AMC's Lodge 49 at TCA: Jim Gavin credits Thomas Pynchon for the idea of the frat comedy show
'Lodge 49' is to hit the small screen this August and the makers of the show are super excited about the comedy. In a recent TCA panel, Peter Ocko, the showrunner for the AMC series said that 'Lodge 49' is a lot like a "palate cleanser". "The 'great' shows still feel like homework," said Ocko who also serves as executive producer, "We see our show as a bit of a palate-cleanser so you can go back to the hard work of watching shows about complicated robots."
The light-hearted modern fable is set in Long Beach, California and follows a disarmingly optimistic local ex-surfer, Dud (Wyatt Russell), who’s drifting after the death of his father and collapse of the family business. Dud serendipitously finds himself on the doorstep of a rundown fraternal lodge, where a middle-aged plumbing salesman and 'Luminous Knight' of the order, Ernie ( Brent Jennings), welcomes him into a world of cheap beer, easy camaraderie and the promise of "Alchemical mysteries" that may — or may not — put Dud on the path to recover the idyllic life he’s lost.
