Bryce slips into a coma
Desna’s world is crashing down, again. She’s seen shedding tears outside Zlata’s home and in the hospital with the rest of her girls, Roller and Uncle Daddy. She replays everything that occurred up until Bryce getting shot.
Desna slowly comes to her senses in the hospital, surrounded by Uncle Daddy, Roller, Ann, Poly and Virginia. She gets up and of course, Roller follows. When he catches up to her, he reveals that he knew about Greg. However, he is shocked when Desna tells him he’s sleeping with Zlata. Roller also reveals that he’s a leader of a Haitian gang.
As Desna expresses disappointment in Roller, Bryce slips into a coma. A distraught Jenn blames Desna for everything. Desna takes the blame and Jenn screams at her.
“This is your fault. All of it! All of it!” – Jenn
Dean and Desna run off.
Desna heads home to get Dean and gets him into his old car. Dean’s asks why can’t they take the Maserati and Desna pleads with him to come with her. She didn’t take Zlata’s gifted luxury car because she didn’t want to be tracked down.
Bryce’s family learned Bryce slipped into a coma, and Roller’s looking for revenge. Uncle Daddy stays behind as they all learn Bryce’s holding on by a thread.
Roller attacks Zlata, and Zlata threatens her grandson.
Back at Zlata’s, she’s meeting with Greg looking over all of the property Desna owns. She tells him to hurry up with the wedding, as everything she owns will become Greg’s equally.
Zlata’s worried Uncle Daddy’s going to come for revenge. As Greg hides, Roller rushes in and attacks Zlata. Zlata calls for Boris and he separates Roller from Zlata. Roller threatens to Kill Zlata but, Zlata’s unfazed. Zlata notes that her grandson doesn’t mean much to her as Olga can get pregnant easily.
“Tell me, why do Americans make such big deal out of killing babies? Olga can have more. She gets pregnant like fat man goes jogging, once or twice a year.” – Zlata
Boris reveals to him that he will kill his son if Zlata dies. Greg calms her down, but Zlata is more determined than ever to kill Uncle Daddy.
Desna heads to see Mrs. Wallace.
While driving, Desna replays everything that happened up until that moment. Suddenly, Desna makes a quick left for the beach. Once there, she heads to the show, breaking down crying. She walks into the ocean and Dean pulls her out of the water. He’s now panicking and telling her he wants to go home.
That inspires Desna to head somewhere else she remembers.
“Home” for Dean and Desna is Mrs. Wallace’s house. Desna feels comfortable returning to Mrs. Wallace’s neighborhood. However, the home’s up for sale, and boarded up. Somehow, they managed to get in the house, despite Dean pointing out they’re breaking and entering.
Virginia’s left in charge.
Ann, Poly and Virginia are at the shop, worried about Desna. Zlata stops by the shop asking about Desna too. Ann and Poly come up with an excuse that Desna’s sick. Zlata commands they tell Desna to get better. She then asks about Bryce’s status.
“You can’t blame the scorpion for the sting.” – Zlata
Ann and Poly then have to run out to watch Jenn’s daughters. Due to the stress of everything, Virginia’s left in charge of the shop. Luckily for Virginia, a group of children celebrating come in for their first manicure.
A young Dean and Desna appear in a flashback.
Desna and Dean are in the home reminiscing. A flashback ensues that shows Ms. Wallace taking care of them as children. Their mom shows up trying to take them home, knowing they don’t want to leave. Dean and Desna’s mom is a drug addict and they know living with her would be trouble.
A young Desna tells Mrs. Wallace she doesn’t want to leave. But, Mrs. Wallace know she can’t stay and gives her words to live by.
“Whenever you feel it getting dark, just know you got a light inside and it’s burning bright.” – Mrs. Wallace
She then tells them to come back if they ever need her. Well now, Desna’s back needing her more than ever but, Mrs. Wallace nowhere in sight.
“Where are your Mrs. Wallace?” – Desna
Desna learns from Mrs. Wallace’s former neighbor that her daughter Corina works at the local middle school down the street. So Desna takes Dean to their old school to find her.
Uncle Daddy doesn’t care about Zlata coming to kill him.
Ann and Poly bring Jenn food and tell her they’ll babysit the kids.
Hank stopped by the hospital to check on Jennifer. Jennifer scolds Hank for stopping by the hospital, and doesn’t accept his teddy bear gift. Hank sees Roller, and Roller heads over to him. Roller begins punching him in the face.
Jenn screams at Hank to get lost.
Meanwhile, Uncle Daddy’s praying over Bryce’s body. Roller comes in to tell him that Zlata’s coming to kill him. However, Uncle Daddy doesn’t care, insisting Jenn and Roller pray over Bryce.
“I don’t give a s***.” – Uncle Daddy
Jenn and Roller honor’s Uncle Daddy’s request, joining him for prayer.
Poly finds time while babysitting to recruit women for Hammer and Pickle, and give Sweetback advice on how to pleasure a client. As this happens, Ken heads to the hospital wired by Arlene and her partner. Ken nervously asks Roller and Uncle Daddy questions about the pill operation. But, they ignore him and tell Ken to leave. Arlene and Lucy express their frustration with Ken.
“I hate him so much.” – Lucy
“I literally can hear him sweat.” – Arlene
Virginia’s overwhelmed by children at the shop.
Back at the shop, Virginia’s overwhelmed by the birthday party in the shop. She manages to get Toby and his friend in the shop to help. As Virginia barks orders at Toby, Toby makes a quip about Virginia acting like Desna.
