Glen Powell in 'Chad Powers.' Daniel Delgado/Disney Share on Facebook Share on X Share to Flipboard Send an Email Show additional share options Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Share on Reddit Share on Tumblr Share on Whats App Print the Article Post a Comment Logo text It's too early to count as a definitive trend, but at this stage in his career, Glen Powell has co-written two projects that share the thesis: "What if a very, very small quantity of latex was magically able to render somebody as inherently hunky as Glen Powell unrecognizable? What would he be able to do? What would he be able to become?" All I'm saying is that Glen Powell must've been shown Tootsie at a very formative age. Chad Powers The Bottom Line Unconvincing - but perhaps intentionally so? Airdate: Tuesday, September 30 (Hulu)Cast: Glen Powell, Steve Zahn, Toby Huss, Perry Mattfeld, Wynn Everett, Frankie A. Rodriguez, Clayne Crawford, Colton RyanCreators: Glen Powell and Michael Waldron In Hit Man, co-written with Richard Linklater, the Glen Powell character uses a very, very small quantity of latex (and some wigs) to ... go undercover with the police to thwart murder-for-hire schemes, becoming a more confident man in the process. Think Shootsie. It's only semi-plausible, but the charm of Powell and Adria Arjona makes the movie a delight. Related Stories TV Glen Powell Says Tom Cruise Was His "First Call" for Prosthetics Advice in 'Chad Powers': "He Pointed Us in the Right Directio.... We Thank TC for That" Movies Jack Black, Paul Rudd Take Their Snake-Movie Obsession Too Far in 'Anaconda' Trailer In Chad Powers, a new Hulu comedy co-created with Michael Waldron (Loki), the Glen Powell character uses a very, very small quantity of latex (and a very bad wig) to ... go back to college as a quarterback, becoming a better man in the process. Think Footsie. It's only semi-plausible and, well, it's hard to tell, exactly, about the show's charm, even after watching the entire first season. It turns out that I really need to see a second season of Chad Powers. Normally, when I say or think that, it's because I love a show and can't wait to see how things unfold. In this case, it isn't so simple. The sixth and final episode of Chad Powers takes the show - until that point conventional to a fault - to an intriguingly cynical place that made me wonder if all the things I found completely unconvincing had been intentionally unconvincing and if Chad Powers had been, in fact, a stealthily subversive series all along. If the finale is a starting point for the somewhat dark story Chad Powers actually wants to be, you can consider me truly curious. If the finale is just a contrived speed bump to over-extend what's conventional about the show and its unpersuasive redemptive arc, I don't like Chad Powers very much at all. And if that isn't helpful for you, dear reader, imagine how it makes me feel! Powell plays Russ Holliday, a superstar for the University of Oregon. A dual-threat quarterback, Russ weathers a difficult senior year filled with on-field highlights and off-field legal drama, leading Oregon to the national championship against Georgia at the Rose Bowl. Just as Russ is about to reach the pinnacle of college athletic achievement, a pair of blunders torpedo the season, his public image and his future professional career. Eight years later, Russ is still a wreck as a person - he's a crypto-loving, Cybertruck-driving, conspiracy-spewing tool who refuses to take responsibility for any of his failings - but he's on the verge of a second shot at football when an earlier scandal returns to the headlines and brings Russ back to zero. Staring into the abyss, Russ sees a story about the South Georgia University Catfish football team, coached by Steve Zahn's Jake Hudson. After losing his top two quarterbacks in the transfer portal, Coach Hudson announces that he's conducting open tryouts for the position. Stealing a box of latex molds from his movie makeup artist father (Toby Huss, egregiously underused), Russ drives to Georgia (for the tax credits) figuring that he'll try out for the football team incognito, prove to the world that he's a professional-level quarterback and resurrect his dreams. Don't worry if that doesn't make sense. There are several steps he hasn't considered. Sporting unruly long hair, lip and chin and nose enhancements and buck teeth, Russ doesn't look like a genuinely new person so much as he looks like like a handsome man in latex, which is enough to fool Coach Hudson, the team's quarterbacks coach (Clayne Crawford, egregiously underused) and Coach Hudson's daughter Ricky (Perry Mattfeld), a brilliant football mind constantly trying to prove herself. Only one person, the Catfish mascot (Frankie A. Rodriguez's Danny), knows his secret, helping Russ with his subterfuge for reasons that are vague and best taken at latex-covered face value. Russ becomes Chad Powers and, using an underdeveloped gift for improvisation, affects a thick a