- Network: NBC
- Series Premiere Date: Sep 20, 2021
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The show lays out the three story lines with sufficient clarity and moves among them fluidly, and there’s the brainteaser pleasure of sorting out the different relationships and courses of events. ... Once you’ve figured out the plots, though, you see that they’re all generic dramedy setups (at this point, anyway), and the triple plotting doesn’t give the actors time to build real characters.
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"Joe" has promise and heart but — at least just yet — not nearly enough of everything else.
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We don’t fault any of the acting on Ordinary Joe for this show’s issues; the actors are doing the best they can, but are stuck in a premise with a limited shelf life and already signs that it might collapse under its own weight or get too clever for its own good.
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Transitions between the trio of Joes often don’t land, only emphasizing the stagy unreality of the show’s three worlds. There’s raw material here on which the show may yet improve, but in its pilot, at least, “Ordinary Joe” feels a bit too high-concept for its own good.
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Mixed: 2 out of 4
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Negative: 2 out of 4
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Sep 20, 2021Ordinary Joe might not be the worst show of the year. It might be the worst show of all time.