“When Do I Go From Cute to Harmful?”
That was the signal Blue made for the kids’s march, and it was trustworthy and disturbing sufficient to essentially get the purpose throughout on Queen Sugar Season 5 Episode 7.
Would Blue, at 10, be sufficiently old to obtain that “down cost” beat down that Calvin’s veteran officer talked about?
Nova’s thought for a kids’s march was impressed till the allow did not undergo. When Ralph Angel and Darla insisted on holding up their indicators anyway, I used to be scared for them, and that feeling wasn’t unsuitable.
The encounter with the police officer was scary due to how simply it may have was one other tragedy. And though I am positive the incident will give Ralph Angel and Darla nightmares, it doubtless modified Blue’s outlook on the world perpetually.
Blue had by no means identified that form of worry earlier than that second. He’d by no means been confronted with somebody in energy who needed to harm his household just because they existed.
Darla: He’s 10. His world needs to be higher than this, and at all times. Now we have to guarantee that occurs, okay?
Ralph Angel: At all times.
The flashbacks to a younger Blue have been poignant in methods I hadn’t anticipated. He is grown a lot for the reason that present started.
When Blue needed to play with dolls, Ralph Angel fought to guard him from the world. However Ralph Angel’s means as a father or mother to guard Blue is dwindling because the ugliness of the world encroaches.
Darla: We do what we will to convey some magnificence into this ugly world.
Ralph Angel: Ugly? Ain’t nothing ugly over right here. I imply, we glance good. We lovely, all of us.
Darla: Amen.
In different information, Blue’s IQ scores got here again, and he’s exceptionally gifted. As Darla and Ralph Angel celebrated their sensible little one, I stored fascinated by how even blessings include challenges.
They are going to be challenged not simply with discovering the very best path for Blue to succeed in his full potential but in addition in dealing with Darlene as she tries to take over!
Violet and Hollywood have been experiencing their very own difficulties.
When Violet mentioned she was overdoing take-out orders, and I noticed it was solely June, it was clear this was going to be an extended and troublesome yr forward.
However Violet’s actual dilemma was making an attempt to determine learn how to cope with Hollywood.
She’s so used to Hollywood being the emotional rock for her and everybody else, however that is modified.
Violet: Effectively, what about The Actual Spot? Does that matter? Let’s discuss that.
Hollywood: Ain’t nothing to speak about. Sitting over there empty on a yr’s lease with six months left to go. Draining each little little bit of my settlement financial savings. There ain’t shit that I can do about it, so what I’m going to do is sit right here, drink this beer, watch this sport, which I already know the end result of, and anticipate my lovely spouse, who occurs to be an incredible prepare dinner, go and convey me one thing to eat.
Hollywood is depressed and grieving, and that is comprehensible. The pandemic has destroyed his plans for The Actual Spot. Watching the video of George Floyd’s loss of life most likely made him really feel each fury and helplessness. On high of that, he has to cope with the grief of shedding his mom.
Given every part, his adverse angle appears affordable. Vi does not know learn how to cope with this model of Hollywood. She needs to repair it, however she will be able to’t, and it is dragging her down.
Hopefully, Vi can determine learn how to maintain her head up whereas giving Hollywood the house he must work via this emotional disaster in his personal time as a result of I doubt there’s a lot else she will be able to do.
Elsewhere, Nova took a street journey to convey Courtney again to high school.
I had at all times anticipated the opposite shoe to drop with Courtney. I assumed she would trigger some hassle for Calvin and Nova, however that by no means occurred.
In the long run, she was precisely what she appeared, a naive younger lady who needed to do the fitting factor, even when she did not at all times have the attitude to know-how.
Courtney: I need to be a very good ally. I need to be a very good individual. I assumed I used to be. I really feel like I simply preserve placing my foot in my mouth. I really feel like I don’t know something.
Nova: You’re feeling all the fitting issues. Take a look at me. By no means really feel glad. By no means really feel that you recognize all of it. Keep uncomfortable. Keep pushing your self. Keep asking questions, keep listening. Keep making an attempt. That’s what it means to be a very good ally, a very good individual.
Nova wasn’t straightforward on Courtney throughout her go to, however she additionally acknowledged that Courtney was making an attempt the very best she may. She simply had much more to study.
The journey had Nova remembering the highs and lows she’s skilled with Calvin all through the years. Nova as soon as informed Calvin that she could not totally be herself when she was with him as a result of she was black and he was white.
Has that modified? Calvin had opened the door to a dialogue about marriage, and Nova did not slam it shut. Is a critical dedication one thing she’s contemplating, regardless of the entire obstacles they will face?
With the Bordelon household touring or coping with their very own hardships, it left Charley on her personal.
Charley’s means to let Micah go to Minneapolis with out argument, regardless of her worry, was admirable. She’s really making an attempt to deal with him just like the younger grownup he’s.
I used to be glad Charley known as Aunt Vi out on her hypocrisy, contemplating Vi was the one who informed Charley she could not deal with Micah like a baby though he was again below her roof.
But it surely all led to Charley having nobody when she wanted assist essentially the most.
We will solely assume that Charley has contracted Covid-19, and of all of the characters I predicted would develop into contaminated with the virus, Charley was on the backside of the listing.
Maybe she should not have been. Charley is as sturdy as they arrive. She is indomitable, an actual fighter. However this virus does not care what you are manufactured from; everyone seems to be in danger.
When Charley known as Davis, I used to be shocked, however I suppose it isn’t exterior the realm of risk. With everybody else out of state or not selecting up their telephones and Aunt Vi being at excessive danger as a result of she already has Lupus, perhaps Davis was a logical alternative.
Now that she’s made that decision, I am very curious to see how this performs out. They would not kill off Charley, proper? However how sick will she be, and the way a lot time will she find yourself quarantined along with her ex?
Now it is your flip, TV Fanatics.
Have been you as shocked as I used to be that Charley known as Davis?
Had you been anticipating the worst out of Courtney?
Was Nova contemplating marrying Calvin or breaking apart with him?
Does Hollywood want time to grieve, or ought to Violet attempt to get him assist?
Did the encounter with the cop change Blue?
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