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* InsultBackfire: When her teacher puts her down for caring about her son rather than studies, Jenny quotes Madeline Albright's famous line of "there's a special place in Hell for women who won't help other women." Smirking, the teacher replies she and Albright were at Columbia together "and one of us finished first in our class."
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* InsultBackfire: When her teacher puts her down for caring about her son rather than studies, Jenny quotes Madeline Madeleine Albright's famous line of "there's a special place in Hell for women who won't help other women." Smirking, the teacher replies she and Albright were at Columbia together "and one of us finished first in our class."
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* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/{{Awake}}''. Different color-coded realities stemming from one fateful moment play out and intermingle in front of the viewer. The main difference being that in ''Ordinary Joe'' the main character doesn't seem to be aware of the different timelines, and there's no insinuation that one or more of them must be hallucinations like there was in ''Awake'' (where the main character was seeing a different shrink in each reality).
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Because the show examines how relationships change depending on the choices people make, there is an enormous supporting cast to cover each timeline.
* IntercontinuityCrossover: InUniverse. When Music Joe gets into a car accident, he hallucinates Cop Joe responding to the scene and Nurse Joe treating him in the hospital.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: In the pop star timeline, Joe and Amy desperately want a baby but seem unable to get past the first trimester.
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* LawOfInverseFertility: In the pop star timeline, Joe and Amy desperately want a baby but seem unable to get past the first trimester. Then Amy gets pregnant after a one night stand with Bobby that she deeply regrets.
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On March 4th, 2022, it was announced that the show had been cancelled after just one season.
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* DramaticIrony: Happens a lot with each timeline unknowingly showing a different outcome as in another.
** Cop Joe presses for his Uncle Frank to get help for his drinking with Frank reluctant but helping. Meanwhile, Musician Joe is pushed by a sober Frank to seek help for the drinking problem he refuses to believe he has.
** Cop Joe presses for his Uncle Frank to get help for his drinking with Frank reluctant but helping. Meanwhile, Musician Joe is pushed by a sober Frank to seek help for the drinking problem he refuses to believe he has.
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** Episode 10 shows the same concert honoring Joe's mother in each timeline and in each one, she ends up reconnecting with an old flame.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Music Joe brings their son's yearbook to Jen, he mentions that since being told he was a father, he tells her that he feels like he's "outside his body watching from somewhere else."
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Music Joe brings their son's yearbook to Jen, he mentions that since being told he was a father, he tells her that he feels like he's "outside his body watching from somewhere else."
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** All the changes to the timelines are because one guy's choice of where to spend an evening nearly a decade ago. This affected the choices of the people around him and ten years later many of them live very different lives.
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** All the changes to the timelines are because of one guy's choice of where to spend an evening nearly a decade ago. This affected the choices of the people around him and ten years later many of them live very different lives.
* PaperThinDisguise: Invoked when Rock Star Joe wants to go to his son's Halloween party, claiming he's fine in his cowboy "disguise." Jenny fires back he's a world-famous rock star wearing a cowboy hat.
* PlayingWithATrope: The format will often allow us to see a trope played out differently across the timelines. Often one timeline will play a trope straight, another will subvert it and the third one will double subvert it or avert it altogether.
* PlayingWithATrope: The format will often allow us to see a trope played out differently across the timelines. Often one timeline will play a trope straight, another will subvert it and the third one will double subvert it or avert it altogether.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Invoked when Rock Star Joe wants to go to his son's Halloween party, claiming he's fine in his cowboy "disguise." Jenny fires back he's a world-famous rock star wearing a cowboy hat.
* PlayingWithATrope: The format will often allow us to see a trope played out differently across the timelines. Often one timeline will play a trope straight, another will subvert it and the third one will double subvert it or avert it altogether.
* PlayingWithATrope: The format will often allow us to see a trope played out differently across the timelines. Often one timeline will play a trope straight, another will subvert it and the third one will double subvert it or avert it altogether.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Amy can come off this way in Rocker Joe's timeline as she's upset with Joe keeping quiet for so long he had a son...yet wait a while to him she once slept with Bobby Diaz.
