Winter be Bingeing 26' - The Chi - Season Eight/Series Finale

In the South Side’s coldest winter ever, life-or-death choices must be made. The Chi's final eighth season, premiered back in May on Paramount+ in the USA. In Australia it landed on Disney+ earlier this month.

In the final season, the question is: who is willing to make them? As Tiff finds unexpected comfort, Victor, Shaad, Emmett, Kiesha, and Darnell all confront the cost of their pasts. Nuck and Reg balance loyalty against family, while Jake, Bakari, and Papa must cast new visions of their futures. 

A new generation rises, bringing new trouble, and no one emerges unchanged as legacy, conflict, joy, and pain collide. 

The show largely revolves around Emmett Washington (Jacob Latimore) and Kiesha Williams (Birgundi Baker). Their love story throughout season eight was beautiful.

There is a large supporting cast, with a number of cast leaving ahead of season eight. Yolonda Ross as Jada Washington, Emmett's mum sadly left last season. Alicia (Lynn Whitfield) meet her maker in the season seven finale, with multiple recurring roles also bouncing out before the final ten episodes. This season was shorter than the last two, but it was different and to the point.

No filler episodes in this final season, filled with the sweet jazz sounds to create the mood and city of Chicago.

This is really a love letter to the windy city.

Since 2018 The Chi has been a regular fixture on Showtime. Since midway through 2024 the series moved to Paramount+ with Showtime. This was the same time Showtime begun having less and less content.

Down to the latest Dexter reboot, Dexter: Resurrection , The Agency and the upcoming final season of Yellowjackets.

With The Chi now done and dusted, it leaves the other three titles above to the once great, Showtime.

This series has been exceptional. Family, love, relationships and music all covered across eight seasons, 88 episodes and a lot of drama.

I have always wanted to go to the windy city, Chicago. Maybe when the old, mad, orange man leaves the big White House.

The tributes to Yolonda Ross as Jada Washington in the final season are beautiful. Not to mention, that wedding.

I enjoyed this series a lot. I found this was a fitting end to an excellent series. Well done Showtime. You will be missed now, Showtime has almost fully merged into Paramount+.

Until next time. Bangkok incoming!