

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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Character
Classical in form, contemporary, contemplative and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
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Cast
- Bob OdenkirkWilliam Henry 'Hank' Devereaux, Jr.
- Mireille EnosLily Devereaux
- Cedric YarbroughPaul Rourke
- Diedrich BaderTony Conigula
- Olivia Scott WelchJulie Devereaux
- Sara AminiMeg Quigley
- Suzanne CryerGracie DuBois
Crew
- Paul LiebersteinCreator
- Aaron ZelmanCreator
- Richard RussoNovel
- Mark ChowDirector of Photography
- Joe WongOriginal Music Composer
- Shawn WilliamsonProducer
- David MageeProducer
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Seasons
- Season 18 eps · 2023
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