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Snowflakes 4.9 – Sleeping Dogs

I ended the last recap asking WHO yall think gonna die. The correct question should have been WHO ALL yall think gonna die. The LA County Coroner had his hands quite busy due to The Saint and his people. What was the final body count, fifty-leven? A hunna milli? Shole felt like it. Lets shovel this snow, shall we?!

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So Why Aren’t You Watching Gomorrah?

I watch a lot of television. Its true. Yall know it. Its right there in the about me box over to your right. And this pandemic has turned me into a couch potato EXTRAORDINAIRE. I’ve seen so much shit, its all melding together. Shows with angsty white teens and their drama are indistinguishable. Shows with strong black women leads got me confused over whether they showcased the talents of Viola or Olivia. Did the girl kill herself or her friend and did they set it up or was her bestie really dead at the hands of her teenaged neighbor all them years ago? Why did that man let them crazy assed girls up in his house all damn night? These are the things that mock my reefah addled memory. But one show over this whole staycation from hell has remained at the front of my mind and that my friends, is one of the greatest shows on earth (not hyperbole), Gomorrah. Gomorrah is an Italian based and produced series that combines all the best elements of Breaking Bad, The Wire and The Sopranos. MYA! That cannot be possible. I hear yall….when I read the synopsis, I was too, like you dear reader, Incredulous. How on earth could anything be better than the aforementioned serials, upon which Ivy League level courses have been created. Well pull up a seat and Ill tell you. Gomorrah is the story of a crime family in Naples, The Savastranos, led by dead ass serious Don Pietro, his “Carmela could never” assed wife, Lady Imma, their neer-do-well son, Genny and Don P’s protege, Ciro. They oversee a criminal empire in their ultra violent northern hood, Secondigliano. With shifting alliances and zero pledges of sincere loyalty, the family struggles to maintain their hold on their empire from forces within and outside of the clan. Well MYA, if the show is so great, why haven’t we heard of it? Good question. In production since 2016 and available to watch the same year, I’d say the reason you haven’t heard of it is because you live in a shithole country. There have been 4 seasons and a prequel/sequel movie that were available first in the US on The Sundance Channel, then moving over to Netflix, before landing on HBOMax. But negotiations between Sky Italia and THE WEINSTEIN CO…..do I need to say anymore? Well thank ye Gods that it all worked out in the end because all 4 seasons, the movie and the supposed fifth and final season will all be available for us third world residents of this banana republic! The ratings for the Italian debut of season 4 slammed the debut of season 7 of Game of Thrones in Italy and the true crime book on which it is based, was so true to life, the author has been in hiding and the mayor of Naples says crime spikes in his city every time the show is aired. Now listen. Even though I’ve compared this show to some heavy hitters in the drama category, there are some stark differences. Don’t look for no moments of levity. Aint no pizzas on the roof. No Paulie Walnuts losing his shoes in the Pine Barrens. No McNulty/Bunk bromance moments. I was thinking back on it and I don’t think I saw anyone smile at anyone else in the entire shebang. This is straight up MOB ACTION. Ya sister can get it. Ya mama can get it. Ya cat can get it. Ya son can get it. Anyone can get it at anytime. This is Ned’s head on a stake EVERY DAMN EPISODE. You won’t necessarily cheer for or root for anyone cuz they are all so awful….although I do have a favorite. Those that know me will know who it is, even if its not apparent initially, but let me disess, cuz I’ve said too much. Lets do some light comparison. if you loved: or you will love….. Don P, as he is affectionately known is a humorless hardass of a mob boss, who won’t be sitting down in a shrinks chair to figure out why his mother didn’t love him. If what I know of this mofo is true, he’s more likely to have killed his mother than to beg for her love. He has the violent temperament of Tony coupled with the no nonsense-ness of Gus Fring. He loves his wife and his son and his hood and his power but dassit. if you loved you will love Lady Imma is what Carmela could have been if her husband looked at her as an equal, not a rib. She is cold, cunning, smart and commands the respect of her husband, and the begrudging respect of his generals. While she is a fierce mama bear, you won’t find her baking no cookies for the bake sale or cozying up to a unavailable priest, she got bodies to catch! if you loved: or you will love: He even looks like one of the cousins! This man Ciro Di Marzio is a fucking killer. He is loyal to Don P, to a fucking fault. He is a brother to silly assed Genny. He is respectful to Lady Imma. But he is 100% out for self. He has the best part of Stringer…smart and future minded, but sometimes finds himself cuffed to the ways of yore due to the old school stylings of his boss. Nicknamed “The Immortal” because he survives the unsurvivable, this is one capo you don’t wanna “piss” off. Thats for yall that have seen this masterpiece. if you liked, and lets be honest you didn’t….. then maybe you will also dislike, The lone heir to the Savastano Crime Family, Genarro Genny Savastano, will tap dance over every last nerve you have. I mean you will hate this grown boy the way we all hated AJ. He wants to be in the mix, begging his dad to let him go out and play but we learn early on

