danson and Beatriz meet up in a San Francisco retirement home. There, Danson's widower Charles is attempting to stave off his retirement blues by working to solve a mystery that only someone with access to the Pacific View Retirement Residence can solve, while Beatriz's Didi manages the operations there. The series draws inspiration from the 2020 Oscar-nominated documentary _The Mole Agent_, which took place in a retirement home in Chile. Danson and Beatriz sat down with TIME to discuss their memorable firsts—the first time they met, the first time each solved an on-screen mystery, and the first time both felt like they had "made it" in the entertainment industry. ## Transcript [00:04] I do remember this. I remember the first time I did a scene with you. [00:09] Stephanie. It was or at least this is we had little run ins, [00:17] but the scene when my character is thinking, [00:21] Oh, dear God, I'm falling apart. [00:24] And it was kind of an emotional scene that you couldn't be really truly emotional. [00:30] It was like many layers. [00:32] And I thought, How am I going to play this? [00:34] And then I went, Oh, look at Stephanie. [00:37] And you're one of those actors that make everyone around you better. [00:42] And if I just stopped thinking about myself and looked at you [00:45] and reacted to what you were giving me, it was astounding. [00:48] And I thought the scene was really good. [00:50] But you're an amazing actress. [00:52] True, though. I remember walking into the table [00:56] read and you were so friendly and kind to everybody, and you were, like, [00:59] dressed really you had your little tie on and stuff, [01:03] and I was like, Oh, [01:04] he dressed he dressed for the read. [01:06] And I had dressed for the read, [01:07] too, and I was like, I like this. [01:09] This is gonna be fun. I just had a good feeling right away. [01:15] I can't remember specifically the first, [01:18] but I do remember the first what they came to be known as Halloween Heist, [01:23] which was like all of us around Halloween time solving a mystery. [01:27] Oh, it was our favorite episodes to film. [01:29] It was the worst because we were there like 16 hours every day because they were so. [01:32] Everyone was in the show. Everybody was in it. [01:35] But it was also the best 'cause we all got to be together. [01:37] Right. I guess the first mystery I solved was [01:40] in body heat when I realized my best friend played by Bill Hurt, [01:46] actually had committed the murder. [01:51] I think we're both crossing our fingers that someday we will make it. Mm hm. [01:55] And I think as an actor, [01:57] you don't I think when we're in our rocking chairs looking back, [02:01] maybe I could answer that question. [02:03] Right now, I'm forever hopeful that I will do something where I go, [02:07] Oh, yes, did it? I did. [02:09] I acted it. Even looking back at work and work that I'm proud of, [02:14] I still think, like, Mm. [02:15] Okay, so what did I learn? [02:17] How can I get better next time? [02:19] What can I bring that's more honest and truthful? [02:21] Next time, next time, next time? [02:23] It constantly feels like I hope I get a next time to do it. [02:26] Yep. Because I don't think that I'm I don't think I'll ever feel like Oh, [02:31] right. Acting nail it. 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