Ted Danson and Stephanie Beatriz Reflect on Their Careers in New Series, ‘A Man on the Inside’

Michael Schur, renowned for comedies like Parks and Recreation, The Good Place, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine, presents his new Netflix series, A Man on the Inside, debuting November 21st. The show unites Ted Danson (The Good Place) and Stephanie Beatriz (Brooklyn Nine-Nine), alongside Mary Elizabeth Ellis (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia) and Lilah Richcreek Estrada (Chicago Med), in a San Francisco retirement home setting. Danson’s character, a widower named Charles, tackles a mystery solvable only from within the Pacific View Retirement Residence, while Beatriz plays Didi, the facility’s manager. The series draws inspiration from the 2020 Oscar-nominated documentary The Mole Agent, set in a Chilean retirement home.

Danson and Beatriz shared their recollections of significant firsts with TIME—their initial meeting, their first on-screen mystery-solving experiences, and their individual breakthroughs in the entertainment industry.