Lodge 49

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Season 1
  • Network: AMC
  • Series Premiere Date: Aug 6, 2018
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
7.4

Generally favorable reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 25
  3. Negative: 2 out of 25
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  1. metabad
    Aug 9, 2018
    6
    The show is mainly about a sympathetic looser named Dud who is a former surfer but after getting bitten in the foot by a snake in Nicaragua can't surf anymore.
    He has become a slacker sleeping in his car or, illegally, in apartments that are up for rent.
    Since he has no steady income he is in debt to the local pawn shop and is constantly trying to get some money from somewhere (e.g. on    The show is mainly about a sympathetic looser named Dud who is a former surfer but after getting bitten in the foot by a snake in Nicaragua can't surf anymore.
    He has become a slacker sleeping in his car or, illegally, in apartments that are up for rent.
    Since he has no steady income he is in debt to the local pawn shop and is constantly trying to get some money from somewhere (e.g. on the beach with a metal detector) to pay it back.
    He often crashes at his sister's apartment. She works at a local diner trying to pay off the debt of their father who died a year ago surfing/diving.
    Or better, most likely died since his body was never found.
    Dud can't accept his fathers death, often having daydreams and seeing his father while looking into the water of a swimming pool.
    One day, he digs up a ring on the beach and tries to sell it at the pawn shop.
    It isn't worth anything but at least he is told that it's a membership ring for a local lodge.

    One day he accidentally ends up in front of it, so he wants to give the ring back. Since Dud is curious about the interior of the lodge, the man in charge, Ernie, shows him around.
    Dud decides to become a member and sells a watch, probably from his father, to pay the membership fee.

    All the members he encounters are likeable and relatable and you become invested in their lives.
    Dud and Ernie, though very different in character and age, become friends.

    There is a main plot-line about the succession of the old leader of the lodge but some of the members get their own little stories.
    One other plot-line involves Duds sister getting a chance to move up to corporate and become an executive.

    You get the feeling you're part of a bigger story about people being in a not so great place moving forward slowly, growing and developing.
    There are some twists and turns in later episodes you won't expect and one you might expect, making the trip a bumpy ride with characters having setbacks, one involving self sabotage.
    So the personal development of the main characters moves forward slower than you expect.

    Since you are invested in the characters and like them, it's an entertaining watch.
    However, what I didn't like about the show is, that towards the end, other characters get more screen time showing you their stories leading to too many plot-lines and making the show feel scattered.

    Another issue I have with the show is the season's finale.
    I think at best, you'll be ok with it, but I don't think you'll like it.

    I find it disappointing and unsatisfying because it leaves too many things unresolved.
    If the network decides to pick up the show for a second season, fine.
    But if not, which has happened often enough and you watched the first season, you might come to the conclusion that you've wasted your time.    … Expand

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#26 Most Shared TV Season of 2018

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Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 19 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 19
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 19
  3. Negative: 0 out of 19
  1. Slate
    Reviewed by: Laura Miller
    Aug 16, 2019
    80
    The eccentricity of Lodge 49 is never merely gratuitous. It is a story about how ordinary people try to get by, have a bit of fun, and sometimes save each other’s lives on the ragged fringes of a post-industrial economy. And it’s also about alchemy.
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  2. The New Yorker
    Reviewed by: Troy Patterson
    Aug 6, 2018
    70
    The shaggy-doggedness of the story line is impressive given the paucity of plot. As if striving to keep calm enough to meditate, Lodge 49 achieves a freakishly leisurely pace. It’s slow to develop and quick to linger on sadness and frustration. There’s a warmth in all this dawdling, as if its ingratiating characters are extending fellowship.
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  3. IndieWire
    Reviewed by: Ben Travers
    Aug 6, 2018
    58
    Lodge 49 ends up wasting its enticing and peculiar premise in a light, plodding story. It’s the kind of freshman entry that could grow into something special, but you’d have to have Dud’s availability and demeanor to get there.
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