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I want to feel bad for Lou-Lou. I really do. Whatever demons and ghosts he’s dealing with that have him spiraling at breakneck speed seem unconquerable. Lou is dangerous to himself and others. The thing is, I don’t even quite understand this spiral. I realize that Lou is still bent out of shape at having to participate in killing Scrap, but I mean, that is 100% of the game that Lou seemed fine with early on. I suppose he got tired of doing what he feels to be the dirt work, and it is weighing on his soul. But you can’t really have a conscience in their game. So off go Raquel, Marvin and Lou-Lou down a dark, windy road and we have no idea if they’re all coming back.
This sucks for everybody involved, right? Famous really needs a music producer and well, that’s not going to work out. Raq and Marvin are literally (possibly) driving their brother to his own death … THAT THEY HAVE TO EXACT. I mean, talk about Greek tragedy! Even Jukebox, who we’ll get to next, will lose out on a musical aspiration for her that, at one point, seemed fruitful. But, again, Lou is a danger to himself and others.
Jukebox, oh, Jukebox. So Juke got hemmed up by the FBI after killing her performance with Butta at Garden State Mall. They had her in an interrogation room asking her questions about her father’s role in a drug syndicate, basically. It is now that I think I’m finally starting to see how the Jukebox I know from “Power” starts to form. When she told Agent Tanner that he ruined her whole life, I FELT that. Because he did. The biggest day of her musical career was tanked by the feds coming in and alleging, in front of her manager and groupmates, that her family was part of a major drug operation. Jukebox is, now, a liability and music is gone. I’m expecting her to head off to the Army almost immediately.
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