From ‘The Way Down’ to ‘Ordinary Joe,’ the best and worst of this year’s fall TV

Mild however probing, the present captures the historic mundanities of Dean’s life, like questioning if his White instructor is prejudiced, usually to level out that most of the dilemmas he faces are with us as we speak. If it doesn’t sound laugh-out-loud humorous, effectively, it seldom strives to be. However this nuanced reconsideration of Americana from the attitude of a Black household that’s destined to have conflicting concepts about what constitutes progress, equality and acceptable threat within the struggle thereof actually feels pressing and relatable.