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Greenleaf, The Grandless Finale

I’d like to open this post by saying that I am grateful to the writers of Greenleaf. They took, initially, some subject matter that could have stayed in the Tyler Perry echelon of tv and elevated it to something even the harshest of critics (hi mom!) could enjoy. But by the end, boy did it stink from the roota to the toota. The whole Hampton, the real HU thing. The whole will thing. The whole Carissa got the clap thing. The whole Sophia sending out her non existent tits thing. The whole house thing. The whole Jacob daughter thing. Jacob. Before Bishop died, they attempted to kill him a couple season ago, so when we got to the penultimate episode, I was like they better kill his ass this time orrrrrrrrrrrrrr……So they ended up killing him, thank goodness. And Lady Mae, the gloriously gorgeous Lynn Whitfield, got up to address the church that somehow got saved from H&H (not quite sure how that happened, if anyone knows hit me up), and a rousing address it was. The theme of which was “make me new”, which apparently was the theme of the writers room. Why do I say that? Well because of a major cliffhanger from Season 4. One the writers assume that we forgot and maybe some of yall did. But I didnt, cuz God didn’t make my brain new. So with that, I have one major question for the writers of this show. WHO. THE. FUCK. WAS. THIS. GUY? REALLY GREENLEAF WRITERS? Yall had this naker just appear on the Greenleaf property, ask Grace all types of questions, about her dead sister, her parents, her GPA, her SSN, the house, why Carissa’s head was so skinny, about how Mac was on the flight manifest for Epstein’s island with not nary a question from her REPORTER ass and just have him walk off and disappear into the ether, without another mention, thought, or whiff, aside from a news item about him being killed for the drug theft her actual son (?) committed. When I tell yall you will never know how much that burned my chaps, trust me, you won’t. Why introduce a character in the fucking season finale of the penultimate season of a show with no idea what to do with him? Why raise the idea that he may really have been Grace’s true son? Why have Grace respond so stupidly to his appearance. Why not alert the security to his presence on yalls property? Why not mention it to anyone else in the family? Why act like it never happened? Why? WHy? WHY?????? Im so happy this show is now off, cuz I don’t think I would have been able to sit thru another dangblast season of it. Now, on to Power Book II and Lovecraft Country. Join me. Make me new.

