A Man on the Inside 1.08

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Charles leads Julie and Didi to the thief, Gladys. She is now in memory care. He talks Gladys into handing over the missing necklace. They find several other stolen items among her possessions.

Charles leaves Pacific View. He goes home and with a lot of help from Emily he cleans out the storage space in house of all sorts of old stuff, including most of his wife's things. Didi goes from being angry with Charles to defending him when she has to deal with the questions and anger she gets from the residents.

Charles and Julie step in when they learn that Didi has quit her job. They talk her into staying.

A Man on the Inside 1.07

From Russian Hill with Love

The client pulls the plug on the investigation. He's frustrated that it's been a month and that they have yet to find anything substantial. Julie (aka Fake Emily) let's Charles know and then goes in to talk to Didi and let her know that Charles will be moving out.

Charles spends the day with Calbert. They travel all around San Francisco. They go to a baseball game, the Golden Gate Bridge, and out for dinner.

Fake Emily starts to wonder if Didi is the thief. Didi suspects that Fake Emily is up to something. Neither can prove anything but Fake Emily decides that Didi isn't the thief. Didi does not abandon her suspicions of Fake Emily.

A Man on the Inside 1.06

Our Man in Sacramento

Florence dies. Everyone at Pacific View is in mourning. Charles goes to see Emily and her family, in Sacramento, but he doesn't tell her about Florence. She eventually finds out from one of her sons. She drives him back to San Francisco, even though he only wanted a drive to the train station.

Didi gets deluged with a number of problems. Mixed in with the problems is an offer from the corporate office to leave Pacific View and come to work at the corporate HQ.

A Man on the Inside 1.05

Presents and Clear Danger

Someone returns Elliott's watch but they place it in Charles' room. Charles puts it somewhere else, where the cleaning crew will find it. Charles picks up on the fact that Gladys, his neighbor, has memory problems. He tries to help her but she doesn't care for what he is doing. He backs off reluctantly from helping her.

Elliott learns that he has cancer for (at least) the second time. He tries proposing to Virginia in a ham fisted way. She declines his offer but later, after he has apologized, she proposes to him. He says yes.

A Man on the Inside 1.04

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Painting Class

Charles gives Julie the rundown on the top three suspects he has among the staff of the retirement home. He then starts to look into some of the residents at the retirement home. Julie questions if he is getting too close to the other residents and losing the objective perspective he needs.

Charles gets involved in some recreational activities at the retirement home. The activities bring him a little closer to two of the residents: Florence and Calbert. He suspects Florence of having a gambling problem. He uses Calbert as a sounding board.

Didi seems to decide that she's learned enough about Charles and that he isn't hiding anything.

A Man on the Inside 1.03

The Emily Always Rings Twice

Elliott accuses Charles of stealing his expensive wristwatch in front of everyone. Emily comes to visit while Julie is visiting. Charles has to tell Emily about his working relationship with Julie. He is forced to introduce Emily to Didi and says that she is his niece Julie.

Julie (aka fake Emily) leaves but Emily (aka fake Julie) sticks around and helps Charles with his work for Julie. Elliott punches Charles in the nose. Charles learns that Elliott and Virginia were once married. Didi asks the a couple of the employees to see what they can find out about Charles.

A Man on the Inside 1.02

The Man Who Knew Too Much About Bridges

Charles gets to know a lot of the other residents at the retirement community. He goes to happy hour with a bunch of the residents. He drinks a lot and smokes some marijuana. He gets the impression that his cover has been blown but later figures out that's not the case.

Charles has dinner with Virginia. He tries talking to Helen Cubbler, the woman whose necklace was stolen but she gets nervous and pulls the alarm. The episode ends with another theft. This time it is a valuable watch.

A Man on the Inside 1.01

Tinker Tailor Older Guy

Charles (Ted Danson) gets a job working for Julie, a private investigator. His job is to move into a retirement community and take pictures and videos which she can use to try and figure out if someone stole her client's mother's necklace.

Charles, a widower and a retired professor of engineering, was content to sit at home and read the newspaper. He only took the job because Emily, his daughter, challenged him to find something to occupy his time outside of the house.

She calls him at the end of the episode to see how he's doing. He tells her he found something to do but then doesn't tell her the truth about what he's doing.