![]() ![]() So there’s chaos out in the world - but Mariah’s no safer in prison. And while Luke does heed the advice, he tells Shades that he’ll kill him the next time he sees him. He adds, in no uncertain terms, that Luke needs to do something about that. Shades tells Luke that Rosalie Carbone wants to take over Harlem. “The whole world knows that I’m a snitch,” says Shades. As he has already told us 24 times this season, “The old rules are being broken.” But when Luke accuses Shades of only wanting to capitalize on the chaos, Shades tells Luke that he can’t even do that. At one point, Shades approaches him at the barbershop, looking to give his two cents about the situation. Meanwhile, Luke does his best to construct how Harlem’s being carved up, and he decides that the “hero” approach won’t be enough to put things back together. ![]() Bushmaster’s headed back to Jamaica, empty-handed and ravaged for all of his efforts. That night, Tilda sees the three of them off. “It’s the only way.”īut he won’t be the one to do it. ![]() “Mariah must burn,” says Bushmaster, slipping in and out of consciousness. Bushmaster is fighting for his life, and Tilda tells his allies he’ll need rest, rehab, and undiluted nightshade in Nine Mile. The moment that Misty leaves, Bushmaster, his associate, and Ingrid emerge from the backroom where they were hiding all along. “Whatever you think you’re doing” says Misty, “stop.” Misty tells Tilda that the sentiment reminds her of Mariah. It isn’t long before Tilda tells Misty that she needs a warrant. Stepping through Tilda’s shop, Misty says, “Maybe you’re Harlem’s Patty Hearst.” And in between pursuing the influx of violent cases, Misty pays a visit to Tilda, asking about Bushmaster - she knows that Tilda helped him make his way into Harem’s Paradise. The police department is entirely inundated. We look along as Jelani Cobb talks about why, exactly, that is. She isn’t wrong: Since Mariah’s arraignment, violent crime in Harlem has increased 75 percent. And, as if to confirm her prediction, we watch Rosalie Carbone slip into the courtroom’s audience. Mariah makes it clear that, without a Stokes helming the neighborhood, there will be no one to cordon the rival gangs from choking Harlem’s people and resources. She has no family to root for her, and no friends to lift her up, but when Mariah’s given the chance to speak, she doesn’t leap to her own defense - she asks to be freed on behalf of Harlem. In court Mariah’s clearly losing her case. It’s honestly a shame that Alfre Woodard wasn’t given a more stable platform to magnify her performance. Over the course of 13 episodes, she has become fully realized. But Mariah is the one: She’s the character that’s experienced a full, circular arc. We’ve watched Misty - who, clearly, deserves a series of her own - grow in ways that have both challenged and emboldened everyone rooting for her. We’ve seen Bushmaster, an entirely competent villain, reveal that he really isn’t that that bad. We’ve watched Luke flail from one predicament to another. We open the final episode of season two with a shot of Mariah in court – which is fitting, because she’s clearly the season’s star. ![]()
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