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Powerful Thoughts 6.11 – Dre Day

What’s up kiddos? First post of the year and decade! WHOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOO! Watch out for me….to get totally uninspired and stop writing again – lol, who am I kidding? Consistency is not my strong suit and let’s be honest, Im not nearly as effective as Dre as making the most out of a day, so enjoy this recap, as who knows when the next one is coming! Firstly, am I in the minority here when it comes to enjoying how it seems this season is gonna play out? Now when the ep first came on, I thought I was having an aneurysm or mayhaps the <redacted> I was <redact – hey wait, its legal now in Illinois! So continue, mayhaps the MARIJUANA I was smoking was too strong, cuz I was sitting there like, didnt I see all this before? Then EUREKA! They were replaying key points and mixing them with heretofore unseen footage to let us know how Ghost’s final day played out from the various suspects in his murder. Me likey! And wait, did I just say Ghost’s last day? They just threw that lil tidbit in there kinda nonchalantly, right? Almost like he MAY not be dead…..but we shall see in six eps, right? Now back to Dre and his day…..man the Army shoulda caught this nigga before Spotswood and Francis did, cuz he truly embodies the slogan “be all that you can be” – which was the Army’s slogan back in the day, a tidbit for my younger Myalogists. Now I feel great when Im up and out on a Saturday by noon, run one or two errands, pay a couple bills on line, order some food and back in by two. Just call me She-Ra out this bitch, but DRE? ANDRE? ANDRE COLEMAN? ANDRE MUTHFUCKING COLEMAN…nah….this man does more in one day than yall do in a two weeks. Join me on a rundown of his final day on Earth…. Started his day off singing the worse rendition of Rise N Shine to his daughter since Kylie’s version…Im sure Kris J is on the line to Fofty (spelling correct) for some form of royalties RET NAH. Has the requisite “Sin, lets just go to Africa” convo with his baby mama, who pretends to not know who she had a kid by. Goes to see Saxe and calls him a bitch ass nigga. Gets his entire network killed Gets shot Gets bitched out by baby mama Goes to his own mother’s church where she is the only person leaving at that exact moment and for some reason snatches her up by the shoulders like a raperman. Goes to Tasha’s to extort her “broke is broke ass” and threatens to burn her spot down. Meets Tariq for money, which Tasha got on the phone on Dre’s orders and asks for. Goes to Truth to extort Ghost. Goes to Councilman Larenz’s office to extort him, for new id’s for him and his chick. Gets arrested for Killing The Irishman, I mean the Serbian. Almost starts a prison fight. Gets sprung by Det. Rosie Perez Escapes federal custody Had a come to Jesus talk with his mother while getting a gun pulled on him, and subsequently pulling that same gun on her Went back to Tates for the ID’s and money Started driving into his future before his greed got the best of him and he turned around to go kill Ghost at Truth at Larenz’s request. Pulls up in time to hear Ghost shot and to run smack dab into Det. Perez. Cold cocks Det. Perez Stops at a gas station for knock off Funyuns and a stuffed animal at a joint not 39759387598759475 miles outside of NYC. Hears Ghost was killed via a gas station tv. Gets RE-ARRESTED Has another come to Jesus moment with his mother, baby mama and daughter Actually starts a PRISON FIGHT Gets put in solitary Got burned alive Had his song played over the ending credits of a show he was never intended to be on this long – shouts out to Rotimi. Now, tell me….wtf did yall do with the last 24 hours yall got? Im sure nothing near to what Dre accomplished with his. Myalogy Minutes: In my mind, Francis took a deal like his buddy Spotswood did and they are next door neighbors in sunny Arizona. Dre’s cattiness was off the meter this ep! Calling Saxe his rightful name: Bitch Ass Nigga Telling Tasha he would burn her spot down Telling Ghost to take the bass out his voice Telling Det. Rosie to hurry up with her lil papers If I was Tasha I woulda told that nigga to go head and burn this bitch to the ground…I got insurance! (lordT I hope she has insurance!) Why Ghost always need to be at the scene of the crime lurking like a god damn wavy haired ghoul? Speaking of Ghost…Planmaster J was in full effect this ep, even tho we only saw him a handful of time and thank God we didnt have to hear him tell anyone “So and so, I have a plan!” Up next seems to be Paz’s showcase….. whatchall think?

