# Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016)

> A London detective deep in gambling debt receives a mysterious bracelet that begins to change his luck and drags him into a sinister city crime wave.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/57770

## Facts

- Seasons: 3
- Episodes: 28
- Episode runtime: 44 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, science fiction, crime
- Created by: Stan Lee, Neil Biswas
- Network: Sky One
- Cast: James Nesbitt, Eve Best, Sienna Guillory, Amara Karan, Stephen Hagan, Darren Boyd, Thekla Reuten, Steven Mackintosh
- TMDB rating: 7.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4800878/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: moderate
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: tense, gritty, morally uneasy, darkly witty

## What critics say

Audience reception is mixed, with viewers praising the lead performance and the fast-moving premise while finding the supernatural luck device and crime plotting uneven.

## Synopsis

Stan Lee's Lucky Man (2016-2018) is a British Sky One supernatural crime drama created by Stan Lee and Neil Biswas. London police detective and compulsive gambler Harry Clayton (James Nesbitt) is on the verge of losing everything when he is handed a mysterious bracelet by the enigmatic Eve (Sienna Guillory), said to grant its wearer immense luck. As his fortunes suddenly turn, Harry is pulled into a sinister crime wave sweeping through the capital, and his new run of good luck carries costs for his family and his job. Amara Karan, Eve Best and Darren Boyd appear among the principal cast around him. Across three seasons and twenty-eight episodes, the show runs as a serialized police drama with a fantasy hook, each episode mixing procedural case work with the personal fallout of the charm. The tone is tense and gritty, with a streak of dark wit and a sense of moral unease about luck that cannot be trusted. Its London streets, interview rooms and gambling dens give it a grounded urban texture. Fans of Misfits and Hustle will find resonance in its blend of british crime, a flawed everyman and a supernatural device that complicates every win.

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