Ann confronts Poly about being happy working for Zlata as a madam. Poly’s excited about working in a big role. She wishes she can stay loyal to Desna but still make money with Zlata. Ann tells her to stick with Desna.
“We all gotta stick together.” – Ann
At their middle school, Dean and Desna are on the playground. Desna’s worried about “half of Palmetto” looking for her. However, Dean gets excited by a tree on the playground. He climbs it, heading to a hiding spot. The hiding spot has an old toy from his childhood. Desna then experiences another flashback.
In this one, Desna takes up for Dean being picked on by two boys. Although she’s bigger than the boys, one of them easily pushes her down. She eventually snaps out of it and gets him down.
Roller’s doing his best to convince Uncle Daddy to leave the hospital.
“We gotta do something about this s***. Every second you stay here, you’re getting closer to death.” – Roller
Uncle Daddy doesn’t move. As long as Bryce is in the coma, Uncle Daddy isn’t leaving.
“I ain’t going nowhere until God gives me a reason.” – Uncle Daddy
Jennifer uses s*x to help Bryce awaken from his coma.
Bryce is still in the coma, and Jenn’s talking to him. As she begins to rub his leg, she tells him a story of how they relapsed from their addictions. As she reminisces, she begins to cry. She stops crying when she sees an erection growing. This gives her an idea, and she removes her panties.
Dean and Desna come across Corina and they tell her how much her mom meant to them. She tells Desna she’s at Temple Glade.
Jean seems to waken Bryce with her lovemaking. As Jenn grinds on Bryce, Bryce grabs out for Jenn. This motivates Jenn to keep going, and eventually, Bryce’s eyes slowly open.
When Bryce comes back to his senses, Jenn calls out for the doctors out of excitement. Everyone runs in including Roller and Uncle Daddy. Roller’s makes a quip about Jenn’s ability to wake Bryce out of his coma.
“That’s some magic p***y. You need to bottle it.” – Roller
Mrs. Wallace gives Desna much-needed advice.
Desna and Dean head over to the retirement home to see Mrs. Wallace. Everyone is happy to see each other, and Desna tells her about the trouble she’s in. When Desna brings up the saying Mrs. Wallace told her, and how she doesn’t feel it applies to her anymore, Mrs. Wallace said that was just hogwash.
Mrs. Wallace dismissed the saying as she revealed she said that to many kids. But apparently, she knew the fighting spirit Desna had in her was always there.
“…You came from a line of s***kickers if I remember correct. You don’t need me to teach you how to fight back. Sounds like you just need to remember who you are.” – Mrs. Wallace
Boris and Zlata’s other goons arrive at the hospital. They come across bald men that look like Uncle Daddy, and Boris injects one with poison. As the man dies, Boris realizes he isn’t Uncle Daddy.
Virginia calls Desna to leave an inspirational message. She understood what it takes to do what Desna does everyday running multiple businesses.
Roller tells Uncle Daddy that Zlata’s going to kill his grandson. At this point, Uncle Daddy decides to take Roller’s advice and call Chip. Meanwhile, Greg calls Zlata trying to figure out where Desna is. He’s at the hospital watching Uncle Daddy and the family from a distance. Zlata’s really focused on keeping Desna in her grasp.
“We have her where we want her.” – Zlata
With help from a dream, Desna refocuses.
Desna’s outside of the retirement home having another daydream. She’s with the younger versions of herself playing double dutch. She’s going over everything that’s happened in the past, confronting everyone. The youngest her tells her mom she’s going to be better than her. Desna’s middle school self punches the kid who pushed her defending Dean.
Afterwards, she’s joined on the bench by her younger versions. The Middle School version tells the older Desna to “turn that s*** up.”
Dean snaps her out of the daydream, but Desna’s mind is made up.
Desna runs into Jenn back at the hospital later that night. She tells Jenn that Greg and Zlata are playing her. She also tells Jenn that she was right, apologizing. Desna then runs into Greg, and they share a moment. Desna knows about Greg but plays along.
When Greg tries to kiss her, Desna bites him instead.
“I have a freaky side to me you haven’t seen.” – Desna
Meanwhile, Arlene and Lucy have Ken back in their surveillance van. Ken asks the detectives if Poly’s going with him into witness protection. When told no, he asks would she go if they got married.
At a warehouse, Roller arrives with Uncle Daddy to meet Chip. Desna calls Uncle Daddy with info about Chip. Chip’s apparently on Zlata’s side and Desna overheard this while talking to Zlata. Before calling, she gave Zlata no inkling she turned back to Uncle Daddy’s side, promising to work harder than ever before.
When Uncle Daddy meets Chip, he immediately shoots Chip in the chest with a shotgun.
“So much for going straight.” – Uncle Daddy
They then walk off.
Desna burns her wedding dress.
Desna stopped by Poly’s with Uncle Daddy and Roller. She asks Poly if Uncle Daddy could stay with him as he is on the run from Zlata. Desna and Roller have another talk after Poly reluctantly agrees.
Roller tells Desna something else he’s been hiding; Uncle Daddy and Roller had a plan to use Greg to take out the Russians. This news angers her, but she now has her own plan.
“Y’all gonna help me do it. You’re gonna do it my way.” – Desna
As Jenn and Bryce are with their kids in the hospital room, everyone’s happy. Bryce’s daughters hug him as he lays in the bed. Meanwhile, Hank stalks them outside, looking in their room from the parking lot.
Ken gets even nervous when he sees Uncle Daddy in the house, learning that he’s staying there for a while. But he disregards that, trying to propose.
The episode ends with Desna at home, looking at her wedding dress in the mirror, replaying all of her memories of Greg and Zlata.
She then takes the dress outside and lights it on fire.
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