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Powerful Thoughts 6.1 – Murderers

Remember how Ghost yelled at Dre, to GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO? Well that was me yelling at the tv when I heard young Trigger wailing over Joe’s smooth croon, cept I was yelling NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Im not gonna dwell on it, but can we start a gofundme for Joe to pay back fifty, cuz thats gotta be the reason the executive producer in petty had for changing out one of the few reasons to watch this dumbster fire of a show. And dont be stupid like Ghost, I know its dumpster. Lets get on with this, shall we? EVERYBODY HAAAAAAAAAAATES GHOST. Tommy hates Ghost. Tasha hates Ghost. Paz hates Ghost. Tariq hates Ghost. Keisha hates Ghost. Saxe hates Ghost. USADA Harry Goldenblatt will soon hate Ghost. Jason seemingly will hate Ghost. Dre hates Ghost. Councilman Tate hates Ghost. I hate Ghost. You hate Ghost. Ghost hates Ghost. COURTNEY KEMP IS A LIAR Okay if she’s not exactly a liar, she is guilty of misleading the fuck out of an unsuspecting public, as seen above in a screengrab of an interview she did with Deadline magazine at the conclusion of last season. Ol girl died approximately 30 seconds into the show, so while she wasnt technically dead at the end of season 5, she may have well been, unless she’s gonna appear as a ghost haunting Ghost, which is not beyond the pale of this show that had Kanan surviving a fire there is no way in hell he should have survived. Anything is bound to happen on this mofo. And listen, Im not mad she’s dead – I’ve been actively advocating for everyone on this show to die at one point or another and after Holly, Angie was number 2 on my death wish list. RIP Angie…who cares? THE WOMEN OF POWERSTER PLACE And then there were two. Tasha and Keisha. Alternately dumb and smart. OR should I have written Smart and Dumb? Tasha, comes to the smart conclusion that her love, Deliterious “Terry” Silver is dead at the hands of her for now husband. She smartly listens to this fool ass Ghost call Angie the woman he loves and somehow doesnt donkey kick his teeth down his throat. She follows up with smartly telling this fool she wants a divorce. Be like Tasha, Tasha is smart. On the other hand we have the dumb Keisha by Care Credit. Still dumbly (its a word for all intents and purposes of this blog) running up behind Tommy. Still dumbly doing his bidding. Dumbly accepting a gun that has a body on it. Dumbly putting it in her purse. Dumbly not getting rid of it asap. Dumbly letting her “son” almost get to the gun whilst awaiting waffles or pancakes or whatever he was waiting on her inflated ass to make him. Jesus, people. Don’t be like Keisha. Keisha is dumb. Myalogy Minutes: How dumb is Ghost gonna feel when he finds out Tommy is alive. Made that dumb sadface for no reason. Tommy, Crossroads? YOU FOOL. Get with your black voice coach for you to catch the beat and soul next time. How nice to see Keisha finally being a mother? Tariq how did this fool manage to get both his parents to give him time to do whatever the fuck it was he wanted to do, when he wasnt supposed to be in town anyfuckingway? Ghost and Tommy both need fighting lessons. Ghost stay outta that dead woman drawers please. Why didnt Tommy just tell his primeras that the shipment would be there that night? Poncho all dead for no good reason. Is USADA Harry Goldenblatt gonna be as annoying as all his predecessors? Showing up at Proctor’s daughter’s recital was a John Mak/Gregex P. Keaton/Ball Saxe type move. BARF. Whaddyall think?

