‘The Chi’ Season 4 Episode 6 ‘Candyman’
Columnist Bianca Gregg is here to provide all the details on tonight’s episode of Showtime’s “The Chi.” As we follow our favorite characters from the beginning and get introduced to a few new faces, BALDWIN brings you our signature commentary and predictions each Sunday.
We get to find out who shot Otis Perry and chile it was Laverne!
Laverne wanted avenge the death of her son Brandon over his cooperation with the police. Interesting twist.
While Otis is recovering from his gunshot wound, yes he indeed survives, Rosalyn takes over his mayoral duties. When Tracy finally comes to visit Otis in the hospital, we find out that his office declined the funding to her neighborhood program. In shock, Otis fails to explain what happened. We can pretty much figure out Rosalyn made the decision not to fund the program.
When it’s time for Otis to leave the hospital, he has Trig and Imani pick him up. He tells them he is having a hard time trusting the people around them and need their help but Trig and Imani only agree for a price.
The Jake, Jemma and Kevin saga continues. Kevin and Jake get into a fight at school resulting in Kevin accidentally hitting his teacher and being suspended indefinitely from school.
Poppa decides he wants to put Jake, Jemma and Kevin on his podcast in hopes that it will improve on the amount of listeners he has and help with the friendship between Jake and Kevin. During the podcast Jemma reveals that Kevin’s self-sabotaging ways are what drove her to date Jake. The entire exchange becomes ugly and Kevin storms out.
The next day he is dragged to an event with Tracy’s neighborhood program. He seeks some advice from Emmitt who tells him that even negative things that occur in our lives sometimes happen to teach us lessons. He said he could take years for him to realize the lesson but there is one to be learned.
Kevin makes an attempt to salvage being able to remain at his private school. He admits that he made a grave mistake and that he wants to remain at the school because of the amazing opportunity it is.
Jada is clearly becoming progressively worse but she tries to mask much of it from Emmitt. She finally tells Suede that she loves him too. At a time where we were seeing Jada becoming independently happy outside of being a mother to Emmitt, she is hit hard with stage 4 Cancer.
When Dre comes to see her, she collapses in her arms. She admits that she is tired of being strong for everyone. While Dre comforts Jada, Nina calls her. Dre ignores the call unaware that Nina is watching the pair from her car across the street. Suspecting that Dre is indeed having an affair with Jada, Nina has a one night stand with a woman, played by Da Brat, that she met at the bar. Dre beats Nina home and Dre asks Nina not to check out right now because she really needs her. When Nina responds in a manner of not caring, Dre asks her what the problem is. Nina finally admits that she saw Dre with Jada and it forces Dre to tell Nina that Jada has Cancer. Dre breaks down in Nina’s arms.
Keisha and her coworker, Christian, grow closer. She agrees to go on a date with him and he handles her with such care. When he attempts to hold her hand at dinner, Keisha jump back and begins to have a panic attack but Christian helps her calm down with a breathing exercise.
Keisha seems to be in deep thought since giving birth. When Octavia comes over for breast milk, Keisha asks her if she has named the baby yet. Octavia admits she has not. She asks Keisha if she would like to hold the baby and she decides she does. Later that day, Keisha calls Christian and tells him she held the baby. He asks her how did it feel and they continue with their conversation. Keisha asks her mother if they can talk. She tells Nina that she wants her baby back.
Dom and Tiffany receive an offer to partner up with a white company to sell their edibles. Dom wants to maximize the amount of money they receive for the deal. Tiffany on the other hand just wants to make a quick bag. Although the pair initially bump heads, they come to an understand that as two Black women they deserve to be paid. Later on they offered a deal with a Black owned company and appear to be inclined to take that deal.
Maisha and Poppa hit a wall. Poppa gets jealous when Maisha is recognized by a magazine for her music going viral. He attempts to plug his podcast in the middle of her interview and it does not go over well with Maisha. When Poppa suggests that the pair remain lovers opposed to business partners, Maisha decides she would rather take a break altogether.
Takeaways:
Jada’s condition is becoming grim. We are watching her lose her strengthen and now her hair. I’m not ready to see her character go but I know that life happens. I am so happy for her love she has with Suede but I am also so devastated at the thought of him losing her so soon. This is really a painful story line. Especially for those of us who have loss someone to Cancer.
I am so mixed on Keisha wanting her baby back simply because I love Octavia but I feel even through Keisha’s trauma, she would be a loving mother to her baby.
Despite the history of Dom and Emmitt, I enjoy watching this friendship and partnership between Dom and Tiffany. Let’s keep this going.
