Deon Cole leads this week’s Paramount+ weekend streaming recommendations with the first two episodes of Average Joe season 2 now available. The same window also opens the first three episodes of MobLand for free, with no login required, giving viewers two very different entry points on the service.
Deon Cole in Average Joe
Average Joe season 2 drops Joe back into the kind of trouble that fits Deon Cole’s setup perfectly: he plays an ordinary plumber whose father stole $10 million from the Russian mob. This season sends Joe to Africa as he looks for more about that past, so the new episodes do more than reset the story — they move it into a larger search that widens the stakes beyond the home front.
The rollout is also straightforward for anyone deciding what to watch first. Paramount+ is not dropping the whole season at once here; it has made the first two episodes available this week, which means the series is being used as a weekly draw rather than a one-night dump. For viewers, that makes the opening pair the practical starting point before the rest of season 2 arrives on the platform’s usual schedule.
MobLand Free Episodes
MobLand season 1 is not technically new to Paramount+, but the first three episodes are newly free to stream, and no login is required. That is the useful wrinkle: the show is being treated less like a fresh debut and more like a free sampler ahead of MobLand season 2, which is coming next month.
The cast gives the series a different commercial profile from Average Joe. Tom Hardy leads as Harry, the family fixer, with Pierce Brosnan as Conrad, Helen Mirren as Maeve, and Paddy Considine as Kevin. Geoff Bell plays Richie Stevenson, while Felix Edwards plays Tommy and Anson Boon plays Eddie. The setup centers on the Harrigan crime family, and Richie Stevenson’s son Tommy goes missing after being last seen with Conrad’s grandson Eddie, which is the kind of pressure point that can make a free preview useful for viewers who want to know whether to commit before season 2 lands.
What Paramount+ is doing
August 1 already brought over 80 new movies and shows to Paramount+, so this weekend’s additions are part of a larger push rather than an isolated stunt. The service also keeps cycling in new episodes of hit shows every week, which is why the first two episodes of Average Joe and the free MobLand window matter together: one option starts a current season, the other lowers the barrier to a returning crime series.
For viewers, the move is simple. Start with Average Joe if you want the new season’s opening stretch, or use the free MobLand episodes to test a series that is already in motion and heading toward season 2 next month. If Paramount+ wants attention this weekend, this is the cleanest way to get it — one premiere, one free sample, and two series that reward quick decisions.
