Dislodged

AMC's Lodge 49 is being canceled after two seasons. Unfortunate.  While I can't say I'm a big fan, I do find it an intriguing near-miss.  It's a weird story about a layabout ex-surfer/pool cleaner in Long Beach who joins a local Lodge of a mysterious fraternal order and how it changes his life.

What's weird about the show is it doesn't depend on tropes that make other shows play.  It's not about cops or organized crime so there's very little violence and the show can't depend on whacking someone for suspense.  Also, though it's sort of a fable, with bizarre characters, it's not a fantasy that relies on magic (much).  It's just average people in an average place trying to find something special in their lives.

Wyatt Russell is (was) good as Dudley, the lead character.  Even better, I think, was Sonya Cassidy as his more cynical sister, who was generally off on her own adventures. Also good in the large cast were Brent Jennings, a salesman and member of the Lodge who becomes Dudley's closest friend, and David Pasquesi, another Lodge member who believes in alchemy.

The action takes place all over, not just at the Lodge. In fact, just as much a home base for the show is a strip mall that includes a donut shop where people hang out, a pawn shop that serves as everyone's bank, and the former pool shop that was owned by Dudley's late father.

In season two, the gang go on a mission to Mexico, where they recover some secret scrolls. Since this isn't Harry Potter, the scrolls weren't magic (necessarily)--the magic was about what happened to the characters on the mission.  It looks like Lodge 49 has seen its last mission, though who knows, maybe another channel will pick it up.