‘Black Ink Crew Chicago’ Recap: Van Cheats on Jenn + Comes Clean

black ink crew chicago season 5 episode 5
Photo Credit: VH1

Van slept with Evenita.

The day after the convention chaos, Ryan is just about over everyone.

Back at the rental house, Gina asks him how he’s feeling. He’s upset that Charmaine did a horrible job planning things and he’s also upset Bella and Evenita fought at the convention.

Since he’s been hard at work trying to rebuild the 9Mag brand, he’s willing to let some people go.

Van wakes up with regret.

In a green screen interview, he reveals he slept with Evenita. Jenn will be in Vegas soon, so Van is nervous about how things are going to go.

He claims he was drunk and Lily teases that she saw him knock on Evenita’s door early in the morning.

The group is reminded about the past.

Charmaine and Phor are nowhere to be found.

They are needed to get paperwork right but neither are answering their phones.

Three hours later, some of the group enjoys some time at the pool.

Phor and Charmaine get back to the house.

They hang up some pictures and tell the others to come in and see them.

Turns out the pictures are throwback photos of the original 9Mag group back in the day. When Ryan learns Charmaine did this instead of getting Lily and Shine’s paperwork done so they can tattoo at the convention, he’s heated.

Junior returns.

Gina, Phor, Ryan, Van and Charmaine are the only ones at the 9Mag booth later that day.

Junior spots them and comes over to speak.

Everyone is happy to see him, except Charmaine.

She hasn’t seen him since the drama in Jamaica.

He’s still upset he was falsely accused of hitting Reese. But he’s thankful the truth came out and he had plenty of support on social media.

Charmaine apologizes for believing Reese so soon.

Junior is receptive and says they will talk more about it later. They all agree to party like old times.

Shine departs.

As Phor does a woman’s tattoo, he reveals in a green screen interview that he hasn’t been happy about anything since Nikki left him.

But he’s actually enjoying the vibe in Vegas.

Meanwhile, Shine is still irritated that he can’t do any tattoos.

He vents about it to Ryan. After all of the drama, Shine really isn’t sure if he’s a good fit for 9Mag.

In a green screen interview, Ryan says he understands how Shine feels. If 9Mag wasn’t his business, he’d leave as well.

So they dap and Shine decides to cut his trip short.

Jenn arrives.

She speaks to everyone and Van shows her where they’re sleeping. He hopes Jenn doesn’t find out what happened with Evenita. Regardless, he introduces Evenita as his apprentice.

It doesn’t take long for Jenn to get a weird feeling.

“Van, we’re gonna be in the hot tub.” – Evenita

For now, Jenn decides not to investigate further.

The next day Lily learns about the group running into Junior.

She tells Ryan that she doesn’t care about Junior. Lily says she’s not angry at Junior anymore. So it’s no big deal if she sees him again.

Phor rejoins the group. Apparently he had a woman over and slept with her loud enough for the others to hear.

Van and Jen decide to make things official.

Jenn wants to have a conversation about Evenita.

They have been together for almost ten years and she wants Van to be honest with her.

So he tells her that he did sleep with Evenita the other night.

“Should I got f*ck somebody else?” – Jenn

“If you want to.” – Van

He then tells Jenn he’s sorry.

“You’re hurting me.” – Jenn

She breaks down in tears and Van says Evenita means nothing to him.

“Prove it. I want to be your wife!” – Jenn

Van agrees to getting hitched in Vegas.

Not too long after he tells Charmaine their plans. Charmaine is happy to hear this but Van is nervous.

Charmaine tells the others to get ready to attend the wedding.

The guys get Van drunk for his wedding.

Later that night, Junior meets up with Ryan, Van and Phor to ride some 3 wheel motorcycles on the Vegas streets.

After they finish, Junior says he will return to 9Mag.

Van then tells the guys that he slept with Evenita. So to make things right, he’s marrying Jenn. It’s clear to them Van doesn’t want to get married but he doesn’t want to lose her.

As the women do their makeup for the last-minute wedding, Evenita walks in. She’s surprised after Charmaine tells her Van is marrying Jenn. Annoyed by this news, Evenita decides to get a hotel away from everyone else.

Charmaine greets Jenn in the bridal suite.

She tells Charmaine that she thinks Van and Jenn will be able to move forward despite their past issues.

Lily and the others question if Van and Jenn are making the right decision.

They head to the chapel.

Van isn’t there yet and he’s obviously had too much to drink.

Both Van and Jenn come to their senses.

When he finally arrives to the chapel, he’s too drunk to even get a grasp of the instructions the official gives him.

Not too long after, Jenn walks down the aisle. They hold hands and face each other.

While giving his vows, Van tells Jenn her loves her but he realizes it’s not a good idea for them to get married in this way.

He doesn’t want to get married without his daughter being there.

Jenn says that she was just testing Van and she realizes he is a weak man.

And she’s getting tired of wasting her time.

She then storms off.

What are your thoughts on the episode?

2 of 2Next

Leave a comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

YOU MAY LIKE

Discover more from Urban Belle Magazine

Subscribe now to keep reading and get access to the full archive.

Continue reading