A remake of El Agente Topo (2020)
Scenario
Charles, a retiree, finds new life when he answers an ad for a private investigator and becomes a mole in an undercover investigation at a nursing home. Based on the Chilean documentary El Agente Topo.
Before you know it, you’re so invested that you just have to know who!
Because let’s be honest, at first glance I wasn’t sure if the show was something I’d even be remotely interested in, but somehow it managed to draw me in. All the characters are incredibly easy to love and so easy to identify with someone in your life.
enjoy life so that we can get along and most of all be nice to each other
It’s also a gentle reminder that we’re all here, trying to do the same thing, live and live. My favorite quote from the show is, “Every wonderful thing in your life, looking back, seems like a miracle.” Very poetic because it resonates with all of us.
A bittersweet but gentle reminder that Father Time does not play favorites
I will also admit that it was a little strange to see Ted Danson in this role, especially when you are used to him as the Cheers character “Sam”; but very early on in “Charles” he tugs at your heartstrings, leaving no sad memories of “Sam” behind. We hope you watch it and recognize & empathize with the everyday challenges that some in our society, in our lives, experience on a daily basis.