It's unfair to saddle a show with a tagline like "'Breaking Bad' meets 'Ozark.'" Comparing anything to those highly acclaimed AMC and Netflix dramas is liable to set unrealistic expectations and, more likely than not, result in disappointment.
And yet, at least in terms of themes and tone, that's not a bad short pitch for "Average Joe."
The first two episodes of "Average Joe" premiered June 26 on the streaming service BET+ with subsequent installments of its eight-episode first season set to drop every Thursday. This twisty dark comedy is set in the Hill District and follows a group of wayward Pittsburghers thrust out of their humdrum lives and into a dangerous cat-and-mouse game with the Russian mob.
