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'Better Call Saul' star's new series 'Lucky Hank' makes a midlife crisis compelling

Bob Odenkirk strikes gold again in his latest TV series, Lucky Hank. Playing to type, he makes the laconic, dissatisfied and restless title character likable and relatable.
Bob Odenkirk as Hank on AMC's Lucky Hank.

There is no one who plays the exasperated everyguy like Bob Odenkirk.

It's the reason why his turn as a hitman-in-schlub's clothing worked so well in the film Nobody. And why we rooted for him as drug lawyer Saul Goodman in both Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul.

But even a performer who got legions of fans to sympathize with a ruthless drug lawyer-in-the-making that unintentionally railroaded his brother into suicide and got an innocent man murdered,.

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