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Lodge 49 is an oddball of a show that rewards viewers who have the time and patience for its eccentricities
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"It meanders and takes a while to get to the point, and even when it gets there, sometimes the point still seems muddled," says Jen Chaney of the AMC drama series starring Wyatt Russell. "But it earns credit for embracing its weirdness and being unlike practically any other show that’s currently on TV. Which is a bold statement considering how many shows are currently on TV."
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- Lodge 49 is a little Big Lebowski and too much "Surfer, Dude"
- It's the right kind of weird: A melancholy, 10-episode rumination on loss and friendship
- Viewers have to be patient with Lodge 49's leisurely pace, which reveals a solid, if densely constructed, narrative infrastructure
- Creator Jim Gavin calls Lodge 49 a personal story inspired by his past
TOPICS: Lodge 49, AMC, Jim Gavin, Wyatt Russell
More Lodge 49 on Primetimer:- Kenneth Welsh, Twin Peaks and Lodge 49 actor, dies at 80
- Lodge 49 is not coming back: Producers could not find a new home for canceled AMC series
- Paul Giamatti blasts AMC for being "afraid" to promote Lodge 49, but its creator thinks "cancelation, weirdly, is a stranger form of marketing"
- Lodge 49 producers think they have an edge in finding a new home because they have an endgame
