TV series

Ordinary Joe

2021–2022 · 1 season

A gentle, thoughtful drama that asks you to hold three lives at once, rewarding attention with quiet emotional echoes.

Tagline: One man. Three destinies.
Overview: Joe Kimbreau faces a decision at his college graduation. Three parallel stories that diverge from that night find Joe and the people around him with different careers, relationships and family lives, showing the unexpected ways that things change - and stay the same.
How it feels: Melancholic, earnest, warm and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, fate, family, love
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
fate
family
love
parenthood
Places: big city
workplace
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild