Today I bring you a review of this series I’ve been binging for a while now. I mean, I saw some part of it sometime ago but I just had time on my hands so I decided to complete the whole series. If uproar a fan of action and drama, this is the right one for you.
THE PLOT
This series dives into the life of Tariq St. Patrick, a young black man who happened to get roped up in his fathers drug business which was covered up to look legit. With his father dead, his mom is being held in police custody for murdering her husband and Tariq is out there trying to get his mom out of jail.
His father happened to be really dosted but the only way Tariq could claim his trust fund was after he has completed college with a GPA of 3.5. Him getting into college was just by luck and it even came with the requirement that he had to tutor an upcoming basketball player, Zeke Cross. They are paired as roommates and Tariq has to juggle school, tutoring Zeze, making sure his sister and grandma are okay while also trying to find money to pay lawyers for his moms case.
With all this going on, Tariq is out looking for a solution to make quick money and that is how he gets entangled with the Tejada family who happened to be Zeze family and his role was to move drugs up in the school while they moved drugs in the hood. Everything was going good, his mom was set free after she gave up his uncle, Tommy Egan as his fathers killer. But, getting out of the drug game isn’t as easy at it looks.
With history of already moving drugs back in his high school, Tariq is doing great moving drugs in Stansfield with his day one, Brayden who happened to be from a wealthy family yet chose to sell drugs because he just loved to do that. While all this so going on, the NYPD is out there trying to bring down Tariq and anyone connected to moving drugs. But this doesn’t end well for most of these detectives as Tariq always gets away because he’s smart and has one of the best lawyers, Davis Maclean backing him.
Soon enough, everything gets messy with cops dying, Lorenzo Tejada getting out of jail and Tariqs mom in WITSEC. As time goes on, more and more people keep dying all around this drug investigation just to get Tariq and his accomplices in jail. At this point , Tariq , Brayden, their friend Effie and some people in the Tejada family and want out of the drug game, but I guess getting out of the drug business isn’t a one day thing.
Do they finally get to get out of this drug business with targets on their backs each and everyday? You’d have to find out.
MY THOUGHTS AND RATING
I’d rate this show an 8/10 because really, it’s a good one. For a start, I enjoyed every bit of it and that’s why I even decided to come back and finish the whole show. But getting to the end of the series I started to get bored. I mean it was the same routine all over again. Taking out ten old connect, getting a new one, fighting each other and getting back. But yeah, I still think the plot was a good one.
In addition to this, this movie to thought me the importance of family, loyalty and also playing your cards right. I also learnt that anyone can betray you at any time if they have to. People do change, and you’re not that special. So while you’re out there looking out for others, make sure to look out for yourself.
This show is four seasons long and so if you want to see it, you’d need to have a lot of time on your hands but I’d totally recommend it!
