The show opens with Ashe (Sanaa Lathan) and Preston (Stephen James) going to visit Cory’s dad to ask if he’s seen him. Ashe asks if he filed a missing person’s report. He says no because when the two get into it Cory usually goes to his sister’s house. While they are talking shots are fired in the distance.
When they arrive at the scene Deputy Brooks (Beau Knapp) and Lieutenant Breeland (Stephen Moyer) are standing over the body of a black teenager who has been shot and killed. Ashe and Breeland have a brief exchange that ends when he tells her that he can guarantee that the kid on the ground was killed by a black person.
At the pool hall Brooks is asked about Deputy Beck (Tristan Mack Wilds), by a retired cop. He is offended that the department filled his spot with the likes of Beck. The guy pulls out a petition demanding Beck be fired and he wants everyone there to sign. Brooks refuses to sign it and Breeland steps in. There is a brief scuffle and the retired officer leaves.
Kerry Beck (Clare-Hope Ashitey) is trying to get the kids in the car but things are really stressful with the media camped out in the front yard. She heads back inside to get everyone together when Joshua comes out and lets her know he will catch up with her later. He places his earbuds in his ears and goes for a run.
Ashe gets a call that she can talk to Kai. She and Preston go to visit Pastor Janae (Aisha Hinds). Ashe brings up the rumor they heard about Joey Campbell and Pastor Jane suddenly tempers her socially conscious speech. When they ask about Cory she becomes a little concerned that they are learning too much about her dealings.
Politician Penn Moder (R. Keith Harris) shows up at the Carr home. He tells Alicia (Jill Hennessy) that he is going to introduce the Jessie Carr Call First Bill, which is a law that would require police officers to call the parent or guardian of anyone they stop who is under the age of 21. Ailica is offended that he wants to use her son’s death for a political platform, and refuses to throw her support behind the idea. After Moder leaves the house he goes out to the street and is interviewed by a reporter.
The toxicology report shows Jessie Carr’s blood alcohol level was 0.8. Ashe and Preston call the parents in and ask how long had Jessie struggled with alcohol. Alicia says he didn’t have a problem, but Ashe brings up that he was in rehab before. The mom says there was an incident where he and a friend were caught drinking. She sent him to rehab as a precaution.
When asked why they would send him to rehab after one incident, the dad acknowledges that he is a recovering alcoholic. He also shares that Jessie called him a week earlier looking for advice regarding an incident that happened at school. Jessie had gotten drunk and was involved in a fight. Alicia shares that the car Jessie was driving was his high school graduation gift.
Alicia wants to know if he was pulled over for drunk driving the day he was killed. When Ashe says no, Alicia accuses her of trying to come up with a story to make Jessie look bad. She also wants to know when she can get Jessie’s car out of impound.
Pastor Janae and Governor Eamons (Helen Hunt) are having lunch together. Pastor Janae says she called the governor because she would listen to what she has to say. She tells the governor that in her election speech she said she was a champion for the upper class and middle class, but what about the lower class. There are a numerous people looking through the window of the restaurant and this seems to annoy Eamons.
The scene Scene goes to Alicia arriving at Moder’s campaign headquarters. When he comes out to greet her she lets him know that she is in and wants to support him.
Ashe goes to see Alicia and is surprised that there are cameras and make-up artist at the house. She came to give her the release for Jessie’s car, but Alicia lets her know that she no longer believes Ashe is there to seek justice in Jessie’s death.
When someone calls for her, Alicia goes before the camera and begins reciting a statement about the Jessie Carr Bill and how Penn Moder is the best candidate for mothers and will ensure that the police are held accountable regardless of race.
Governor Eamons goes to see Shemeeka Campbell (DeWanda Wise) after talking to Pastor Janae. She is accompanied by her aide, Sarah Ellis (Conor Leslie). She meets Shemeeka’s youngest son Shawn (Kylen Davis). He is very mannerable and offers their guess a choice of tea or lemonade. They are all in the bedroom that Joey and Shawn shared. Eamons looks around and notices tape on the floor. Shemeeka shares hare the floor was damaged and that she decided to keep the tape to remember Joey.
