His father, a powerful literary critic, hasn't even phoned his son in 15 years. He wrote an acclaimed first novel, but that was decades ago, and he's never produced a second. Odenkirk plays William Henry Devereaux Jr., a tenured English professor and department chair at Railton College in rural Pennsylvania. Having seen the first two installments of this new AMC series, "Lucky Hank," I can say that so far, it's mostly establishing the conflicts and setups, but I'm eager for more. So to see him play a brand-new character in a brand-new TV series, one based on the 1997 novel "Straight Man" by Richard Russo, was something I was really looking forward to. Our TV critic David Bianculli has this review.ĭAVID BIANCULLI, BYLINE: "Breaking Bad" and "Better Call Saul" are two of my favorite TV dramas ever, and I constantly was bowled over by the subtle, unflashy but amazing acting by Bob Odenkirk on those two series. Two episodes of the new series, "Lucky Hank," were available for a preview. The second was the equally impressive spinoff show, "Better Call Saul." Now Odenkirk is back playing a new character, a college English professor with writer's block, daddy issues and overly pampered students. The first, of course, was the long-running series "Breaking Bad" in which he played a supporting role as shady lawyer Saul Goodman. This Sunday AMC presents its third series featuring comedian and now-dramatic actor Bob Odenkirk.
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