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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 by Curtiss Cook, aims to do just that by keeping secrets, and laying down the hammer or in his case, his walking cane to keep everyone in line:
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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 similar to Tate’s character, Emmett (Jacob Latimore) gives her an ultimatum regarding their marriage. Emmett no longer wants an open marriage, but he has no leverage, it seems, due to his history of not staying faithful to one woman.
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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 man who kidnapped and assaulted her, while fathering her baby. (Ronnie was murdered during season three.)