u/stashdadon

This whole Roselyn Perry storyline makes little sense to me. Why did Roselyn even need to frame Shad and Trig? If her goal was Alicia, she could’ve just shot Alicia and kept it moving. The whole setup felt extra for no real reason.

And how did she even know who Shad was with? How did she know enough to bribe that specific woman? The show keeps skipping over important details and just expects us to accept the outcome.

Then Trig.This man is embarrassing at this point.

First he’s helping Tiff lure Nuck, now he’s helping Tiff frame Bakari? Fresh out of jail and already involved in more criminal mess. Then he’s standing there talking about, “So you’re the new Alicia?” Dawg what are YOU doing? 😂

And this whole “mob” situation is hilarious because what is the actual business? Tiff’s legal weed? That’s the product? That’s the empire? Tiff telling Bakari, “You’re gonna be next,” had me crying. Like what is this show now? Everybody suddenly talks like they’re in a low budget mafia movie.

Then Bakari says, “I always have a choice,” and immediately proceeds to admit to a murder he didn’t commit because he “owes Tiff.”

Man… what Tfff? 😭

Also, what is up with Fatima coming back and Trig? That whole thing feels random as hell. Also Shad a bitch.

Another thing: is Smokey’s the only place to work in Chicago? Everybody just ends up there. Esquire is already hired again. The show really treats Smokey’s like the central employment office.

And then Emmett’s worker being Kyla Pratt’s sister? So let me get this straight... Kyla Pratt’s character, Emmett’s nanny, and Emmett’s employee are all sisters? 😭

Again, Chicago must only have about 12 people in it because everybody is magically connected.

And where was Darnell’s girlfriend living before she met him? I get that they want to create this situation where Darnell is grieving Jada, but come on. He and his girlfriend are just lounging around Emmett’s house like they don’t have anywhere else to be.

Nothing feels natural. Characters are randomly connected, people make decisions that make no sense, and the show keeps creating dramatic situations without doing the work to make them believable.

This episode had me pausing way too many times because what are we doing?

First, Keisha asking how Nuck would react to her getting married to Emmett. Why is that even a serious concern?

Then Reg’s shooter giving Bakari’s sister money felt random too. I get that they know each other, but they know each other that well??? Well enough for her to just be handing over money like that?

Then Bakari’s sister openly asking, “Who did you kill?” like that’s normal casual conversation. Even if they have some history, that’s still a wild question to ask somebody, especially someone clearly connected to street business.

Reg’s shooter then just drops Roselyn Perry’s name. Again, why is everybody on this show so loose with information? People just be confessing, name dropping, and exposing themselves.

The whole Tiff/Bakari scene was insane.

Tiff kills Nuck, tells Bakari she did it, slaps him, then tells him he owes her. After that, she basically says, “You work for me now,” and tells him to stay in Nuck’s house. Like… what? 😂 Bakari just accepts.

No backbone, no direction, no common sense.

The last public interaction he had with Nuck was a whole dispute/fight, and by that point he wasn’t even really working for him anymore. So now Nuck turns up dead, and Bakari is just chilling in his house like that doesn’t make him look suspicious?

Tiff basically handed him a murder frame starter pack and he said, “Bet.” 😂

Bakari’s sister turns around and tells Bakari that Reg’s shooter killed a lady, right after the she told her she could trust her. So much for that. Bakari tells Shad to go talk to his sister. Why? Shad didn’t even ask him anything related to her. Shad goes to talk to knockoff Snoop from The Wire (Bakari sister), and she says, “I’m no snitch.” Thirty seconds later, she tells him, “Talk to Reg.” Like WTF 😂

I get that the show wants family tension between Jake, Trig, and Reg, but they hate each other to the point they’re pulling guns on each other? It feels extreme just for the sake of drama.

And Jake being SO mad at Reg over Bakari makes no sense to me. The show keeps acting like Bakari has no freedom of choice. Reg isn’t forcing him to do anything at gunpoint. Bakari keeps choosing to be involved, then everybody treats him like some helpless victim.

If anything, Jake should be more mad at Bakari for selling Papa pills. That directly affects somebody Jake actually cares about. But somehow the bigger issue is Reg “making” Bakari work for him?

That’s what bothers me. Characters keep getting mad at the wrong people just because the writers need drama.

And another thing: while Bakari was working for Nuck, why didn’t Jake tell him to quit that too?

That’s what makes Jake being so mad at Reg feel selective. Bakari was already choosing to be involved in street business before Reg came back into the picture. If Jake really had an issue with Bakari being around that life, he should’ve been pressing Bakari directly the whole time.

Instead, the show acts like Reg is the only reason Bakari is making bad choices, when Bakari keeps choosing the mess on his own.

That reveal was foreshadowed sooooo much that by the time it happened, it didn’t even feel shocking. It felt like the writers had a neon sign over Tiff’s head saying, “She’s gonna be the one to do it.”

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But my bigger question is: what was Tiff even doing with Nuck in the first place?

This man was extorting the hell out of her and Rob. He had them stressed and moving like they owed him their whole life. Then somehow after Rob dies, Tiff ends up in this weird situationship/relationship with that very same dude? Make that make sense.

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Then here comes Trig playing Captain Save-a-Tiff, helping her lure Nuck in and standing there with an angry face like he’s in some heroic revenge scene.

Dawg… didn’t this same woman curve you for Nuck? All because you didn’t tell her Reg was alive? 😭

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And what did Reg being alive even have to do with Tiff like that? Why was she acting personally betrayed like she was part of the Taylor family group chat?

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Now Trig is fresh out of jail, barely back in the real world, and already risking his life again over Tiff’s mess. You just came home and you’re already helping set up a murder? For a woman who chose the same man that was extorting her??

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That’s what annoys me with this show now. Characters don’t make decisions because it fits who they are. They make decisions because the writers need a dramatic moment. Tiff killing Nuck could’ve been powerful IF it felt earned. Instead, it felt obvious, messy, and forced. Like the writers wanted a big “finally she took her power back” moment, but skipped over all the parts that would’ve made it actually hit.

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