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Lucky Hank

2023 · 1 season

A wry, low-key character study that finds quiet humor and melancholy in academic frustration and midlife drift.

Created by: Aaron Zelman, Paul Lieberstein
Genres: Drama
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Mireille Enos, Cedric Yarbrough

Overview: A mid-life crisis tale about the unlikely chairman of the English department in a badly underfunded college in the Pennsylvania rust belt.

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Created by: Aaron Zelman, Paul Lieberstein
Genres: Drama
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Mireille Enos, Cedric Yarbrough

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Tone: darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
work
family
grief
ambition
Places: small town
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language strong
Violence none
Sex mild

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Action	1
Horror	0
Humour	6
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	5
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: drama
Created by: Aaron Zelman, Paul Lieberstein
Written by: Emma Barrie, Adam Barr, Paul Lieberstein, Taylor Brogan
Starring: Bob Odenkirk, Mireille Enos, Cedric Yarbrough, Diedrich Bader, Olivia Scott Welch, Sara Amini, Suzanne Cryer, Shorya Lamba
Music: Joe Wong, Dave Porter
Cinematography: Mark Chow
Length: 1 seasons, 8 episodes
Network: AMC
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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