Instead, as Calvin pours his heart out to Nova, telling her he loves her, she shuts him all the way down. She admits she loves him but her activism can’t have her coming home to a white policeman. Girl, what? Now maybe some SJW (social justice warriors) can relate, but damn Nova, the Black doc wasn’t for you because he didn’t see you for who you are. The white cop ain’t for you because he’s a white cop, even though it’s clear the two of you love each other.
Chantal (Reagan Gomez) was too much of a radical. Girl, who is left? I definitely wanted to insert myself into the screen and slap some sense into Nova. Yes, I understand she’s uncompromising about who she is and what she wants, but there’s no perfect man or relationship. You show up as your best for someone who wants you to be your best and the two of you work through the differences.
Now for the bombshell: In Darla’s private conversation with her father, while they clearly are trying to come to terms with his heartbreak and disappointment, as well as her shame in letting him down, he tells her she needs to tell Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe) the truth.
And she does and as much of Twitter suspected last week, it’s that (tears!) Ralph Angel might not be Blue’s (Ethan Hutchinson) biological father. Darla, Darla, Darla. If anyone has ever shown on TV just how destructive addiction can be, it’s her. But the truth here, as it is in real life, is that the ultimate destruction that most addicts wreak is on themselves.
Darla has basically blown up three lives with this revelation and it’s unclear who will survive the fallout. Watching Ralph Angel, who loves that child more than anything else in the world, absorb this information was hard to see. We have gotten to know the Bordelon family in all their beauty and messiness and we already know that RA, with his struggles to grow into manhood, won’t take this well. What happens to their engagement? To Blue? To Darla?
While at times this season Queen Sugar has moved at a pace just beyond glacial and has sometimes favored its beautiful rendering of place, time and the gorgeous tones of Black people in lieu of narrative storytelling, it appears that the last few episodes will be speeding along through some heavy emotional territory.
But as always, we root for the Bordelons, through the best and the worst of times, because they remind us, so much, of us.
NOTES:
There is way too much chemistry to let these two go, so Queen Sugar showrunners, please find a place for Greg Vaughan as a recurring character. Thank you.
Bianca Lawson is putting in Emmy-worthy work as Darla Sutton (we’ve finally learned a last name) but we know already she’s a lock for an NAACP Image Award, as is the rest of the cast as an ensemble. If Darla is in a Supporting Actress category, then Rutina Wesley should be the lock for Best Actress, as she, too has done some amazing work this season.
We are legitimately heartbroken for Darla, Ralph Angel and Blue and a little worried about all three of them after this episode.
Micheal Michele ain’t lost not one acting chop and she looks beautiful. We’d love to see her on TV more; she seemed to have disappeared completely for a while.
Until next week, Sugar babies!
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