Autumn was looking at Andre and his wife like she was about to kill someone with the lyrics.
Andre and his wife have both been wearing masks long before the pandemic. Andre was selling a lie, a fantasy he thought she wanted and she wanted to believe it instead of unveiling the man behind. Why did Andre wait all these years before being honest about his reasons for marrying his wife?
I loved the scene with Lil Murda in the fragmented glass and removing his gold teeth. It was an unveiling of his mask. We see the different men that make up Lil’ Murda, the scared, the fearless, the famous, the one looking for validation and more. And he can choose which one to present at any given time.
And the variations of his memories flashing through his mind from his pride when he came to the Pynk to the first time he heard his song being played there and his entire journey to where he was now performing in the Pynk.
I remember when Keyshawn was helping him with overcoming his stage fright and told him to try performing nude and he was uncomfortable initially in season 1 episode 7.
“The same way you strip yourself naked on that track, you gotta strip yourself naked on the stage. See the crowd, that’s who you are rapping to — now tell em’ what you got to say.”
But now, look who was performing shirtless and could look into the eyes of his audience saying the lyrics with confidence, no beat in the background. I love that scene because it really shows how he has evolved from the insecure rapper who wanted his beats to be good enough and now that they’re slapping, he could just let the lyrics sink in even though that was also a testament of what he did and a threat to whom it may concern (Maine) in the audience.
And the whole scene came full circle with a collabo of the Mercedes Experience (the last show) and Lil’ Murda when you remember their initial meeting of her disapproval to his bars to their reflection last episode and bringing that collaboration to life. They sure is fire!
The moment the beat dropped and Mercedes jumped down the pole straight to sitting and bouncing on the floor, damn!
I loved The Mayor Bishop Woodbine reveal. The way the scenes were edited, the montages from the performance at the club to Mayor Woodbine in some serious prayer sessions to Andre Watkins recieving a call from Wayne Kyle saying congratulations making it seem Andre won until we hear the reporter asking if he has heard from the Mayor Elect.
When Mayor Bishop Woodbine was doing environment inspection of the mayor’s office and fell off the chair I was dying laughing.
I also loved the reveal of the Corbin deal with the front page news of the waterfront property deal coming to fruition. Corbin sure brought the water to him literally after all, he followed Uncle Clifford’s advice. Uncle Clifford I see what you did there boo!
Keyshawn and Lil Murda hugging with the sunset lighting up their beautiful black skin under the clear blue skies. They’ve been through so much together. I wish she could have made it out. There was no investigation whatsoever. What happened to due process? So neighbors report a noise and automatically it’s the black mom that’s the abuser? Sigh… Derrick’s got to go!
Someone needed to call out Autumn on all her shit. While she didn’t force anyone to catch a body, still it was like she completely absolved herself and blamed them. Talking about interest after all them bodies, okay just one body but still.
I understand she ain’t trusting, and she has a lot of trauma she is working through. I got where she was coming from business wise in regards to selling the club but as Uncle Clifford said, they was family and Pynk was home. I wish they could have come to a compromise though because I care about her character. You know what they say, hurting people hurt others. And say what you will, she made and took practical steps to help Keyshawn
Mayor Bishop finally did one thing right, handing Terricka over to Mercedes. It was fitting to see Mercedes finally in her gym and her baby with Sam Cooke Bring it on home to me. It was a breath of fresh air. Freedom at last! Old dreams were fulfilled and birthed the opportunity to dream new dreams.
Uncle Clifford letting Mercedes go reminds me of this quote.
“A good mentor hopes you will move on. A great mentor knows you will.”- Ted Lasso
Sadly, in this finale, some people got their dreams and some didn’t.
