Mayor Douda News Today

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Showtime SPOILER ALERT: This recap of Season 4, Episode 9 contains explicit plot details. In my episode two recap, one of the storylines I told viewers of “The Chi” to keep in mind surrounds Mayor Douda’s need to remind the streets who’s the boss — and how he aims to do so: “Will Douda continue to keep one foot in the streets and the other in City Hall, knowing he’s made a public claim to defund the police?” Based on what viewers witnessed in this episode, Mayor Douda, played b...

Showtime SPOILER ALERT: This recap of Season 4, Episode 8 contains explicit plot details. Making amends — or at least trying to — seems to be the theme of this week’s episode of “The Chi.” Numerous cast members are reenacting scenes from the Chicago-filmed 1997 cult classic film “Love Jones,” starring West Side Native Larenz Tate and Nia Long, which shares a name with episode eight. In the midst of their “Love Jones” date, where he picks up Tiff (Hannaha Hall) in a way simila...

Showtime SPOILER ALERT: This recap of Season 4, Episode 3 contains explicit plot details. On “The Chi,” a plan by Mayor Douda (Curtiss Cook) to defund the police formulates as Community Protection, a program where citizens who have experience in de-escalating conflict are sent to answer mental health calls instead of cops. Instead of “calling a crackhead,” as pro-police groups often suggest to people seeking an alternative to the current iteration of law enforcement, Douda, his aide Tr...