The Chi
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Coogie witnesses a dead body being dumped, and rids the corpse of its jewelry and shoes.
Hes quickly and gruffly apprehended by the police, including Armando Riescos squarely good cop Detective Cruz.
The episode ends as an embattled Brandon considers whether he should avenge his own brothers death.
But the pilot takes an abrupt and jarring nosedive when it turns to its female characters.
Laverne berates both of her sons, belittling Brandons dreams and insulting his girlfriend in their home.
Perhaps well see more of that softness in future episodes.
I anticipate the revelation of a history of addiction as the series progresses.
Tracy, then, is at least as culpable for the death as the shooter.
The black family unit, were told, is implacably damaged by the absence of paternal figures.
Of course, reality is not so stringently delineated across gender lines.
Black women are, quite frequently,victimsofgun-related crimes.
Brandon can simultaneously love his placid, doting girlfriend and entertain light flirtation with his female boss.
Kevin is allowed to be sweet when hes entertaining his crush, then vulgar when hes with his buddies.
Surely the same room for duality and humanity of this shows female characters can be made.
In this first episode,The Chinears a base sort of trauma for the purposes of garnering broader sympathies.
I feel like we need it to be humanized, in a way.
That they dont have a soul.
