Lucky Hank with Bob Odenkirk

[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 20 Posts: 9377 View Predictions]

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Premieres March 19th, currently at 74 on MC

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The HBO darlings everywhere (The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, Perry Mason, Somebody Somewhere, White House Plumbers, Love & Death);
The Apple gang (Bad Sisters, Slow Horses, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Black Bird);
Poker Face, The Great, The Bear, Evil (especially Katja Herbers) and The Good Fight.

Please! These gays, they're trying to murder me!

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[Victor Joined: Jun 18th, 2020 Topics: 20 Posts: 9377 View Predictions]

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Anyone watched the premiere? I thought it was a fun time, it could improve in some elements but overall a very good time.
Odenkirk can do no wrong apparently.

FYC:
The HBO darlings everywhere (The Last of Us, Succession, The White Lotus, Perry Mason, Somebody Somewhere, White House Plumbers, Love & Death);
The Apple gang (Bad Sisters, Slow Horses, Shrinking, Ted Lasso, Black Bird);
Poker Face, The Great, The Bear, Evil (especially Katja Herbers) and The Good Fight.

Please! These gays, they're trying to murder me!

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[Atypical Joined: Dec 1st, 2011 Topics: 91 Posts: 6025 View Predictions]

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Pilot was mostly fine. I would have never known that Peter Farrelly directed this episode, except for one gross-out nose scene that reminded me of some of his old movies with his brother. The supporting cast delivered well, especially the scenes with the English professors. There’s a network sitcom hidden within the interplay between those characters, and in particular, the disabled actress playing the film studies professor was excellent. Mireille Enos made dinner out of crumbs as the long-suffering supporting wife. I’d say that overall I would have been more interested in seeing “The Chair” continue with Sandra Oh than something like this, with both shows hitting the same viewing audience and content. I can already see where things are heading, with Hank railing against “cancel culture” and “wokeism” as a straight, middle-aged, married white dude. Yawn. I can see why Bob Odenkirk picked this as his follow-up role, and Russo’s source material gives him a lot to work with thematically. Hank is just like Jay Duplass’s character though with similar inciting incidents, only maybe less brilliant and more ornery. Sandra Oh navigating this same universe was instantly more compelling, and just a different spin on a well-worn concept. I’ll give this show one more chance, because next episode is called “George Saunders,” and I want to see how they handle portraying a real-life legendary author instead of just inventing a fictional one, or having David Duchovny play a pervy version of himself (he was Emmy-worthy, BTW).

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[kat_ebbs Joined: Jun 10th, 2021 Topics: 29 Posts: 8448 View Predictions]

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Atypical wrote:

here’s a network sitcom hidden within the interplay between those characters,

Lieberstein’s influence here is quite noticeable, there’s a little bit of a The Office vibe.

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