‘Bel-Air’ review: ‘The Fresh Prince’ goes down a dark path in a Peacock drama that’s better than it has any right to be

Will Smith (Jabari Banking institutions) has a vibrant foreseeable future, with a looming basketball scholarship that will acquire him out of Philadelphia and place him on a route to bigger and better points. But an face with a gang member goes completely wrong, and his hubris prospects him to test settling matters on the playground, a program that backfires in a hazardous method.

Understandably anxious, Will’s mother (April Parker Jones) ships him off to Los Angeles and kin he scarcely is familiar with, as evidenced by his surprised expression when he 1st catches sight of their gated mansion. “You did not explain to me that your loved ones was White,” the driver (Jordan L. Jones) says.

However, fitting in isn’t sitcom-quick in this telling, with Will’s arrival provoking jealousy from his cousin Carlton (Olly Sholotan), who’s hiding his personal top secret, and tensions involving his Aunt Vivian (Cassandra Freeman) and Uncle Philip (Adrian Holmes) — the latter in the midst of a race to become District Attorney, but going through thoughts about road cred due to his zip code.