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Lucky Hank

★ 6.8 8K votes 2023–2023 1 season · 8 episodes Canceled AMC
Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 9/10Dry humorDeadpan, understated wit.This show: 8/10School & campusSchools and universities as the primary world.This show: 8/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 7/10CynicalDeeply distrustful of institutions and human motives.This show: 7/10WorkplaceThe job and its social ecosystem as the stage.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Bob OdenkirkMireille EnosCedric YarbroughDiedrich BaderOlivia Scott WelchSuzanne Cryer
Written by
Paul LiebersteinAaron Zelman
Starring
Bob OdenkirkMireille EnosCedric YarbroughDiedrich BaderOlivia Scott WelchSuzanne Cryer
Written by
Paul LiebersteinAaron Zelman
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A funny, sad portrait of academic burnout"

Bob Odenkirk plays Hank Devereaux, the weary chairman of a mediocre college's English department, quietly unraveling as middle age, a stalled writing career, and departmental politics close in on him. The show is a wry, melancholy character study more than a plot-driven comedy: slow, dialogue-heavy, and steeped in academic absurdity and regret. It leans on Odenkirk's deadpan performance and sharp, literate writing rather than big laughs or forward momentum. If you enjoy character-first storytelling about disappointment and self-sabotage, it rewards patience, but it never quite escalates into anything urgent.

Watch it for

Bob Odenkirk's understated, wounded performance as a man quietly falling apart.

Maybe skip if

you need strong plot momentum rather than slow character-driven melancholy.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12023
7.64K85h 49m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Pilot7.3
81844 min
▶2George Saunders7.4
54245 min
▶3Escape7.2
43644 min
▶4The Goose Boxer7.5
40740 min
▶5The Clock8.1
50047 min
▶6The Arrival7.9
37643 min
▶7The Count of Monte Cristo7.7
34543 min
▶8The Chopping Block7.6
32243 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Bob Odenkirk William Henry Devereaux, Jr.
Mireille Enos Lily Devereaux
Cedric Yarbrough Paul Rourke
Diedrich Bader Tony Conigula
Olivia Scott Welch Julie Devereaux
Suzanne Cryer Gracie DuBois
Sara Amini Meg Quigley
Nancy Robertson Billie
Arthur Keng Teddy
Alvina August June

Crew

Paul Lieberstein
Aaron Zelman

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