Unique Kills More of Raq's Associates, Grandma Joyce Is Tired

Unique (Joey Bada$$) is still out here, just killing anyone who is in Raq’s (Patina Miller) circle as he looks to quench his thirst for revenge. Raq is growing suspicious of Marvin’s (London Brown) behavior after learning he is meeting with Stefano (Tony Danza) behind her back. Jukebox (Hailey F. Kilgore) gets a visit from the military. Lou-Lou (Malcolm Mays) works to help B-Rilla (Pardison Fontaine) get back on his feet and back into the music grind, and Kanan (MeKai Curtis) is still trying to help his dying grandmother.

Unique’s Kill Streak Continues, Raq Questions Marvin About His Secret Meeting

Unique’s kill streak continues in this episode. After taking out Raq’s attorney, Andre, and falsely believing the two were messing around, he is now hitting Raq, where she can begin to feel some pain. He heads to the Chinese restaurant that serves as a front for Raq’s drug-dealing operation and washes her drug money to confront the managers, Richard and Sunny.

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Both are surprised to see Unique because they thought he was dead. Unique’s beef with the two is personal because they used to work for him until they aligned themselves with Raq. Richard and Sunny’s death quickly sends shockwaves through Southside. He instructs them to fill a bag with Raq’s cash, and after they are done, Unique mercilessly kills both of them. Marvin learns of their death from the cops and informs his sister about what happened. Raq tells Marvin to find out who killed the restaurant owners, and he already has a suspect in mind, Richard and Sunny’s nephew. Raq also uses the moment to bring up the Feds seeing him meeting with Stefano. Marvin shuts it down quickly, saying it’s a case of mistaken identity. During a meeting with Mr. Irwin, he is not happy about his relative’s murder, and now he wants out of the operation. Raq tries to ensure him that he has nothing to worry about. Mr. Irwin feels otherwise, but Raq tells him he’s in too deep and the only way out is through death. Quan, Richard and Sunny’s cousin-in-law, also presses Raq, instructing her to find the killer and that she is moving too slowly.

Grandma Joyce Decides Her Time Is Up, Kanan Finds A New Spot

Kanan is still confident Grandma Joyce can beat cancer, but when he delivers her the medicine she needs, she breaks the news to him that the cancer has spread throughout her body and feels it’s time to take her grandson’s advice and tell her kids the bad news. After a short breakup, Krystal convinces Kanan that they need to move. Krystal is spooked after her brief run-in with Unique and feels Kanan shouldn’t be living where he’s doing most of his business. Kanan reluctantly agrees, and after checking out a few apartments, they find one and convince the racist owner to bypass some hurdles after he presents him with straight cash. The Thomas family gathers at Grandma Joyce’s house for a big dinner. Before they go inside, Raq tells Kanan she knows he’s been skipping school, mentioning that the plan was always for him to go to college. Kanan tells his mother she must be crazy to believe he wants to continue with school, especially after she had him committing crimes. When inside, Grandma Joyce finally breaks the sad news, and Raq is not feeling it. She goes off on her mother, telling her that revealing she’s dying isn’t going to absolve her of the wrongs she committed.

Jukebox Is Free!

In the last episode, Jukebox decided the military was no place for her, especially because she is gay. But, of course, you can’t up and leave the army without consequences, which she was fully prepared to face. The army does eventually find her at her dad’s place and tells her she will be court-martialed and thrown into military jail for going AWOL. But Jukebox has an ace up her sleeve, suggesting to the two high-ranking soldiers that she is gay and she will take them to court because of the anti-gay sentiments she experienced while in basic training if they don’t let her leave. They grant her entry-level separation from the army because she plays hardball with them. Following her win, she links up with her cousin, Kanan, and they discuss her future now that the military and school aren’t at the top of her list. Jukebox tells Kanan she is done hiding the fact that she is gay and will proudly embrace it going forward. She wastes no time going to a lesbian bar, where she is quickly befriended by a woman who notices her uncertainty.

Marvin Is Getting Soft

Marvin finally tracks down Richard and Sunny’s nephew and concludes quickly that he didn’t pull the trigger when he sees how emotional he is upon learning about his aunt and uncle’s murder. Marvin instructs the nephew to go check up on Richard and Sunny’s daughter now that she is an orphan, and he is the only family she has. Following that change of heart, Marvin decides to pay Early (Chris Redd) for a visit to help locate a child in the system. He also instructs him to dig up any information on who hit the restaurant. After being hit off with some cash, Early decides to help him, but now he knows that Unique did the hit. After Marvin leaves, Unique stops by the mechanic shop to pay Early the money he owes him. Early figures out the money more than likely came from the hit on the Chinese restaurant and warns Unique that he’s playing with fire, and Unique responds, “I am the fire.” Picking back up with Marvin, the child he was looking for was Amber, the daughter of the reporter he met while in counseling who died from a drug overdose. After encountering Richard and Sunny’s nephew, Marvin felt terrible and wanted to see how the young girl was doing. He gave her some cash and his number and told her to call him if she needed anything.

Lou-Lou Talks About His Addiction, Helps Out B-Rilla Again

Lou-Lou is upset to find B-Rilla (Pardison Fontaine) sleeping on his couch, even after the two work out a deal with label owner Lowell. B-Rilla reveals that the deal he got stinks, so Lou-Lou and B-Rilla decide a conversation needs to be had. The meeting goes left swiftly; cooler heads finally prevail when Lowell agrees to give B-Rilla a better advance, allowing him to care for himself and his family. Lou-Lou’s journey to sobriety is also celebrated in this episode. During a speech at his AAA meeting, he talks about being suicidal and finding his way back after finding himself. Her little brother’s speech touches Raq. Another episode in the books; be sure to catch the next episode on Starz. Hit the gallery to see what people were saying about tonight’s episode in the gallery below.

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