Greenleaf | Strange Bedfellows | Season 2 | Episode 2

Lady Mae loves having a new grand baby in the house.  She comes into the bedroom after checking on baby Nathan, wearing a negligee.  The Bishop is in bed and they briefly discuss Jacob moving and whether he should tell Jacob that Skanks is the son of Darryl Green, the man who died in the fire.

The Bishop is confident that Green only had two daughters, and no sons.  Lady Mae suggests that Green may have fathered a child outside his married, because men are known to spread their seeds across many fields. The Bishop says he will talk to Jacob about moving out but he doesn’t sound like it’s a priority.

Just as he thinks he’s about to get some loving, the baby starts crying and Lady Mae jumps out of bed and goes running to see about him.  The Bishop asks where the baby’s father is, and we get a quick peek at Kevin in his hotel room.

Sophia has a crush on Isaiah Hambrick, the teen singer from Triumph.  Zora, who seems to have changed a lot since season one, is teasing her as she gives advice on how to get Isaiah to pay attention.  Grace walks in and Zora makes a sassy exit as she reminds Sophia closed mouths don’t get fed.

Grace asks about Hambrick, letting Sophia know she was eavesdropping on their conversation.

 In their suite, Kerissa is helping Jacob dress as he complains about Skanks putting him on the spot at the groundbreaking ceremony. I thought it was cute how she took the tie and unbuttoned Jacob’s shirt.  A reminder that Triumph caters to a younger, more relaxed crowd. Kerissa lets him know that Tasha will be taking her to look at the parsonage later that day.

At Calvary, Grace is approached by the reporter, Darius Nash (Rick Fox).  He lets her know that he isn’t there for a story on the church or her dad, but would like to take her on a post-scandal date, to celebrate.

Grace appears to be a little enamored although she turns him down.

At her office, Grace walks in to find a crystal dove on her desk.  She grabs the figurine and storms out.

Over in Lady Mae’s office she and the Bishop are meeting and she is confirming an interview she worked to set-up for him with a local radio station.  Grace storms in and we learn that the crystal dove is how Lady Mae lets her know she needs to speak with her.  Lady Mae says she can’t stand the sound of Grace’s dreadful voice message greeting.

The reason she wants to speak with Grace is to let her know she has decided to fire Carlton and as associate pastor, Grace has to deliver the bad news.  Lady Mae explains that they have to let him go because half of the deacon’s board has yet to submit their pledges.  Of course Grace is highly offended and says she won’t do it.  She turns to her father for support but he lets her know they need to get the pledges up.

Lady Mae reminds Grace that as the associate pastor, this is within her duties and she has to do it, the sooner the better, because Betty Wilcox, the main person complaining about Carlton, is leaving to go visit her grandbaby and she needs her pledge before she leaves.

Over at Triumph Basie Skanks is listening to a female singer rehearse when Jacob comes in.  Jacob is on the job handling his business.  He lets Skanks know he has met with the General contractor and taken care of other tasks.  Jacob gets beside himself when he tells Skanks not to put him on the spot like he did at the rally. Skanks tells Jacob it was his intention to put him on the spot and that he didn’t know he was going to make the announcement until he was up there and God gave him the vision.

When Jacob doubts him, Skanks reminds Jacob of everything he has done to help get him from under his father’s rule.  He also lets Jacob know never to accuse him of being a liar.

Before moonwalking away, Skanks tells Jacob he needs to go canvas the nearby neighborhoods and introduce himself as the new pastor of Triumph Two.  Jacob is reluctant because most of the residents are members of Calvary.

Basie Skanks is a hustler and Jacob really needs to watch out for him.

Equipped with gift bags that contain a recyclable mug and literature on Triumph, Jacob goes door-to-door.  Evangelism isn’t easy especially when he runs into a faithful Calvary member who puts him in his place for trying to recruit Calvary members.  She tells Jacob she doesn’t care if the mug was wrapped in the cloth they wrapped Jesus in when he died, she’s with Calvary, and Jacob should be ashamed.

Over at Calvary, Charity and Jabari are working on songs for her CD.  I think I sense some chemistry between these two.  But Charity may be getting mixed singles again.  Grace comes in to let Charity know their mom wants to fire Carlton.

Grace is such an instigator.  She acts like she is concerned about Carlton, but she is just trying to use Charity so she doesn’t have to look like the bad guy.

Lady Mae is still in with the Bishop when she gets a call from Mac.  Lady Mae says she doesn’t want to have to change her number, but if Mac keeps calling her she will.  Mac tells her that their father is probably going to die today, but she says he is probably lying.  When the Bishop suggests she goes and pay her respects, she tells him that her father saying he wasn’t involved with the fire was resolution enough for her.

Lady Mae is bringing about a change in Corrine.  She’s tapping into her social media skills so she can run Lady Mae’s Twitter page.  Lady Mae has 70,000 followers.  Charity comes in to inquire about Carlton.  Lady Mae says it is purely financial and has nothing to do with him being gay.