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Powerful Thoughts 5.9

Editor’s Note:  Thanks to all my social media friends that have not posted any season finale spoilers….cuz I heard they are out there.  Yall the real MVP and I can tell yall love us forreal.  If you did spoil it, find your mother and ask why she didnt swallow you as opposed to taking you into her womb and giving you the life you obviously dont have cuz you post power spoilers on the internet…you dumb muthafucka…. …ahem…. Are you high? On crack cocaine?  – Proctor A question that was asked to the feds, but could have been asked of many characters this week?  Ghost, while talkin bout how family dont go behind each other’s back.  Tariq for telling ghost to teach him the the muthafucking game.  Ghost for sitting there making a face and not punching his son thru the concrete for talking to him like that.  Tommy for leaving a dead body out in the open. Angie for not letting the pics be proof of Teresi’s involvement and just HAVING to ask Mak. I could go on, but lets get into this SUPER late ass recap, mkay? Dre Day Poor Dre.  After Diego’s head was found on ice in the club, The Basset Group’s plans to have him start to expand their business was also placed there.  As a result he finds himself on the outs with Alicia, who rightfully sees his weakness and decides to promote Cristobal to distro of the fam.  Filled with righteous indignation and a smug shit eatin grin, he summons his former subordinate to his office and assures him all is okay between the two.  Relieved, Christobal shares how the head of the syndicate wants to give him some head and reveals their plans for a rendevous complete with the time and gps coordinates of the meet.  Still on her quest to take down Dre, Angie approaches him at the office and offers him witness protection for information the feds can use against Alicia, an offer he initially rebuffs…until he remembers how jelly he is.  He goes to her unsecured home later and gives up info on Alicia and Christobal’s meet, info that Angie later uses to arrest La Jiminez and her fugly ass distro…Angie returns to the fed spot victorious, or so she thinks… Angie? You in Danger, Girl I feel like I cheated and used this headline before and I probably have because she is always in danger.  And I always have to tell her because she never knows it.  She starts off the ep getting berated by a man about trust who should never berate anyone about anything remotely having to do with trust, yet here she stands. Pleading her case to Jamie and letting HIM storm off and tell HER he will call her later.  This lady’s life is basically the shambles and you talmbout how you can trust her again? Boy Bye.  Honey Hush. Sugar Stop.  With Kanan taking the rap for having killed the four NYPD cops and Ray Ray with Tasha’s stolen gun, Lady Fed Boss with the most annoying voice in life, is telling her all boy squad + Blanca to move on from Angie, as she has no connection to Kanan.  With The Great Tasha Stolen Gun Caper of ’18 behind her, Angie feels safe enough to turn her attention to her real job – capturing criminals instead of being one.  She, with Dre’s help takes down the remaining Jimenez sibling, and uses her superiority to demand that Mak inform on his informant, even though she snuck in his office and took pics of his informant.  He tells her bout Teresi and his connection to Tommy.  She IMMEDIATELY goes to her man and tells him, who goes and tells the Italians, who summon Tommy, who kills Teresi and leaves him at the family crypt for all the world to see.  Later that night, Lady Fed Boss summons Angie to the office, specifically the Angie room and tells her the jig is up…they know she is tied to Tommy, they fed her info on Teresi and now Teresi is dead – she needs to come clean immediately….and my and her legs almost fell out from under both of us. Mama’s Baby; Daddy’s Maybe Oh, Tommy.  He’s lost SO much…Holly, their unborn child, their dog, his BFF…he’s literally the Robert Barisford Brown of Power – but he still has so much on the line to lose.  As the episode opens, he’s still his daddy’s son.  Rolling round with him, showing him the warehouse, sharing how Milan once offered him cadaver soup, telling him how Ghost used a #3 pencil instead of a #2 on his seventh grade placement test scantron, ya know, just being a good honest boy and his father is responding in kind.  With Connie’s admonishment bouncing around in his head, he just can’t bring himself to pull the proverbial trigger on his son by selling him out to the feds, who are hot on his trail, much to his partner Sammy’s dismay.  Sammy walks right in on Teresi mid-phone call with the feds, where he is putting everything on Ghost and nothing on Tommy.  Sammy, who had a gun put to his head over Tommy, rightfully went apeshit.  Tommy enters right in the middle of their row, demanding to know why his old man and his boy are fighting.  Just as Sammy is about to spill the beans on Teresi’s involvement with the feds, Teresi goes full Soprano and knifes dude repeatedly.  His secret safe for the moment, he has his son help him move the body.  But Tony just thinks he’s safe.  Forces beyond his control were conspiring against him.  As I mentioned in the previous paragraph, Angie finds out about Teresi’s true nature, which leads to his imminent death. He does his old man a solid and takes him to see his dying wife one mo gin before killing him.  Heartbroken and crestfallen, he returns to the one place most of

