''Inside Job'' is an American adult

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created by

Shion Takeuchi Shion Takeuchi (born September 5, 1988) is an American television writer, animator, storyboard artist, showrunner, and producer. She is the creator of the Netflix television series '' Inside Job'' and has written and produced for the shows '' Grav ...

for

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. The series premiered on October 22, 2021. Takeuchi, a former ''

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'' writer, acts as

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and is an executive producer alongside ''Gravity Falls'' creator

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and ''

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'' director Mike Hollingsworth. The series received positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation, voice acting and social commentary. The second part of the first season was released on November 18, 2022. The series was renewed for a second season in June 2022.

Premise

''Inside Job'' is a workplace comedy set in a world where many

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are real. It is centered on an American shadow government organization Cognito, Inc., which is one of six organizations that control the world (the others being the

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, the Atlantians, the Reptoids, the

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and the

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). The series follows a team led by a tech genius and her new partner as they work in the organization alongside reptilian

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, a human–dolphin hybrid, and a sapient

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from

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Cast

Main

Lizzy Caplan Elizabeth Anne Caplan (born June 30, 1982) is an American actress. Her first acting role was on the television series ''Freaks and Geeks'' (1999–2000). She received wider recognition with roles in the films ''Mean Girls'' (2004) and ''Cloverfi ...

as Reagan Ridley; a brilliant yet

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and short-tempered

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robotics engineer who works at Cognito Inc. and believes that society itself can be improved, managing her irresponsible coworkers while seeking out a coveted promotion along the way. Takeuchi described Reagan as a leader who "wants to make the world a better place." It is frequently suggested by her friends, family, and co-workers that she has

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, which she, in turn, denies. At the end of part 2 of season 1, she was made CEO of Cognito Inc. after her father was sent to Shadow Prison X. *

Christian Slater Christian Michael Leonard Slater (born August 18, 1969) is an American actor and producer. He made his film debut with a leading role in '' The Legend of Billie Jean'' (1985) and gained wider recognition for his breakthrough role as Jason "J.D." ...

as Randall "Rand" Ridley; Reagan's father, and Tamiko's ex-husband. The paranoid former CEO and co-founder of Cognito Inc who was fired after nearly exposing the Deep State and trying to blow up the sun as his "solution" to cure

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. He lives with his daughter Reagan, drinking copious amounts of

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and plotting revenge against his former employers. He is reinstated as Cognito CEO by the Shadow Board at the end of season 1 part 1 as he holds the most shares in the company. However, in the second part, he was arrested after nearly destroying the universe with a reality-altering machine called Project Reboot. *

Clark Duke Clark Duke (born May 5, 1985) is an American actor, comedian, and director known for his roles in the films '' Kick-Ass'', ''Sex Drive'', and ''Hot Tub Time Machine'', as well as playing Clark Green in the TV series '' The Office'', Dale Kettle ...

as Brett Hand; a yes-man from

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who has a front as a fratboy but is actually a sensitive and caring person who wants his peers to follow in his footsteps and strives to bring out the best in his friends and colleagues. It is implied that he was hired partly because his generic appearance made him undetectable to

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. His dream is to be a

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. *

Tisha Campbell Tisha Michelle Campbell (born October 13, 1968) is an American actress and singer. She made her screen debut appearing in the 1986 rock musical comedy film ''Little Shop of Horrors'', and later starred on the short-lived NBC musical comedy dram ...

as Gigi Thompson; a

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from

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. She is the fast-talking Head of Media Manipulation and Subliminal Messages at Cognito from who is also the queen of office gossip. She is also a big flirt who goes after Brett and is constantly remarking on her looks. *

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as J.R. Scheimpough; the former

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of Cognito, a crafty conversationalist who can talk his way out of potentially compromising predicaments. He is sent to "Shadow Prison X" via tube at the end of season 1 part 1 after attempting to embezzle the company pension fund to purchase a volcano island lair. *

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as Alpha-Beta, a robot originally designed to serve as the "ROBOTUS" (robotic replacement of the

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). Reagan keeps him locked up in Cognito's basement, bribing him with '' Friends'' episodes so that he will help her with various schemes. He evolves into the empathic AI upon briefly dating Reagan's mother in the second part of season 1. *

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as Glenn Dolphman; a

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hybrid

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who oversees Cognito's weapons and arsenal. *

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as Dr. Andre Lee; a free-spirited yet anxious

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who experiments with a range of unusual narcotics, and is also addicted to some of the very same drugs he creates. *

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as Myc Celium; a

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mushroom-like organism from a hive mind deep inside

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with a dry, sarcastic demeanor and the ability to read peoples' minds. The show's opening sequence implies that his species inadvertently brought about the evolution of humanity when their spores were consumed by ancient apes, which was confirmed to be true in the episode "Reagan & Mychelle’s Hive School Reunion". Myc also provides pure bio sorbitrate, a chemical the company uses for their memory eraser guns, which they have to literally milk him for. * Adam Scott as Ron Steadler: A member of the Illuminati who is responsible for erasing minds and Reagan's boyfriend.

