The Old Man Premiere Recap: He's Still Got Some Fight in Him (Plus, Grade It!) | Entertain Xtra
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The Old Man Premiere Recap: He's Still Got Some Fight in Him (Plus, Grade It!) | Entertain Xtra Source Jeff Bridges plays an aging ex-CIA asset in the new FX thriller The Old Man … but Thursday’s premiere proved we shouldn’t count the old guy out just yet. When we meet Bridges’ character Dan Chase, he’s living a quiet, idyllic life with his two dogs — though he does have to get up in the night to pee several times. (Plus, he’s having unsettling dreams about a woman crouched in his bathroom.) In a phone call, his daughter Emily remembers how “indestructible” she once thought he was, but now she’s worried about him. He’s a little worried, too, asking a doctor to run cognitive tests on him since his late wife Abby had problems in that area. Dan also notices someone watching him in a local shop, so he sets up a rudimentary alarm system in his home with a string of old tomato cans. That night, he wakes up to the sound of cans rattling, and he jumps out of bed, g...