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* PoliceBrutality: This is a recurring element of the series. Nova is an activist who works tirelessly to expose how violent, racist, and corrupt the New Orleans Police Department is, which creates tension in her relationship with her boyfriend Calvin, who works as an officer in that very department. [[spoiler:In season 5 it's revealed that Calvin broke a Black kid's back while working as a cop, leaving him paralyzed for life. Nova is horrified by this revelation and Calvin turns himself in to Internal Affairs to finally take responsibility for his actions.]]
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''Queen Sugar'' is an America family drama airing on OWN. It was created, directed, and produced by Creator/AvaDuVernay. [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] is also a producer. The series is based on the novel by Natalie Baszile. It tells the story of three siblings who are forced to work together to run the family sugarcane farm after the unexpected death of their beloved father. The series premiered on September 6, 2016. On August 1, 2016, the series was renewed for a second season.
Nova, the eldest, is a determined journalist and activist trying to change the corrupt New Orleans police department. Charley, the middle child, lives a charmed life in Los Angeles until a scandal threatens to tear her family apart. Ralph Angel, the youngest, struggles with getting his life back together after being released from prison.
Nova, the eldest, is a determined journalist and activist trying to change the corrupt New Orleans police department. Charley, the middle child, lives a charmed life in Los Angeles until a scandal threatens to tear her family apart. Ralph Angel, the youngest, struggles with getting his life back together after being released from prison.
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''Queen Sugar'' is an America family drama airing on OWN. It was created, directed, and produced by Creator/AvaDuVernay. [[Series/TheOprahWinfreyShow Oprah Winfrey]] is also a producer. The series is based on the novel by Natalie Baszile. It tells the story of three siblings who are forced to work together to run the family sugarcane farm after the unexpected death of their beloved father. The series premiered on September 6, 2016. On August 1, 2016, 2016 and ran for seven seasons, with the series was renewed for a second season.finale airing on November 29, 2022.
Nova, the eldest, is a determined journalist and activist trying to change the corrupt New Orleans police department. Charley, the middle child, lives a charmed life in Los Angeles until a scandal threatens to tear her family apart. Ralph Angel, the youngest, struggleswith getting to get his life back together after being released from prison.
Nova, the eldest, is a determined journalist and activist trying to change the corrupt New Orleans police department. Charley, the middle child, lives a charmed life in Los Angeles until a scandal threatens to tear her family apart. Ralph Angel, the youngest, struggles
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* ButNotTooBlack: Averted. The black characters come in all shades. Charley is fair-skinned, but both her siblings are very dark.
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* CustodyBattle:
** Charley tries to get full custody of Micah during her divorce from Davis, but Davis blackmails her into settling for joint custody with the fact that [[spoiler:she forged his signature to get a loan for her sugar mill]].
** [[spoiler:Ralph Angel ends his engagement to Darla after she confesses that Blue might not be his biological son, which is later confirmed to be the case by a DNA test. At her mother's urging, Darla attempts to gain full custody of Blue, which Ralph Angel resists by pointing out that, regardless of biology, his name is on the birth certificate and he's the only father Blue has ever known. Darla eventually drops the case and agrees to co-parent.]]
** Charley tries to get full custody of Micah during her divorce from Davis, but Davis blackmails her into settling for joint custody with the fact that [[spoiler:she forged his signature to get a loan for her sugar mill]].
** [[spoiler:Ralph Angel ends his engagement to Darla after she confesses that Blue might not be his biological son, which is later confirmed to be the case by a DNA test. At her mother's urging, Darla attempts to gain full custody of Blue, which Ralph Angel resists by pointing out that, regardless of biology, his name is on the birth certificate and he's the only father Blue has ever known. Darla eventually drops the case and agrees to co-parent.]]
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* TechBro: When Micah starts selling in photography as [=NFTs=], he befriends several suave, confident young men who are deeply involved in the tech industry. When he sees how greedy and self-centered they really are, he backs off from [=NFTs=].
