DJ Akademiks is emerging from under the avalanche of criticisms for allegedly directing sexual comments at a 15-year-old live streamer.

Set in a tidy, no-frills group house somewhere south of the Chicago metropolitan area, “Downstate” gives us four disparate housemates with one thing in common: they’re all registered sex offenders.

Parts from the past are often transformed and included — sometimes to save money and sometimes for design — in creating ...