'Average Joe' Trailer: Deon Cole and Tammy Townsend Take on Russian Mafia in Intense New Drama (Exclusive)

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Deon Cole is taking an intense pivot away from comedy with BET+'s Average Joe, and ET is exclusively debuting the trailer to give fans a taste of what to expect!Inspired by the life of creator Robb Cullen, is a darkly comedic, one-hour drama set in «The Hill» district of Pittsburgh.

Things go terribly awry for blue-collar plumber Joe Washington (Cole) when he discovers his recently deceased father, Teddy Washington, lived a secret second life.

Said life involved the late tow-truck driver stealing millions of dollars — and a Lamborghini — from the Russian mob just before he died.

Now, they think Joe knows where the money is and will stop at nothing to get what's theirs.The two-minute trailer introduces viewers to Joe as a bloody and violent confrontation triggers a chain of events that force him and his close-knit circle of family and friends out of their very average and mundane lives into a life-or-death race against time to find the truth and the $10 million — or as Joe's wife, Angela, says, the «10 million problems» — his father hid away.Cole stars alongside Tammy Townsend as Angela, Joe's loving wife who suffers from a painful illness and works shifts as a waitress to help to provide for her family; Malcolm Barrett as Leon Montgomery, a somewhat hapless hardware store owner and one of Joe's best friends who comes to his rescue when he's attacked by Russian mobsters; Cynthia Kaye McWilliams as Cathy, Leon's «ball-busting wife whose obsession with crime shows soon proves helpful.»The series also stars Michael Trucco as Benjamin «Touch» Tuchawuski," Joe's long-time best friend and a police officer with a vice for painkillers and heroin to help him get through his days; Ashley Olivia Fisher as Jennifer Washington, Angela.