When Douda (Curtiss Cook) falls from the throne at the end of season six, the pivotal women of The Chi rise to reclaim their power in the recently dropped on Disney+ seventh season.
As loyalties are tested and new rivalries are stoked, it becomes clear that there’s only one crown, and it will come at a heavy cost.
With a lot of folks leaving at the end of season six, we got some new characters/returning ones from season six, who were new to the long running Chicago based, Showtime series.
Kennedy Amaya as Kenya, Aaron Guy as Zay, Daniel J. Watts as Pastor Zeke, Brett Gray as Damien (season 6–present), Rotimi as Charles & Wendy Raquel Robinson as Riley Dalton.
The show has already been renewed for an eighth season, which could very well be the last.
This is the one Showtime show that randomly drops on Disney+. It did conclude early last month, week-to-week in the USA, however I did like the entire season drop.
Watch out though, spoilers ahead.
I did smash all 12 episodes (down four episodes from the last season, up two from previous seasons 1-5) very quickly. Mainly cause I'm hooked on Jacob Latimore.
One of season seven’s most surprising deaths got an early reveal back in episode seven when Jada (Yolonda Ross, a fan favourite since the very first episode aired on Showtime back in January 2018) found out that her victory over cancer back in season four was not on repeat for season seven. Now another key, season one vet has gone, for me this means next season could be the swan song.
As unexpected and sad as Jada’s pending death initially was, it wasn’t a surprise in the finale. Telling her husband Darnell (Rolando Boyce), son Emmett (Jacob Latimore), along with others, was incorporated into her season seven storyline.
Darnell, on the suggestion of a grief counselor, gave Jada a living funeral so she could receive her flowers while she was still living. And though her final death was not a surprise, it was still an emotional kicker.
From the soap part of The Chi, to the crime part. Alicia Daniels Lafayette’s (Lynn Whitfield) murder, however, or at least her murderer, was a shock to most.
Her quest to find out who really killed her son Rob (one-time NBA player Iman Shumpert) had not gone well. On the word of silent kingpin Nuck (Cortez Smith), whom she knows killed Douda (Curtiss Cook) — who she also wanted dead for killing her brother Quentin “Q” Dickinson (Steven Williams) — she killed Zay (Aaron Guy), Nuck’s cousin who worked for him without realising it was Nuck who actually killed Rob.
Before Alicia’s murder, she crossed paths with Bakari (Ahmad Nicholas Ferguson) whom she gave a scholarship to college to give him a second chance. Not knowing Bakari’s loyalty to Nuck, she took his bait intimating that Reg (Barton Fitzpatrick) — middle brother of Victor aka Trig (Luke James), the oldest, and Jake (Michael Epps), the youngest — who, despite being presumed dead after an ambush in season two, showed up alive in season seven, really killed her son.
So much drama, so many characters wrapping their runs. From me this is one of Showtime's best series. Like Shameless (also set in Chicago) this drama has had a good, long run. However in the current TV climate, I feel The Chi is very much winding down in the windy city.
Until next time. Hopefully a movie tomorrow, also the the Winter Warmer Watchlist is coming to an end, it is 29 degrees today..... so.... seeya!
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