Of all the pop-cultural impressions of Pennsylvania and its largest city—the sweaty grit of Rocky Balboa; the cash-strapped chutzpah of Abbott Elementary ; the boisterous sleaze of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia ; hell, even the dynasty-shaking upsets of the Philadelphia Eagles—one of the most interesting to emerge has been the profound melancholy of crime shows set in the United States’ fifth most populous state. Dope Thief , set in Philly and Bucks County, uses the region’s ongoing opioid crisis to spin a thriller about grim life on the margins. Long Bright River takes a similar lens, applied to a story about violence against women. Deli Boys , unlike the others, is a comedy, but one with a dark edge about the plight of Pakistani Americans trying to make it in America. And

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