There are plenty of benefits to the shorter seasons of six
to twelve episodes. But one thing that we
typically lose in the shrinking of seasons from the twenty-two episodes strung
out across nine months are less holiday episodes. NBC experiments this year with special
Christmas episodes of Young Rock and Mr. Mayor but usually these short seasons rarely
acknowledge holidays. Or they just do what
The Chi is doing and airing a Christmas episode less than a week after
Independence Day. But hey, The Hallmark
Channel celebrates Christmas in July every year.
And with record highs already across the nation, watching a
show taking place in snowy Chicago may be just the reprieve we need this summer. There is no big mystery that starts this season,
no who shot the mayor, who killed Coogie, or what happened to Kiesha. Well, unless you count how long will Emmitt say
celibate for. Yes, that is an actual
storyline this season, but a mystery much easier to solve than previous ones on
the show.
Other low stakes questions being asked this season include
will Jada stay will her younger man or get back with her baby daddy? Will Papa and Jake make up after Papa goes hard
on him in front of the whole school?
Will Kevin embrace his inner geek to get a girl? Can Trig turn his community action into real
change while running for city council?
Or more importantly, why is Trig rocking afro puffs this season?
The Chi airs Sundays at 9:00 on Showtime. New episodes are released early on Friday streaming
and On Demand so you can watch the premiere now.
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