Inside Job Season 1 Review

October 22, 2021 at 6:21am
By Jason Stettner

This is a Netflix Original animated series that follows one seriously anti-social tech genius, Reagan Ridley (Lizzy Caplan) as she deals with handling the most important parts of the Deep State. That’s right; she’s part of the group that’s behind all of the conspiracies out there, and they’re factual. She’s keeping them secret, and that’s part of the magic. To start things off she’s passed up for a solo promotion she’s been gunning for, instead having to co-run things with Brett (Clark Duke).

This guy isn’t the best, but she makes due and begins to learn elements of working in a team. Speaking of a team aspect, there are others that round out the squad. The likes of which being Glenn Dolphman (John DiMaggio) who is literally a dolphin person hybrid. There’s a magical below the surface now part of the squad Magic Myc (Brett Gleman); a powerful social media runner Gigi (Tisha Campbell Martin) and finally a wacky kind of crazy doctor Dr. Andre (Bobby Lee).

The group deals with various situations that arise which are always comical. It’s got a bit of a running story but the episodes do largely come across as being standalone. There’s also a clear focus on the core family around Reagan, which includes issues with her sour now retired father Randy (Christian Slater) and in general the social problems she’s quite awkward about.

This has generally solid animation quality to it. You get a variety of sequences from more casual spots to intense fast paced action. With each episode having some sort of weird theme going on you get to visit a pile of unique locations and interact with distinct characters along the way.

As mentioned it has a theme of continuous story but it doesn’t necessarily head in any particular direction. There is a lot of growth for Reagan as a character which I thought was neat and I did actually find it to be quite funny for the most part. It’s a very weird sort of show, definitely something that caught my interest.

There’s a fairly good cast here when it comes to the voice performances and the strange characters they take the roles of. I think there’s more potential to build from at the conclusive point and I liked this silly sort of hidden society that they’ve put together. They definitely have fun with some key elements of modern society and I’m sure many will find the humor there.

The Conclusion

Inside Job Season 1 has a rather bizarre cast that uses the unique premise to deliver a bounty of laughs alongside many out there situations. I really enjoyed the weird places this would go, and the commentary on many modern aspects of life that it dug into without being too obvious. From the comments on nostalgia to some general laughs about the silly things going on it does provide a decent time.

It’s not anything too particularly amazing in terms of standing out from the adult animated crowd, but I think there’s some decent heart here. I felt that Reagan was a really good character that has some well set development to her and I want to see more of where that goes if there’s further seasons to follow. The supporting cast is fun, the animation quality is generally solid and it’s the out there sort of thing that I found to be engaging. It’s an easy binge and hooked my attention.

Inside Job Season 1 Review at Home with Streamed Viewing
Screening was Provided by Netflix

Rating Overall: 7.3