The ChiRecap: You Like My Hair?

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But this weeks episodeis a bit scattershot, sagging beneath the weight of its myriad characters.

After narrowly evading Ronnie, Kevin is once again accosted by Maisha, who tackles and straddles him.

Sitting atop him, her voice gone soft, she reveals her own crush.

Kevins face puckers, initially in terror, then repulsion.

You like my hair?

she asks, fingering a spiraled tendril.

Kevin stutters a yes and Maisha, still straddling him, licks his face before departing.

You like my hair?

What girl hasnt desired for a boy to find her hair pretty, to find her pretty?

After calming Keisha, Emmett attempts to seduce her, but their tryst is interrupted by his crying son.

So far, Emmetts trials as a new father are the primary subject for his character.

Emmett, of course, takes the money.

We know, as Emmett apparently does not, that the debt will be recouped.

I didnt quite buy such wide-eyed naivete when he took this mans money.

Emmett just feels like the pop in of character who should have known better.

I foresee Quentin demanding a drug or gun run out of Emmett as repayment for the hundred.

This was the first moment where I felt a semblance of empathy for him.

The moment is a perfect display of Emmetts fundamental unpreparedness for parenthood.

I felt for him in that moment, but his presence in general is kind of befuddling to me.

Is he school-aged, as his girlfriend apparently is?

If so, why isnt he enrolled in school?

(Also, as an ostensibly underaged girl, Keishas frequent nudity is more than a little unsettling.)

Are you aware that black men cry?

For the second week in a row, Brandon balks at the use of the N-word.

I think that by next episode, Brandon will have to definitively make a choice about pursuing Coogies murderer.

For the sake of a plotline, I suspect he will.

Ronnie is attempting a reconciliation with Tracy, as they both continue grieving Jasons death.

Again, its black women who most frequently pummel the shows male characters, both emotionally and physically.

But in a nice exemplification of the smallness of black Chicago, Ethels caretaker is Emmetts mom.

Its only a matter of time until the two mens paths will intersect.

The cop subplot is extraneous and quite frequently intrusive.