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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 There’s a lot going on at the Williams household on “The Chi.” Adultery, a new mouth to feed and Kevin’s ongoing descent, to name a few. Here’s what has gone on during episodes six and seven: Kiesha (Birgundi Baker) decides to start dating again, but at her own pace — and no one can blame her for that. She decides to take her child — a boy — back from Octavia, played by Tabitha Brown. She names him after Ronnie (Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine), the man who saved her from the ...

These Stars Made The 2021 BET Awards A Family Affair A number of stars attended the show with their proud parents and we love to see it! Rich Fury/Getty Images We told you about the ladies who shut down the red carpet at the BET Awards this year. We also showed you all the couples who packed on the PDA upon their arrival at the show. What we can’t leave out though are the stars who made a different statement by attending the show with their family members in tow. Who needs a bo...

The budding activist needs the trust of his mom Nina, who knows speaking out brings risk for a young Black teen.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan will debut on Starz in July.

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...

Last week’s episode of the Showtime drama series The Chi features a corrupt Chicago mayor responding to a cop using excessive force by defunding the Chicago Police Department. Last week’s episode, “Soul Food,” depicts Trig (Luke James) nearly stabbing a racist CPD officer to death. The officer had assaulted Trig’s 15-year-old brother (Michael Epps) in a previous episode, and Trig was out for revenge. At the hospital, corrupt Chicago Mayor Otis ‘Douda’ Perry (Curtiss Cook) confro...

Last season of Showtimes  The Chi featured no cops, on purpose. In addition to a major storyline being to trash the police, even when a young black woman had disappeared, because the residents could take care of that all on their own, the Chicago PD be damned. In its fourth season, though, the Chicago PD has played a major part in both episodes so far. May 30’s episode of “Cooley High” takes place not long after last weeks episode of "Soul Food," when a 15-year old was assaulted by a ra...

Jada (played by Yolonda Ross) reassesses her future after she receives devastating news.