Inside Job is an animated series from a couple of the creatives behind Gravity Falls (Shion Takeuchi and Alex Hirsch) which looks at the working of the shadowy Deep State organisation which is responsible for many of the conspiracy theories that exist.
Over the course of the 10 episodes that make up part 1, we get to see how the organisation functions and how socially awkward genius Reagan Ridley deals with her band of misfits; a milquetoast support colleague in the shape of Brett, a man-dolphin hybrid, a sentient mushroom and sociopathic PR woman. We see Reagan grow and develops as a person as the series progresses. There is a through-line but each episode also feels self-contained as we see how Reagan's broken relationship of her family affects her daily interaction with people. Her team becomes her surrogate family and see opens up and starts to depend on them.
The show is definitely aimed at older teens and adults as it has mature content like violence, swearing and looks at toxic masculinity. It has the humour of Rick and Morty but not the nihilism that some of the more toxic fan base from that show parrot as ‘quirky’ individualism. There are pop culture references aplenty but not annoying cutaways like in Family Guy. So Inside Job is an intriguing show with cryptids, mysteries and conspiracies all swirling together to create a fun show that is quite unique but has a bit of heart at its core.
Reagan is the MPV and has some great one liners like when she talks about James Bond stand-in Rafe Masters with “The only people that think you are cool are dads or people that didn’t have dads”. And when a flat Earther believes that "When You go over the edge it wraps around like in Pacman" it's true *French kiss*
The show is not ground-breaking but it is well worth your time and I can't wait to see where it goes next. It is very 'of the moment' and makes fun of the various conspiracies as well as the followers behind them by throwing in pop culture references that will age it but it is fun while it lasts.