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Powerful Thoughts 5.3

last week, I wanted to start the post with a joke bout how this show is juggling more balls than black chyna, but thats slut shaming so…………….. This week is all about T and A, and for all my T lovers, y’all winning! Sorry A people….imma need yall to level up like me and Ciara and get ya minds out the gutta…in this case the T’s are Tommy and Tasha and the A’s are Angela and Andre, ya filthy animals.  Lets start with the winners…shall we? Tommy Our boy seems back in some sort of good form this week…his brain seems to be firing on all cylinders and he aint with the shits.  Firstly, he made me L the F out L when he asked Ghost why the fuck he cant stay off the tv.  Good question.  He’s paying attention to his job responsibilites ie focusing on how to get Jason them ends.  He agrees to let Kanan in on the shipment, but ONLY if he pays first.  He showed loyalty to Tasha when he chased after her leaving his apartment and most importantly, he got them antennas up on Teresi doing his best Father Knows Best impersonation.  He knows something is awry, cuz why he wanna be family after all this time; and why he wanna play catch now; and why he talking all nice on the phone; and he had forever to snitch, so flipping dont make no sense…oy vey! Tommy is just as confused as I am bout his old man and at least that proves he’s thinking, which has been in dispute since he choked out Holly. Tasha “….nigga you betta kill me.” Come on thru mama bear….Tasha is not with any of the shits, not with her husband and his fuckery, not with Kanan putting his hands on her nor her kid, nor with Tommy not showing and proving he is HER family, like the countless times she’s proven she is his.  She absofuckinlutely correct about them not killing kanan.  He is directly responsible for the ruination of her son and the death of her daughter….and these fools sitting up playing pool together, calling each other cute nicknames and going for burritos.  Nah fam…kill this nigga and bury him in that denim bubble coat or dont, just kill him.  While Ghost is running round fucking some chick and Tommy is getting his mama high, this woman is dealing with her grief, protecting her son from the cops, colluding with her husbands ex-heaux, and breaking thru and connecting with her son in a scene that gave me all the feels, and some questions…why they arriving at Choate in the middle of the night and why Ghost aint there dropping his kid off at school? Plus she developed a heightened case of ESP, but more on that later….. on to the losers…. Angela In the last paragraph I called her a heaux, in this one she just a straight up hoe and a dumb one at that.  This woman and her box is bringing all the feds to the yard.  First Latin agent asks her if she’s fucking Diego Jimenez, as if that wasnt enough of a drag.  Then one of his underlings just happens to be in town, happens to bump into her, happens to mention his boss was talmbout her last week and THEN he invites her to dinner where he strains the fact that he’s only here one night.  Maam? Why the fuck are you at this dinner? With a complete stranger? And why when La Latin Cop Lady is all up in your kool-aid are you focused on anything other than her? Yet here you are post dinner in your skivvies, bout to give it up to a nigga that dont give a fuck bout you or your job.  Your two niggas ago nigga died, and then your last nigga ended up on death row and almost took you down with him. He wont stop blowing up your phone and he got you sharing tea and scones with the woman he would leave for you….its okay to take a chill pill and stuff it straight up your vag, fam. Andre Everybody like everybody more than they like you dre.  Kanan dont like you.  Ghost dont like you.  Tommy dont like you.  Tasha dont like you.  Glasses and Killer dont like you.  I doubt Christobal really likes you and we know for damn sure that Diego dont like your ass.  At this point, if you got shot, it would be a murder mystery.  You gonna die this season, but the only question is who will have done it?  You are losing a serious grip on your organization, even the black contingency.  Diego is speaking Spanish directly to Christobal, a skill you should have as a dope boy in NYC, which is a sure sign he dont respect you and you cant do shit about it except push glasses on the way out after being dismissed.  Poor tink tink, dont feel good to get usurped does it? and now on to the MVP ESP Did anyone have a better week than extra sensory perception? It lead Tasha to discover that her husband murdered someone she couldnt have thought he had any reason to murder.  It lead Angela to discover that La Jimenez was part of the organization, which she pulled right out her ass.  That ESP, I gotta get me some of that.  ESP is life. Myalogy Minutes: Did anyone else feel sexy when Kanan robbed Christobal?  Just me? Fine. I honestly forgot Truth was still Jamies. I honestly also never considered the ramifications of Raina’s murder, like the actual police investigation.  I like it being included in the story line. Dre and his boys look like “Our Gang” walking up in the spot…aint nobody scared of Spanky and Alfalfa. Can anyone hit me up and tell me how the Feds know Teresi is Tommy’s dad?  Was it on his birth certificate? Its horrible that

