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Maaaaaaaaaaan … they really duped us out here in television land. Many, many episodes ago, Unique Mathis met what looked like his end at the hands of his big brother, Ronnie. The body was dumped off in the woods somewhere. Everybody thought he was dead. Pernessa. Ronnie. Raquel. Kanan. Marvin. Everybody.
Or so we thought. In what can only be described as a complete okey-doke, in a season finale where Ronnie and Det. Howard meet their makers, the show ends with Unique standing over the body of his dead brother. This begs so many questions. Like, so, so many questions. Let’s ask a few of them. Also, Lou-Lou is still alive, therapy can work and Jukebox is going to the Army for real now.
1. Who knew that Unique was still alive?
This is the big question. Clearly, Ronnie didn’t. If Raq did know (more on this later), she did an impeccable job of hiding it. She seems like the only one who maybe could know but even that is a reach.
2. If Raquel did know, why would she let him know where they were meeting up (where he ultimately saw Ronnie dead)?
Raquel did not know Kanan was about to kill Ronnie. She thought (or so we think) she was going to deliver $500,000 to Ronnie in exchange for her son. Why would Unique be told this is going down? Or did she call him after and say, Ronnie is dead as a doornail in the warehouse. Don’t stay long, though, just long enough for the camera to pan up on you.
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3. Det. Howard didn’t deserve to die like that. That’s not a question.
I’m mad his last words were “Are you serious?” Granted he told Raquel that Marvin was going to have to take one for the team and go to prison, but arguably, he’s done more for the family than almost anybody else, Raq included. Lou and Kanan aren’t fans. Marvin is trying…
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