The ‘Florida Man’ headline is one of the most used in journalism because you always know that something crazy and outlandish is going to follow it, so it’s kinda surprising that it’s taken Netflix this long to come up with a series based around the concept. Well, sort of.

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‘Florida Man’ tells the story of an ex cop who is forced to return to his home state of Florida in order to track down a gangster’s runaway girlfriend, but as you might expect things don’t exactly go to plan and he ends up embroiled in all the weirdness that has become associated with the state. The trailer makes it look like a lot of fun, as you can see below:

Murder. Manhunts. Manatees. FLORIDA MAN, a new Netflix limited series from creator Donald Todd (Ugly Betty, This Is Us), follows a struggling ex-cop (Edgar Ramírez) who is forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend.

What should be a quick gig becomes a wildly spiraling journey into buried family secrets, and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong.

Also starring Abbey Lee, Anthony LaPaglia, Otmara Marrero, Lex Scott Davis, Emory Cohen, Clark Gregg, Isaiah Johnson, Paul Schneider and Lauren Buglioli.

Yeah I guess the imagery and vibe of the thing is very ‘Better Call Saul’, but I imagine it will probably be a bit more action packed than that show and probably not as good to be honest. Still, it’s showing a lot of promise and the central premise is great, so hopefully it’ll be a good one when it’s released on April 13th. Looking forward to it.

For more of the same, check out a decade’s worth of Florida Man articles here. Nothing quite like it.