‘SNOWFALL’ Season 4 Episode 3 ‘All The Way Down’
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Gustavo sits in the shadows of his family’s home, armed and ready. Reed walks through the door and Gustavo points his gun at him. Realizing it’s just Reed, he lowers his weapon. Reed walks through the apartment and sees Gustavo’s family dead on the floor. Gustavo jumps up and gets ready to storm out while Reed tells him that it would be wise to handle the situation differently. Gustavo leaves anyway, he wants blood for blood. Gustavo arrives to where he believes the killers are. As he exits his car, he is hit in the head with a gun. When he wakes up, he is tied to a chair looking at who he believes to be the hitmen. They aren’t. Reed walks in and Gustavo wants to know what is happening. Reed admits he is CIA and so is Gustavo now, they will get the people that killed his family.
Franklin has a sit down with Officer Nixon. Franklin warns Officer Nixon to stay away from his family but of course Nix feels he has the upper hand and responds with, ‘What are you going to do about it?’ Franklin chuckles and reminds Nix that what he had on Franklin was from four months ago and that Nixon took the money in the deal they made. Nixon, despite being an officer, works for Franklin.
Irene meets with one of the officers that processed the arrest of Louie. He tells Irene that he wants Franklin put away for good. As he begins to run down his list of wrong committed by Franklin and his family, he mentions Kevin’s murder and that Franklin had been arrested for it but was released. Irene tells the officer that their is no record of the murder case. I believe she is realizing Franklin has help in some high places.
Franklin and Sissy are hard at work with expanding the investment and real estate business. Franklin offers to invest in a local bookstore and Sissy visits a major tycoon, Paul Davis, to let him know she and Franklin could help him acquire the area he wants in South Central, much to his chagrin.
The police show up to the Saint’s home with a warrant for Sissy’s arrest. Officer Nix is the arresting officer of course. In the patrol car, Nixon pulls over to let his partner out and begins to drive away with Sissy. When she starts to question what he is doing, he slams on his brakes causing Sissy to hit her head. They pull into an empty lot that leads to a cemetery. Officer Nixon walks Sissy to Andre’s grave. He tells Sissy that Andre was a good man. He proceeds to push Sissy to the ground and tells her that Franklin murdered him. Once he leaves, Sissy gets to a phone and the family comes to get her. As a result of what is happening, Sissy tells Franklin he must finish his bookstore deal.
The following day, Franklin goes to see the couple to finalize the deal on their bookstore. Mrs. Mosley still seems surprised that Franklin wants to help them keep their business, however it is clear this deal is over more than just saving Black owned businesses. Franklin ends up selling the bookstore to Mr. Davis. He goes to tell the Mosley’s that they must leave the bookstore location. He is of course met with a very unsavory response. Franklin sold out the Black folks!
Gustavo gets the okay from Reed to handle Carlos, one of the men responsible for his family’s deaths. He stabs him and leaves him for Fuentes to find him. Fuentes and another officer decide they should leave town considering some how Gustavo was able to find Carlos. Reed finds out Fuentes and his men are hiding out in a safe house and tells Gustavo he will help him kill the men. They ambush the men and Gustavo gets his personal revenge on Fuentes.
Nixon is called into his captain’s office. He is being transferred to another office and will be off the streets.
Takeaways:
Poor Wanda is finally realizing how those drugs are causing her to deteriorate.
Franklin now I get you are trying to clean your money and set things up for a transition from drugs to other lucrative businesses but you sold out the Black family. Come on man.
Man Boy is exactly what Louie suspected him to be. He wants Franklin out and there is no telling what he eventually may be willing to do.
