Bob Odenkirk stars in AMC's 'Lucky Hank' as an English professor facing a mid-life crisis.

Bob Odenkirk stars in the light and witty AMC+ show Lucky Hank, a limited series adaptation of Richard Russo’s 1997 novel Straight Man. Odenkirk plays William Henry Devereaux Junior, a misanthropic chair of the English department at Railton College, a middling school in rural Pennsylvania, who is grappling with his irrelevance and mid-life crisis. The show is a pleasant ensemble story with Odenkirk providing a strong anchor for plenty of witty banter and silly scenarios, but with a bit of a scattered tone, unnecessary voiceover, and a well-trod premise, it doesn’t seem likely to be among the Breaking Bad star’s more memorable roles.