* InsultBackfire: When her teacher puts her down for caring about her son rather than studies, Jenny quotes Madeline Albright's famous line of "there's a special place in Hell for women who won't help other women." Smirking, the teacher replies she and Albright were at Columbia together "and one of us finished first in our class."
* ItsAllMyFault: Joe blames himself for his father's death on 9/11, because he decided to stay in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to practice with his school band instead of going to a football game in UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} like his father wanted, meaning his father was in the city and died with other first responders when the towers collapsed.
* LawOfInverseFertility: In the pop star timeline, Joe and Amy desperately want a baby but seem unable to get past the first trimester.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Music Joe brings their son's yearbook to Jen, he mentions that since being told he was a father, he tells her that he feels like he's "outside his body watching from somewhere else."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Because the show examines how relationships change depending on the choices people make, there is an enormous supporting cast to cover each timeline.
* InsultBackfire: When her teacher puts her down for caring about her son rather than studies, Jenny quotes Madeline Albright's famous line of "there's a special place in Hell for women who won't help other women." Smirking, the teacher replies she and Albright were at Columbia together "and one of us finished first in our class."
* ItsAllMyFault: Joe blames himself for his father's death on 9/11, because he decided to stay in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to practice with his school band instead of going to a football game in UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} like his father wanted, meaning his father was in the city and died with other first responders when the towers collapsed.
* LawOfInverseFertility: In the pop star timeline, Joe and Amy desperately want a baby but seem unable to get past the first trimester.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Music Joe brings their son's yearbook to Jen, he mentions that since being told he was a father, he tells her that he feels like he's "outside his body watching from somewhere else."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Because the show examines how relationships change depending on the choices people make, there is an enormous supporting cast to cover each timeline.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Amy can come off this way in Rocker Joe's timeline as she's upset with Joe keeping quiet for so long he had about having a son...yet wait waits a good while to tell him she once slept with Bobby Diaz.
* InsultBackfire: When her teacher puts her down for caring about her son rather than studies, Jenny quotes Madeline Albright's famous line of "there's a special place in Hell for women who won't help other women." Smirking, the teacher replies she and Albright were at Columbia together "and one of us finished first in our class."
* ItsAllMyFault: Joe blames himself for his father's death on 9/11, because he decided to stay in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to practice with his school band instead of going to a football game in UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} like his father wanted, meaning his father was in the city and died with other first responders when the towers collapsed.
* LawOfInverseFertility: In the pop star timeline, Joe and Amy desperately want a baby but seem unable to get past the first trimester.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Music Joe brings their son's yearbook to Jen, he mentions that since being told he was a father, he tells her that he feels like he's "outside his body watching from somewhere else."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Because the show examines how relationships change depending on the choices people make, there is an enormous supporting cast to cover each timeline.Diaz.
* InsultBackfire: When her teacher puts her down for caring about her son rather than studies, Jenny quotes Madeline Albright's famous line of "there's a special place in Hell for women who won't help other women." Smirking, the teacher replies she and Albright were at Columbia together "and one of us finished first in our class."
* ItsAllMyFault: Joe blames himself for his father's death on 9/11, because he decided to stay in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to practice with his school band instead of going to a football game in UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} like his father wanted, meaning his father was in the city and died with other first responders when the towers collapsed.
* LawOfInverseFertility: In the pop star timeline, Joe and Amy desperately want a baby but seem unable to get past the first trimester.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Music Joe brings their son's yearbook to Jen, he mentions that since being told he was a father, he tells her that he feels like he's "outside his body watching from somewhere else."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Because the show examines how relationships change depending on the choices people make, there is an enormous supporting cast to cover each timeline.
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* InsultBackfire: When her teacher puts her down for caring about her son rather than studies, Jenny quotes Madeline Albright's famous line of "there's a special place in Hell for women who won't help other women." Smirking, the teacher replies she and Albright were at Columbia together "and one of us finished first in our class."
* ItsAllMyFault: Joe blames himself for his father's death on 9/11, because he decided to stay in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to practice with his school band instead of going to a football game in UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} like his father wanted, meaning his father was in the city and died with other first responders when the towers collapsed.
* LawOfInverseFertility: In the pop star timeline, Joe and Amy desperately want a baby but seem unable to get past the first trimester.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Music Joe brings their son's yearbook to Jen, he mentions that since being told he was a father, he tells her that he feels like he's "outside his body watching from somewhere else."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Because the show examines how relationships change depending on the choices people make, there is an enormous supporting cast to cover each timeline.
