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If You're Patient, 'Lodge 49' Is Worth A Lengthy Visit

AMC's new series about a dim but genial drifter's discovery of a not-so-secret society takes its time getting started, but its intricate narrative structure proves hugely satisfying ... eventually.
Signs and Portents: Dud (Wyatt Russell) prepares to cross the threshold in <em>Lodge 49</em>.

It has to be said: The dude ... abrades.

It's not the actor's fault if the main character of , the new AMC series premiering Monday night after , grates on viewers' nerves. He's written that way: Sean "Dud" Dudley (Wyatt Russell) is a dim but genial beach bum strongly reminiscent of Jeff Bridges' "The Dude" character from the Coen brothers' . He's a man of modest ambitions and even more modest accomplishments, determined to not get hung up

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