Grace continues to confront Mae about Lionel possibly being her biological father.
The episode with Mae walking away from Grace after telling her she doesn’t know if Lionel’s her father. Mae seems to be more concerned about Grace using this against her, bringing shame upon her in the church. She tells Grace she never wants to speak about it again.
The news stirs Grace emotionally.
Jacob desperately called Basie and he isn’t picking up. Kerissa seems to think he’s more concerned with Tasha’s well-being than theirs. He decides to go to Basie and Tasha’s to convince her to talk to the FBI despite this.
Tasha learns more of Basie’s underhanded dealings.
At their home, Tasha’s apparently unharmed but Basie’s ready to head out. He’s taking the money that Rochelle took from both Calvary and Triumph to Mexico. He commands Rochelle to make sure Tasha packs her bags to meet Basie at a motel.
She gets rather aggressive with Tasha when Basie counts the stolen money Rochelle took in front of Tasha.
It’s the day before Mae’s big “Day With Lady Mae” event and she and Maxine are being pampered beforehand. Maxine asks about Mae telling Grace about Lionel. Mae reveals Grace approached her about it after hearing Aaron and is concerned about Grace telling James about the transgression. However, Maxine doesn’t care about that, calling her “Pastor” in the process.
“Oh, you’ll be fine pastor.” – Maxine
At their home, Aaron gets a call from Grace. She approaches him about taking a paternity test. He agrees and mentions he didn’t tell Kevin about it.
Jacob heads over to Tasha’s just as Basie and Rochelle run off with her.
At Tasha’s, Jacob arrives and notices the front door opened. He walks in and screams out for Tasha noticing the place is openly messy. Later on, Grace is with James and her lawyer Elliott going over a strategy to fight the FBI.
Her attorney says he claims he’s senile. However, James scoffs at this because he doesn’t want the trustees taking the church away from him. He then tells James that this is the last moment of his life where he won’t be in prison.
When he leaves the office they both realize that they have to find Tasha and get her to confess to everything.
“There’s no other way.” – Elliott
Aaron and Grace head to take the test and Grace hears Kevin learned from Aaron. Grace’s concerned Charity will tell James before she gets a chance to. Before the test occurs, Jacob calls her to let her know that Tasha ran off with Basie and Rochelle.
“From the look of things, they won’t be coming back.” – Jacob
Zora is working on a promo video for Isaiah’s upcoming tour. She tries to show and tell Isaiah about it but he doesn’t seem interested. Isaiah’s more interested in texting his apparent new girl. He then asks Zora to pack his clothes, which irks her. She demands to start getting paid for all the stuff she does.
Grace and Jacob plot to get Tasha away from Rochelle.
Coralie calls Rochelle about her children’s foster home. She wants to get them out despite Rochelle pleading while running off with Tasha. When Rochelle hangs up, she gets into the car with Tasha and lets out a huge sigh.
At church, James runs into Connie and Pastor Philip Demars. Connie is interviewing Philip in an effort to have him replace James at Calvary. James keeps everything casual until he leaves them.
“Uh Philip, it’s still “Bishop.” And I don’t see that changing anytime soon.” – James
“If you ask me, that’s a church man who knows his days are numbered.” – Philip
That evening, Grace and Jacob are staking out Tasha when Kerissa calls. Grace hits Jacob when he tells Grace he and Tasha kissed and as a result, Kerissa thinks Tasha is in love with him.
He changes the subject and asks about Darius. Grace tells them she and Darius aren’t in a good place. Jacob then openly wonders if anyone would care if he and Kerissa did spilt, revealing he still wants her.
Their plan works.
Suddenly, Rochelle approaches with Tasha in the car. They see Tasha forced into the home and they get out to investigate. Inside, Rochelle and Tasha are talking to Coralie, but then a violent knock happens on the front door. Rochelle demands Coralie not to answer the door but she ignores the order. Jacob and Rochelle barge in and Rochelle aggressive heads over to Coralie.
Rochelle demands that Tasha leave with her, but Jacob doesn’t let that happen.
“You have been nothing but trouble for me, Rochelle.” – Tasha
“But what about Basie? – Rochelle
She tries to pull at Tasha’s heart strings, reminding her of where she came from. However, that doesn’t move Tasha at all.
Before Rochelle leaves, Rochelle tries to pull at Grace emotionally bringing up Mac’s violent demise.
“Let’s see which one of us is sitting on the right side of God on that day…I know what you did in Phoenix!” – Rochelle
Outside, she and Jacob urge Tasha to talk to the FBI.
Zora finally escapes Isaiah.
At Isaiah’s, Zora is fed up and ready to head back to Memphis. She’s tired of how Isaiah’s been treating her and sees the error of her ways. But Isaiah does his best to maintain his power over her.
First he retaliated by calling her boring, in response to what she said about being with him. Then said, “I should’ve stuck in your cousin first, like she wanted.”
When that didn’t stop her from leaving, he pushes the door close and pushes her onto the kitchen island trying to choke her. Zora finally got the upper hand, knocking Isaiah’s head onto the granite counter. This gives her enough time to pull out her phone and record him as she walks out.
Back at Calvary, James heads into Mae’s office to deliver the news about what Jacob and Grace were able to do about Rochelle and Tasha.
Despite this news, James isn’t relieved fully. He reveals to Mae that Connie’s trying to join Philip’s Harmony and Hope Church Network, leaving them out of power.
“I’ll make sure that doesn’t happen.” – Mae
James tries to plead that Mae leaves after her event, but she has completely different plans. She demands to be Co-Pastor.
“Pride goeth before a fall.” – James
James faces Basie with a Gun as Mae’s preaching wins over the crowd.
“A Day With Lady Mae” goes on with much excitement as praise dancers get cheers. Charity also performs with them with much praise from the parishioners. Grace is in attendance, but it doesn’t seem she’s going to preach. Maxine joins Charity during their music selection.
Afterwards, Maxine and Charity introduce Mae to the crowd as Pastor Greenleaf. As Mae hits the stage, Grace gets the results from the clinic and calls Aaron to come to the church. Meanwhile, Zora’s at the bus station when Sophia arrives to pick her up.
In his office, James notices Grace walking by. He tells her thanks for telling her the truth about Rochelle.
“I put me and this whole family in jeopardy and you never stopped fighting to save us all. And I thank you.” – James
As this moment happens, Mae has her moment in the sanctuary. Mae’s words resonates with the women in attendance. But Connie doesn’t seem all that moved.
Jacob and Kerissa are at home and she’s hearing from Jacob that he loves her.
Back at the church, the women are hanging off of Mae’s every word. Surprisingly, Basie walks in James’ office pointing a gun at him.
“Just thought I’d come in and give you what I thought God was too selfish to give.” – Basie
As this altercation goes on, Aaron and Grace are looking at the paternity results.
James tries his best to convince Basie to put down the gun. Meanwhile, Mae’s preaching referring about setting the truth free. As she says this, Kerissa’s seemingly done with her relationship with Jacob, saying she wants a divorce just as Zora returns.
“All you are is a man with a broken heart, and debts to pay.” – James
Everything culminates with Basie ending up in tears getting ready to shoot James.
“If you’re anything as I think you are, you’re gonna end up burning like my daddy.” – Basie
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