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Powerful Thoughts 4.7

Telling y’all right now – you’re gonna be mad at me.  I’m warning you.  I had empathy for Young Riq last night.  Well really Saturday, cuz I’m a nerd with ZERO LIFE who watches at the stroke of midnight.  ANYWAY….. As some of you may know, Executive Producer 50 Cent was miffed at Starz for not seeing the value in his runaway smash show.  Apparently Court & the Gang wanted 12 eps this season to fully flesh out their story and Starz said: NO BUENO. Take these 10 and beat it.  As a result, a lot of us along with 50 are slightly displeased with the pacing of the show.  This Tasha/Silver love is perplexing and out of nowhere.  Kanan turned on Jukebox rather quickly and conveniently.  No one really seems to care Ghost got out of prison.  Like when Tommy picked him and Tariq up.  That was his FIRST time seeing Ghost and not he aint even get that complicated (to me) ass handshake they do or an ebonically tinged “Welcome Home muthafuckah” or nothing.  But, we still love the shit, so…… The Emancipation of TashTash Season 1 Ghost made the mistake of putting Tasha in a box and perhaps he was right to do so at the time, but now Tasha is coming into her own.  She’s always been cunning and able to code switch, without question.  Now she is seeing who and what she and her life are sans Ghost.  Again, I’m not buying this Silver shit.  It’s inauthentic as fuck.  It wasn’t properly set up.  There were no knowing glances or a handshake with FUCK ME EYES.  He legit met her to prep her for testifying once Proctor was dismissed and the next time they met she was all “I need you.”  WHAT IN THE ENTIRE? No. And I don’t like that milk dude head of his.  I may be more for this if Larenz was in this role instead of the other, but whatevs. In this ep alone, Tasha put Ghost in his fucking place, got to show off her 3LW chops, stood tall in that farce of a tv interview, got a new big rock she can sell when Jamie and Silver both leave her, connected with her daughter and got that pussy dicked out (that is still funny, #RIP CO Darkness).  At the end of the day, she is a girl from the hood, but not totally of it and the person she is with Silver is exactly reflective of the transformation Ghost experienced becoming Jamie.  Them tight assed suits ain’t just fall out the sky. They were always in him.  This lady’s better weave was always in her.  C’mon somebody.  Holla if you hear me. Last Name Sandoval, First Name No Fux This muthafucka here!  The walls are closing in on the AUSAs – quickly.  Mak, the only person that wasn’t suspended, is on all of their asses like lil Duval on an unfunny ass joke. He has been keeping close tabs on the entire team, even going so far as to tap phones.  He knows that Saxe met with Beecher.  He knows that Donovan is the one that found the weapon and arrested James.  He knows that Sandoval has time alone in Truth that no one can account for and he tells him as much, cautioning him to not leave town. This last bit is what sends Sandoval over the edge.  After repeated events to get the rest of the feds to focus on the black man, Agent Donovan, Sandoval set out to tie up loose ends on his own.  He goes to Agent Donovan’s apartment with his silenced piece, I guess ready to shoot the man in his own crib WHICH WOULDN’T AROUSE ANY SUSPICION AT ALL, RIGHT? Unfortunately for him, Donovan’s daughter answers the door and lets him know her dad ain’t home.  The man he was attempting to kill is sitting with Angela, discovering that Sandoval went upstairs at Truth – alone.  Shoulda turned off them security cameras a WEE bit earlier, playa. The Age of Tariq Literally and figuratively.  My boy and I were talking and he said Tariq is old enough to be able to handle the truth.  Well, I don’t think he is out of elementary school yet, which puts him at no older than 14, but with the things life has been throwing at him lately, he should be mature enough to handle the truth – except those closest to him won’t give it to him.  This boy has been on a hell of a ride lately. Family destroyed. Lied to by nearly everyone. Hooked on drugs.  Father arrested for murder. Learned the truth about Shawn’s death. Manipulated by someone he trusted – and listen, this is a major point – he’s literally been fed the truth about his family by someone who has every right to hate his family. Ghost and Tasha fucked over Kanan.  They are NOT good people.  When he told Tommy it was becoming hard to figure out who was good and bad, that was spot on.  It’s a crushing reality when you find out your parents are people. I think there is a compulsion to look down on him, cuz we all hate him, but most teenagers are nefarious little pieces of shit caught between becoming who they are and still needing you to pay for the cell phone they use to call you and tell you how much they hate you.  The little steps most of us took to push back against our parents didn’t lead to a crazy lesbian holding us hostage with a gun to our heads.  It’s no wonder he wants to assert his independence and numb himself to everything going on around him. And sorry Raina, he aint going to no white ass Choate. Someone DOES Win When the Family Feuds – Dre With Julito permanently out the way, Dre is awarded his most coveted distro position over our Latin lover’s decomposing body, but not