* ItsAllMyFault: Joe blames himself for his father's death on 9/11, because he decided to stay in UsefulNotes/NewYorkCity to practice with his school band instead of going to a football game in UsefulNotes/{{Denver}} like his father wanted, meaning his father was in the city and died with other first responders when the towers collapsed.
* LawOfInverseFertility: In the pop star timeline, Joe and Amy desperately want a baby but seem unable to get past the first trimester.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Music Joe brings their son's yearbook to Jen, he mentions that since being told he was a father, he tells her that he feels like he's "outside his body watching from somewhere else."
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Because the show examines how relationships change depending on the choices people make, there is an enormous supporting cast to cover each timeline.
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** Diaz himself counts. In Cop Joe's world, he and Amy are having an affair and Diaz having used campaign funds to cover it up and clearly out for himself. In Nurse Joe's world, being shot seems to have affected Diaz as, after a bout of self-pity, he adjusts to being in a wheelchair and happy with his family; and in Rock Star Joe's world, Diaz [[spoiler: makes a pass at Amy only to end up shot dead]].
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** Diaz himself counts. In Cop Joe's world, he and Amy are having an affair and Diaz having used campaign funds to cover it up and is clearly out for himself. In Nurse Joe's world, being shot seems to have affected Diaz as, after a bout of self-pity, he adjusts to being in a wheelchair and happy with his family; and in Rock Star Joe's world, Diaz [[spoiler: makes a pass at Amy only to end up shot dead]].
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** After being absent in the episodes involving Nurse Joe, his Uncle Frank finally shows up in Episode 6...as a drunken, clearly homeless bum.
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** After being absent in the episodes scenes involving Nurse Joe, his Uncle Frank finally shows up in Episode 6...as a drunken, clearly homeless bum.
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* TheOneThatGotAway: Played with. Cop Joe clearly regrets no asking Amy out and they both jump at the chance to get together when they paths cross again. Musician Joe and Amy got married and seemed very happy but it quickly becomes apparent that the marriage has issues and they are no longer communicating well. Nurse Joe is happily married to Jenny while that timeline's Amy is happily married to Eric. Are Joe and Amy meant to be together or are they happier with other people?
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* TheOneThatGotAway: Played with. Cop Joe clearly regrets no not asking Amy out and they both jump at the chance to get together when they paths cross again. Musician Joe and Amy got married and seemed very happy but it quickly becomes apparent that the marriage has issues and they are no longer communicating well. Nurse Joe is happily married to Jenny while that timeline's Amy is happily married to Eric. Are Joe and Amy meant to be together or are they happier with other people?
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Musician Joe refuses to tell his wife that he just found out that he has a son and is trying to locate him. He thinks he has good reasons for this but it creates stress and suspicion in his marriage to Amy causing her to make poor decisions since she thinks that her marriage is imploding. Thankfully, he finally comes clean to her about it in Episode 6.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: PoorCommunicationKills:
** Musician Joe refuses to tell his wife that he just found out that he has a son and is trying to locate him. He thinks he has good reasons for this but it creates stress and suspicion in his marriage to Amy causing her to make poor decisions since she thinks that her marriage is imploding. Thankfully, he finally comes clean to her about it in Episode 6.
** The Nurse Joe version of Eric is able to have a great conversation with Amy on their date and they start dating and then get married. The Cop Joe version of Eric gets frustrated on the date and cannot answer a basic question about his plans for the future. His inability to communicate with his Amy kills their potential relationship on the first date.
** Musician Joe refuses to tell his wife that he just found out that he has a son and is trying to locate him. He thinks he has good reasons for this but it creates stress and suspicion in his marriage to Amy causing her to make poor decisions since she thinks that her marriage is imploding. Thankfully, he finally comes clean to her about it in Episode 6.
** The Nurse Joe version of Eric is able to have a great conversation with Amy on their date and they start dating and then get married. The Cop Joe version of Eric gets frustrated on the date and cannot answer a basic question about his plans for the future. His inability to communicate with his Amy kills their potential relationship on the first date.
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