When Charity suggests they cut something else, Lady Mae says sure, we can get rid of Jabari because he’s costing us $50,000.  She then says that Kevin can help produce the CD, but Charity doesn’t want that.  When Charity tells Lady Mae that she promised Carlton this wouldn’t happen and it was going to make her look like a liar; Lady Mae flips the script and apologizes to Charity if she gave her the impression that the firing was up for discussion.

Charity goes to see Grace and let her know that their mother didn’t change her mind.  Grace tells her she doesn’t have to take it and she will go back to talk to the mother with her.  Charity stands up to Grace and tells her if she wants to make this her next crusade to go right ahead, but it isn’t her battle and she doesn’t want to fight it.

Grace being the messy conniving person that she is, calls Darius Nash and says she wants to meet.  She is so dirt and underhanded.  Now we know why Lady Mae can’t stand her.  She is her mother’s daughter.

On her date that isn’t a date, Darius takes Grace to a blues club where they have dinner with beer, dance and laugh a lot.  When Darius asks what she wanted to talk about, she says “off the record,” and then tells him all about Carlton.

He asks Grace what she’s going to do and she says she will do her job, and suggests that it is best that it comes from her.  I think she has caught some feelings for Mr. Nash.

Sophia gets a text from Isaiah, inviting her to his rehearsal.  Zora responds to the text for her and agrees to go along.  Unfortunately, the invite to Sophia was just a ploy to get Zora there, because Isaiah actually has a crush on her.

Bishop Greenleaf goes to give Daddy McCreedy his last rites.  Afterwards he asks him whether Darryl Green had a son, but Mac walks in and interrupts.  The Bishop is being hostile towards Mac in a Christian way.

When he leaves Daddy McCreedy says he doesn’t want to die.  To comfort him Uncle Mac tells him his journey is going to be just like the time he threw him into a cold lake knowing he couldn’t swim.  I was really confused by that story and so was Daddy McCreedy.

Darlene stops Kevin to give him a gift card for the baby.  During their conversation she mentions the rash that the baby has and it is apparent Kevin knew nothing about it, and the church members are unaware of the separation.

Tasha takes Kerissa to see the house and we learn that she was once a realtor and she and Skanks lived in the house when they first came to Triumph.  It is apparent that Kerissa is not ready to give-up the luxurious life of the Greenleaf estates for the humbleness of the suburbs.

Kevin has decided to attend the support group on his own.  The group leader lets him know that he should still come to the meetings and Charity’s refusal to attend may be her way of getting him to step-up and be a man.

Kevin storms into their suite with bass in his voice and confronts Charity.  Maybe the group leader was right because Charity seems to have softened and likes it when Kevin takes control.  After tending to Nathan, the two go out on the veranda and talk about old times.  Charity tells him he can stay the night.

Lady Mae is still riding the Bishop about asking Jacob to stay.  He tells her that the only reason she keeps pushing Jacob up to him is because she is jealous of Grace.  He tells her that Jacob has not talents that fit the church and that Jacob is drinking the Kool-Aid that Mae is pouring him.  She tells him at the very least he can tell Jacob that Skanks is Darryl Green’s son.

The Bishop goes down for a late night snack, wave cap on and all.  Jacob is there and the two get into a discussion.  The Bishop is too prideful to ask Jacob to stay.  The two bicker and Jacob calls his dad a false prophet.

Upstairs Kerissa asks if he saw his dad.  Jacob expresses his feeling of how his dad always makes him feel less than, and disrespected as a son, ordained minister, and a man.  He tells Kerissa he knows she didn’t like the house but now they have no choice but to move.

The following day Lady Mae takes it upon herself to do what she asked Grace to do.  She calls Carlton in and lets him know they are facing financial issues and since he was the last one hired he has to be the first one fired.

He asks Lady Mae her feelings on gay marriage.  Lady Mae says she believes it is a sin but still loves him as a Christian, and reiterates it is a financial decision.  Carlton says he doesn’t believe her but he will pray for the broken part in her that has to believe there has to be a broken part in him.

Lady Mae goes to place the crystal dove on Grace’s desk but she is in her office.  When Grace says she will fire Carlton, Lady Mae lets her know that the deed is already done.  She says she has to deal with the dallying of the Bishop, but not with Grace, because life is too short.  I believe Lady Mae was gloating.

Grace decides to go visit Carlton and Reggie at their house.  She wants them to know that she is upset about what happened.  Carlton tells her he is not going to sue and in return Grace asks him to please continue to attend church.

The show ends with Jacob and his family saying goodbye as the moving truck prepares to leave.  The Bishop comes out but his pride still won’t let him say anything.  When Grace goes to follow her dad back into the house, Lady Mae lets her know that she received Betty Wilcox’s pledge and check.

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