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Powerful Thoughts 4.0

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I’ve been quite neglectful of this space for a momentito.  Trying to get some ducks in a row; make a dollar out of fifteen cents; find an exit route from indenture servitude, and get a window seat, cuz adulting has been too real lately.   So real that when the homey Micaeh hit me up and asked me to attend a screening of the season premier of Power, I RSVP’d before she could send the next invite out.  Adulting threatened my being able to attend, which pissed me the hell off, but a hail mary gave me a last minute save and I was able to make it. So welcome Myalogists, to the most vague Powerful Thoughts you will ever read.  I will not spoil this for you because some of you know where I live and or work and I dont wanna have to kill any of you in self defense over a fucking tv show. I felt it was a really good solid premiere.  Probably a 9 out of 10.  The show we love is still in formation.  It picks up exactly where it left off. You will not find yourself sitting there asking “what happened to blank?” nor “who’s doing the thing that they was doing last season?” Which means: Ghost is in jail. Angela is still an insufferable bitch. Tariq is still missing. Tommy’s still cool as fuck. Julio is still fine. Tasha’s wig budget has not increased. <redacted> is <redacted> and is probably gonna <redacted> with <redacted> and I was very happy bout that. What I will say is this: You will want to cuntpunch Angela. You will be sad everytime you see CharlieMurphy on the screen. You will want to hug Tommy. You will want to laugh at Ghost til you remember that you used to love him before he had a fucking plan every five minutes. Tasha will make you want to get all of your financial affairs in order even if your mate got that bag. You will wonder why Angie aint on the show.  If you dont know who Angie is, your mother watched CBS soap operas and didn’t love herself. Thats all Im gonna say for now.  Ill be back with the recaps after the episode airs. Til then…..    

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