Shawn is asking the governor a lot of questions letting her know that he is a smart kid. In return she asks him about the Hornets basketball team. Shawn lets her know that was Joey’s thing and not his. The governor decides she has been there long enough and says she has to leave. Before she goes, Shemeeka asks if she can help get Shawn into a better school because the one he’s in is closing. Eamons says she will see what she can do and shakes Shawns hand. She seems shocked that he has a nice handshake.
Ashe and Preston go to talk to Cara (Jenna Kanell), Jessie’s girlfriend. She shares that Jessie started drinking after pledging a fraternity. He became intoxicated one night and got into an altercation with the Resident Assistant.
Ashe goes to the dorm to talk the RA. He tells them that Jessie got drunk one time. When she asks him to tell her what happened, he says he’s not a snitch. Ashe says if she had a dollar for every time someone said that before they snitched she’d be a millionaire. The guy tells her that Jessie was “White boy wasted.” They got into a fight and he had to beat his ass. Ashe asks if it was in front of his frat brothers, and he replies, no in front of everybody.
At the storyboard Preston and Ashe debate whether or not Jessie was a racist. Ashe receives a call that a friend tracked Kiana’s (Antonique Smith) mobile phone. Preston is worried that she used illegal means to find her. The two are bickering about college and frats when Preston tells her he is a Sigma. Ashe is shocked. Preston then tells her how many politicians, judges and members of the DOJ that are Sigma’s.
Ashe goes to see Kiana and she is set-up in a nice place, fully furnished and full of shopping bags. Outside someone is listening to their conversation. On her drive back the next day, Ashe calls Preston to fill him in. When they disconnect she gets a call that Javier forgot about the call so it may be 2 -3 hours before they can connect.
Preston goes to the frat house to inquire about Jessie’s plans on the day he was killed. The guy who comes to the door says that Jessie was on his way to Gate’s barbecue. Preston states it was a long drive for some barbecue, but the frat brother says that was what he wanted.
Lieutenant Breeland goes to visit Shemeeka at the request of the Governor. He apologizes for the way he came across the first time he visited. He says he means well and wants to be the first person she calls if she hears anything.
Back at the college Preston attends a party and engages with one of the fraternity pledges (Elijah Marcano). The kid lets Preston know that after Jessie was beaten the frat brothers started harassing him, saying it was an embarrassment for him to get beat-up by a black guy.
Beck finally returns home and his dinner is on the table and Kerry is trying to fix the plumbing under the kitchen sink. She called the plumber but he refused to come. Beck believes that it’s because he is the black cop that killed the white guy.
When Kerry says they are already being given the side-eye by everyone else, they can’t do it to each other; Joshua implies that she isn’t being looked at sideways.
Kerry says that she went to get fitted for her bridesmaid’s dress and was all but asked to bow out by the wedding coordinator. She assures Joshua that they can get through anything together.
Ashe goes to the Sheriff’s office to ask where she should turn in the paperwork for Jessie’s car. Without ever making eye contact the deputy tells her it goes to the impound lot. As she walks away she overhears and officer speaking to Cory’s dad. He is there filing a missing person’s report.
Later Ashe tail’s him as he leaves the house. Her daughter calls and begins to tell her about Paula taking her shoe shopping. This strikes a nerve and Ashe goes off about Kai talking in Spanish and missing her call to go shoe shopping. Kai begins to cry and Javier gets on the phone. He hangs up on Ashe and then blocks her number.
Preston is at the batting cage when Sarah shows up. He shares with her that he may have placed Cory’s life in danger. Sarah reveals that when she was in college at Duke she learned a Frat had a slut book, so she organized a slut walk and got the fraternity shut down. The event got the attention of the governor’s office and earned her an internship. Preston asks if her name was on the list.
Jessie’s car is delivered, the scene fades to Joshua and Kerry in the shower, and then goes back to Alicia as she gets in Jessie’s car and begins to cry.
Ashe has followed Cory’s dad to a gas station. When he leaves there he heads over to an apartment. Ashe goes into the apartment gun drawn and gets into a physical altercation with someone. The lights are out so she only knows that it’s a male. When she gets the person down she realizes it is Cory.
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Tracy
Tracy L. Darity is the author of three novels, He Loves Me He Loves Me Not!, Love...Like Snow in Florida on a Hot Summer Day, and The Red Bear Society. Available in print and e-book. To learn more, visit www.TracyLDarity.com or Amazon.com
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