Recurring

Suzy Nakamura Suzy Nakamura (born December 2, 1968) is an American actress and improv comedian. She is known for her many guest appearances on sitcoms such as ''According to Jim'', ''Half and Half'', ''8 Simple Rules'', ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' and ''How I Met ...

as Tamiko Ridley, Reagan's romance novelist mother and Rand's ex-wife who has become sexually adventurous after her unsatisfying 35 year-long marriage. * Adam Scott as Ron Staedtler (Season 1, Part 2): A member of the Illuminati responsible for erasing minds who, much like Reagan, is deeply unsatisfied with his job and struggles with the ethics of it. He and Reagan meet at a support group for shadow government employees and become romantically entangled. *

as "Grassy" Noel Atkinson, Cognito's elderly top assassin who was the one actually responsible for the JFK assassination. *

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as Elliot Mothman, head of the HR Department and a literal

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. *

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as Dupli-Kate, the head of Cognito Inc.'s Cloning Department. She has a sentient clone tumor on the side of her head. *

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as Agent Rafe Masters, a British secret agent and

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-expy who has a one night stand with Reagan and becomes emotionally clingy after she rejects him. *

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Eric Bauza Eric Bauza (born December 7, 1979) is a Canadian-American voice actor and comedian. His most-known roles include Stimpy on '' Ren and Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"'', Foop on ''The Fairly OddParents'' and its reboot '' Fairly Odder'', Thunderbolt ...

Guest role

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as Bryan Jacobsen and Bryan-bot. *

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Ana Gasteyer Ana Kristina Gasteyer (born May 4, 1967) is an American actress and comedian. She was a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1996 to 2002. She has since starred in such sitcoms as ABC's '' Suburgatory,'' TBS's '' People of Earth'', NBC's ...

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* Darius Johnson *

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as Deany *

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as Charlie *

Drew Tarver Andrew Tarver (born May 6, 1986) is an American actor and comedian from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in Los Angeles. He is known for starring in the Seeso show ''Bajillion Dollar Propertie$'' and for his appearances on comedy podcasts, inc ...

James Adomian James Adomian (born January 31, 1980) is an Armenian-American stand-up comedian, actor, and impressionist. He is best known for his work on '' Comedy Bang! Bang!'', '' Chapo Trap House'', ''Last Comic Standing'', ''The Late Late Show with Craig ...

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. *

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as Doctor Skullfinger, Rafe Masters' arch-nemesis. *

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as Melvin Stupowitz; an actor who was hired to play

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while the real Buzz resides on the moon. *

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as Oprah Winfrey. *

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as Frog. * Will Blagrove as Jay-Z and a Crisis Actor.

Episodes

Part 1 (2021)

Part 2 (2022)

Production and release

In April 2019, Netflix ordered 20 episodes of the series. Billed as the first

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series produced in-house by

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, it was announced in June 2021 that the regular characters in the series would be voiced by

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and

. It is the first series produced as part of a deal Takeuchi made in 2018 with Netflix to "develop new series and other projects exclusively for Netflix." A sneak peek of the series was shown at the Studio Focus Panel for Netflix at the

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in June 2021. The series is the first series created by Shion Takeuchi, part of her deal with Netflix, with Hirsch saying he was inspired by 1990s shows like ''

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''. Hirsch and Takeuchi were also inspired by pages of ''

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''. In an interview with Petrana Radulovic of

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, Takeuchi said the idea for the show came from her days in college, said there isn't "anything too weird for the show" as long as it develops the characters, saying that there are subject matters which are a "little too adult for all-ages" that people her age deal with, saying it "feels good to be able to talk about" them in the show. She said that doing an adult animation is intimidating. The series premiered on

on October 22, 2021. Between October 24 to 31 the series was watched for 21,240,000 hours on Netflix globally. The second part of the first season was released on November 18, 2022. On June 8, 2022, Netflix renewed the series for a second season.

Reception

The series received generally positive reviews from critics. Charles Bramesco of ''

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'' described the series as hewing close to "the surrealism-of-the-week format" while Nick Schager of ''

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'' described it as a workplace comedy which "jovially mocks our brain-fried reality" with numerous "sharp jabs at corporate power/gender dynamics" while highlighting absurdity of conspiracy theories and argued that the show shared some similarities with '' Futurama''. Daniel Feinberg of ''

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'' was more critical, saying that conspiracy theories are played for laughs for "fitful results" and claimed that the show reduced Reagan's problems to issues with her father, but praised Brett for having a "believable" character arc and having a "lot of energy." Similar to Feinberg, Kevin Johnson of ''

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'' criticized the show for limiting on how far things are taken, influenced by shows like ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Akira'', but praised the premises and jokes in the series funny, and the "talented creative team." Chris Vognar of ''Datebook'' was more positive, saying that the series is "smart and fast on its feet," and noted it remains in the real world with "office politics, sexism, classism, jingoism, nostalgia" and more, while getting viewers to care about Reagan. Burkely Hermann of ''The Geekiary'' took a different view, pointing out that "weirdness and mature subject matters" are central to the show, comparing the show to series like ''

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'', '' Futurama'', ''

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'', and described Reagan, as a character with

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, as not unique, pointing to characters in ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', along with noting it doesn't "fall into the usual animated sitcom model" and pointing to " queer vibes" in the series. Aaron Pruner of ''

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'' noted similar themes, saying that the series is, at its core, a story about dysfunctional families at work and at home. Tracy Brown of ''

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'' said the series allows "audiences to laugh at conspiracy theories again" even as they provide a "backdrop to explore the characters and how they navigate the world." The

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website

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reported a 79% approval rating with an average rating of 7.20/10, based on 14 critic reviews.

References

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