Ep. 32 - Lucky Hank
Grab your college-ruled notebook and your syllabus as Andrew and Presley head back to college in their latest episode. Will they find a new show to love, or will this one be lazy because of its tenure? Listen now to find out.
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Lucky Hank was an AMC+ original show that focused on tenured English professor Hank Devereux (Bob Odenkirk) as he navigated the troubles of his daily academic and home life. After getting combative with a student, Hank is recorded talking about Railton College (the college he works at) as a beacon of mediocrity, which we learn is spurred by the imminent retirement of his absentee father from Colombia, which forced Hank to re-evaluate his current situation and reflect on his much smaller academic footprint over his giant fathers. After being pushed out as the chair of the English department, Hanks's wife, Lily (Mireille Enos), decides to pursue a new role in New York, driving a wedge between the two of them as Hank wants to stay in Railton, where his life and career are. Intermixed throughout the show are side stories between the other English department members and imminent layoffs across the college, which Hank refuses to engage with. In the end, Hank decides to help protect his English department by leaking a story about the dean of Railton College Dicky Pope (Kyle MacLachlan), making unnecessary cuts to all the departments to try and get a position at MIT. The show concludes with Hank arriving at Lily’s door in New York presumably to move there with her permanently.