Bob Odenkirk plays cynicism damn well. In his most famous role, as the lawyer in Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul , we don't get to see it much, as his performance relies on charisma, wit, and an askew moral compass. But we get a taste of what he can do with it in Nobody as an assassin with the facade of a monotonous, suburban lifestyle that hides his world-weariness and repressed rage, or in his overlooked role in Girlfriend's Day as a fired greetings card writer who cannot capture love again. But in 2023, he starred in an eight-episode series that was steeped in unrelenting, over-the-top cynicism, and he is mesmerizing in it.
It is a series that Odenkirk told Collider during a long-ranging interview that it "wasn't the sexiest show you ever heard about," but his