The third season of Star has not been without its fair share of depressing storylines, one of them being Carlotta Brown (Queen Latifah) grappling with how her stepfather, Calvin (Ben Vereen), abused and raped her for years. In April 10’s episode, however, “Amazing Grace,” there is a glimmer of humanity as Carlotta also comes to terms with how a baby boy she conceived from the sexual abuse, previously thought to have been a stillborn, may still be alive.
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The third season of Star has not been without its fair share of depressing storylines, one of them being Carlotta Brown (Queen Latifah) grappling with how her stepfather, Calvin (Ben Vereen), abused and raped her for years. In April 10’s episode, however, “Amazing Grace,” there is a glimmer of humanity as Carlotta also comes to terms with how a baby boy she conceived from the sexual abuse, previously thought to have been a stillborn, may still be alive.
Miss Bruce: I’m good. I don’t know why I called you down here.
Bobby: I’m here. So you can stop acting like you don’t need nobody. How you feeling?
Miss Bruce: Stuck. The strongest woman I know found healing today. Now I got to find it, too…This place still looks the same.
Bobby: Yeah, but you not the same.
Miss Bruce: I d be lying if I said some Sunday morning I don t still hear that little boy s voice in my head. Praying, asking God to make him normal. I wish I can tell him that he was already normal. Not just him. Everybody.