The Hulu comedy Deli Boys opens with a glib take on the American dream. In a cheesy video to shareholders, Baba Dar (Iqbal Theba) recalls how he immigrated from Pakistan in 1979 without much more than a tireless work ethic. Four decades (and the invention of cupholder-friendly 124-ounce coffee cups) later, that diligence has yielded him a convenience-store empire that stretches across the Philadelphia tri-state area.

As his adult sons Raj (Saagar Shaikh) and Mir (Asif Ali) discover when he drops dead from a freak golf ball accident, however, the truth of Baba’s success reflects a much darker American archetype: the immigrant gangster. Over 10 episodes, Deli Boys chucks a little bit of everything into the gap between the man his children thought they knew and the man they’re realizing he actually was: drug trips and shootouts, Godfather sendups and fish-out-of-water hijinks.

The Bottom Line It's a junk food snack, not a full meal.

Airdate: Thursday, March 6 (Hulu)

Cast: Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh, Poorna Jagannathan, Alfie Fuller, Brian George

Creator: Abdullah Saeed