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Cane Tejada figuring out Clark Atlanta College’s motto — “I’ll discover a means or make one” — was not on my bingo card for 2024, however these Tejada youngsters are able to something. I imply, Diana and Dru did set their mom as much as be (unsuccessfully) killed by Tariq so something as potential.
Oh, why do I do know that Cane is aware of Clark’s motto? Effectively, Noma dressed him up and took him to a gala so she might attempt to get some contracts for one thing or different. The person she wants to talk to has a handler from the hood so Cane was despatched to distract him, and properly, Cane shone BRIGHT. Till, in fact, he discovered that folk had eyes on Dru. You see, Monet came upon that Diana and Dru have been attempting to have her killed so now she’s sicced Cane on them to finish their lives. Besides, he can’t do it. He will get an opportunity to take out Dru at point-blank vary, and Dru, of all folks, will get a drop on him. Even Monet can’t pull the set off on her youngsters. In a resort room the place they have been hiding out, she had each Diana and Dru useless to rights, and Dru acquired the drop on HER. I’ve to be trustworthy, I actually hate this “Dru as enforcer-lite and Monet-as-trash-truth-teller” plotline. I can’t wait till he dies, which ought to have occurred THREE TIMES on this episode alone. Le sigh.
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Oh, Tariq is chasing after Diana attempting to kill her. He appears to be particularly unnerved by the truth that the Tejadas may play him and use him for egocentric beneficial properties. Effie annoys me, however she rightly factors out that he has no cause to consider the Tejadas ought to have his again or owe him something. Tariq, of all folks, ought to perceive how razor-thin loyalty might be. He will get caught up emotionally occasionally. That is clearly about to be a factor as a result of Monet lets Tariq know that Diana is pregnant and Diana drops the hammer that he’s the daddy.
Monet has a change of coronary heart, by the best way, which she’s been doing a number of. She’s been realizing simply how trash of a dad or mum she has been and that’s been serving to her determine to “attempt” to be a greater dad or mum. She decides to NOT kill her kids (the truth that it is a calculated determination she should make is wild) and will get Tariq to again off on his plans to kill Dru and Diana and I’m exhausted by all this wishy-washiness from drug sellers. Do the doggone deed, of us. We solely have six episodes left — SOMEBODY has to die earlier than that is all mentioned and accomplished.
Oh, Brayden throws an excellent social gathering to arrange their new drug dealing enterprise to manage varied varieties of narcotics to Stansfield College’s best. Ho hum. This has to crumble in some unspecified time in the future, particularly with Detective Carter’s relentless pursuit of Monet AND Tariq. Chips should fall in some unspecified time in the future, proper?
This brings me to some predictions, for posterity and in case there’s cash to be made off of FanDuel predictions and parlays.
I’ve been wracking my mind attempting to determine how this sequence goes to finish. Let me additionally say that I significantly can’t consider this present is coming to an finish. This can be a big fumble by Starz. However additional, we solely have six episodes left to shut out this sequence in a means that gained’t piss off EVERYBODY. My religion is low since none of us need this present to finish. Since we’re right here, although, let’s make some predictions.
So this Detective Carter investigation has to bear some fruit, proper? Right here’s what I feel goes to occur. Carter goes to lastly meet up with Tariq and nail him, sending Tariq to jail (which principally ends the St. Patrick reign in New York Metropolis), the place he’ll get a life sentence not like his father who was killed (I’m positive you keep in mind this). Cane and Dru will find yourself useless by some means, perhaps they’ll find yourself killing one another, leaving Monet unhappy and damaged so she leaves the drug recreation to care for Diana and the infant, younger Tejada-St.Patrick. Possibly they transfer all the way down to Atlanta together with her sister, Janet. Brayden, who will even get caught up with Tariq, won’t go to jail as a result of he’s wealthy and his household decides they miss him and makes use of their cash and weight to maintain him out of jail. Tasha shall be seen crying in protecting custody as Tariq goes to jail.
We have now to attend a number of months for this to wrap up. If my predictions don’t maintain up I’m actually curious to see the way it concludes. So … till then!
Panama Jackson is a columnist at theGrio and host of the award-winning podcast, “Pricey Tradition” on theGrio Black Podcast Community. He writes very Black issues, drinks very brown liquors, and is fairly fly for a light-weight man. His greatest accomplishment up to now coincides together with his Blackest accomplishment up to now in that he acquired a cellphone name from Oprah Winfrey after she learn one in every of his items (greatest) however he didn’t reply the cellphone as a result of the caller ID mentioned “Unknown” (Blackest).
