An English department chairman at an underfunded college, Professor Hank Devereaux toes the line between midlife crisis and full-blown meltdown, navigating the offbeat chaos in his personal and professional life.
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Series Cast Summary
| Bob Odenkirk | ... |
William Henry Devereaux, Jr.
(8 episodes, 2023)
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| Mireille Enos | ... |
Lily Devereaux
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| Cedric Yarbrough | ... |
Paul Rourke
(8 episodes, 2023)
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| Diedrich Bader | ... |
Tony Conigula
(8 episodes, 2023)
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| Olivia Scott Welch | ... |
Julie Devereaux
(8 episodes, 2023)
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| Suzanne Cryer | ... |
Gracie DuBois
(8 episodes, 2023)
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| Sara Amini | ... |
Meg Quigley
(8 episodes, 2023)
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| Nancy Robertson | ... |
Billie
(7 episodes, 2023)
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| Arthur Keng | ... |
Teddy
(7 episodes, 2023)
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| Alvina August | ... |
June
(7 episodes, 2023)
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| Haig Sutherland | ... |
Finny
(7 episodes, 2023)
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| Shannon DeVido | ... |
Emma
(7 episodes, 2023)
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| Daniel Doheny | ... |
Russell
(6 episodes, 2023)
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| Oscar Nuñez | ... |
Dean Rose
(6 episodes, 2023)
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| Ellen MacNevin | ... |
Rachel
(6 episodes, 2023)
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| Jackson Kelly | ... |
Bartow
(5 episodes, 2023)
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| Anne Gee Byrd | ... |
Laurel
(5 episodes, 2023)
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| Dolores Drake | ... |
Jill
(5 episodes, 2023)
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| Jennifer Spence | ... |
Ashley
(4 episodes, 2023)
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| Jason Sakaki | ... |
Lester
(4 episodes, 2023)
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| Jacki Gunn | ... |
Jennifer
(4 episodes, 2023)
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| Tom Bower | ... |
Henry Devereaux Sr.
(3 episodes, 2023)
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| Glynis Davies | ... |
Leslie
(3 episodes, 2023)
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| Kyle MacLachlan | ... |
Dickie Pope
(2 episodes, 2023)
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| Chris Diamantopoulos | ... |
Tom
(2 episodes, 2023)
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| Roman Kinsella | ... |
8-Year-Old Hank
(2 episodes, 2023)
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| Chris Gethard | ... |
Jeffrey Epstein
(2 episodes, 2023)
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Sierra Sidwell | ... |
Solange
(2 episodes, 2023)
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| Lilah Fitzgerald | ... |
Ava
(2 episodes, 2023)
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| Veronica Jarvis | ... |
Mina
(2 episodes, 2023)
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| Hayley Sales | ... |
Missy
(2 episodes, 2023)
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| Bernie Yao | ... |
Dennis
(2 episodes, 2023)
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| Catherine Keener | ... |
Catherine Keener
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Ellie Harvie | ... |
Fran Grillo
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Ona Grauer | ... |
Anna Hibble
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Georgia Irwin | ... |
Masseuse
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Alison Araya | ... |
Joanie
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Brian Huskey | ... |
George Saunders
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Nikki Chohan | ... |
Check-in Woman
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Mark Krysko | ... |
Young Henry Devereaux
(1 episode, 2023)
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Lyall Woznesensky | ... |
Strange Man
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Starlise Waschuk | ... |
Young Laurel Devereaux
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Seth Ranaweera | ... |
Garza
(1 episode, 2023)
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| David Beairsto | ... |
Barrett
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Alessandro Juliani | ... |
Gus
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Jacqueline Ann Steuart | ... |
Volkers
(1 episode, 2023)
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Aiden Longworth | ... |
14-Year-Old Hank
(1 episode, 2023)
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Angel Reign Montano Celiz | ... |
Dani
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Allyson Leet | ... |
Mousy Poet
(1 episode, 2023)
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| Simon Longmore | ... |
Herb
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Production Companies
Distributors
- AMC+ (2023) (United States) (video) (VOD)
- American Movie Classics (AMC) (2023) (United States) (tv)
- MagentaTV (2023) (Germany) (video) (VOD)
- Stan (2023) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Line 21 Media Services (closed captioning)
- Line 21 Media Services (post-production script)
- SIM Digital (camera equipment provided by)
- Sharpe Sound Studios (sound post-production)
Storyline
| Plot Summary |
William Henry Devereaux, Jr., spiritually suited to playing left field but forced by a bad hamstring to try first base, is the unlikely chairman of the English department at West Central Pennsylvania University. Over the course of a single convoluted week, he threatens to execute a duck, has his nose slashed by a feminist poet, discovers that his secretary writes better fiction than he does, suspects his wife of having an affair with his dean, and finally confronts his philandering elderly father, the one-time king of American Literary Theory, at an abandoned amusement park. |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This show is based on the Richard Russo novel called "Straight Man". "Straight Man" itself refers to the humorless member of a comedy duo who is in stark opposition to their clownish partner, like Lou Costello and Bud Abbott, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, where Abbott and Martin play the aforementioned role. In the case of the title, it serves as a metaphor, where Hank is the Straight Man, in a world filled with clowns. See more » |
| Crazy Credits | A character in the likeness of Bob Odenkirk (William Henry Devereaux, Jr) engages in evasive maneuvers against the hammers of the typewriter keys. The opening credit sequence may serve as a metaphor, for him avoiding "writing" like the plague. See more » |