Hulu’s Deadbeat is kind of like a stoner riff on The Frighteners—it features Kevin “Pac” Pacalioglu (Tyler Labine), a hapless and somewhat ineffectual medium who nonetheless solves mysteries, kind of like those kids on Ghostwriter. (It can be two things.) You’d think he’d have no trouble making money by utilizing his skills—this person has managed to—but he’s proven unsuccessful so far. Well, Pac’s luck might turn around with the addition of Kal Penn to the cast. Deadline reports that Penn, the Obama administration’s former Associate Director Of Public Engagement (a.k.a “Secretary Of Partying Down”), is joining Deadbeat as a series regular.