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* TechBro: When Micah starts selling in his photography as [=NFTs=], he befriends several suave, confident young men who are deeply involved in the tech industry. When he sees how greedy and self-centered they really are, he backs off from [=NFTs=].
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* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Nova's love interest in season 6, Dominic, is her new neighbor. They officially data in season 7, [[spoiler:but breakup after he decides to take a new job abroad]].
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* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Nova's love interest in season 6, Dominic, is her new neighbor. They officially data date in season 7, [[spoiler:but breakup after he decides to take a new job abroad]].
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* SatelliteFamilyMember:
** Charley Bordelon's mother Lorna only exists because she needs to have a different mother than her half-siblings, Nova and Ralph Angel. The fact that Charley is their half-sibling explains why she had a different childhood than them, resulting in her snobbier, more materialistic worldview. It also explains why Charley is initially more disconnected from their community, because she grew up with her mother in California rather than in Louisiana. Lorna appears from time to time, but is largely uninvolved in the drama that the Bordelons experience throughout the series. Lorna's absence is explained away as her being too busy with work.
** Davis' secret love child Tia is introduced to cause further turmoil in his already tense relationships with his son Micah and ex-wife Charley. The fact that he hid his affair and Tia's existence for years (she's only a few years younger than Micah) makes Davis look really bad, especially after he tries to pressure Charley into being a mother figure for Tia. Charley refuses, but the fact that she is never unkind toward Tia in spite of her own heartbreak makes her extremely sympathetic. Tia herself is not given any characterization at all and disappears from the story shortly afterward.
** Charley Bordelon's mother Lorna only exists because she needs to have a different mother than her half-siblings, Nova and Ralph Angel. The fact that Charley is their half-sibling explains why she had a different childhood than them, resulting in her snobbier, more materialistic worldview. It also explains why Charley is initially more disconnected from their community, because she grew up with her mother in California rather than in Louisiana. Lorna appears from time to time, but is largely uninvolved in the drama that the Bordelons experience throughout the series. Lorna's absence is explained away as her being too busy with work.
** Davis' secret love child Tia is introduced to cause further turmoil in his already tense relationships with his son Micah and ex-wife Charley. The fact that he hid his affair and Tia's existence for years (she's only a few years younger than Micah) makes Davis look really bad, especially after he tries to pressure Charley into being a mother figure for Tia. Charley refuses, but the fact that she is never unkind toward Tia in spite of her own heartbreak makes her extremely sympathetic. Tia herself is not given any characterization at all and disappears from the story shortly afterward.
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* PlotTriggeringDeath: The death of Ernest Bordelon brings his three children together to run the family sugarcane farm.
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* AbortedArc: Charley's story arc of running for Congress is pushed into the background of season 7 after she's DemotedToExtra.
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** Nova and Calvin. Despite the messy end of their relationship and the fact that Calvin got divorced because of their affair, they're still on good terms. [[spoiler: In season 4, they get back together]].
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** Nova and Calvin. Despite the messy end of their relationship and the fact that Calvin got divorced because of their affair, they're still on good terms. [[spoiler: In season 4, After getting back together and breaking up several times, they get back end the series together]].
** As of season 7, Ralph Angel is on friendly terms with his ex-girlfriend Trinh.
** Micah and Keke remain on good terms following their break-up.
** Micah and Keke remain on good terms following their break-up.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:In the finale Nova and Calvin settle down in a house she inherited from her cousin Martha and it's implied that Nova is pregnant]].
* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: Remy and Jacob return for the final episode of the series to help the Bordelons regain their land]].
* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler: Remy and Jacob return for the final episode of the series to help the Bordelons regain their land]].
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* BigStormEpisode: A hurricane rips through Louisiana in 1.08 and afterwards [[spoiler: the bodies of two migrant workers are found on the Bordelon property. It's later revealed that they weren't caught in the storm, but murdered for the money they were carrying]].
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* BigStormEpisode: BigStormEpisode:
** A hurricane rips through Louisiana in 1.08 and afterwards [[spoiler: the bodies of two migrant workers are found on the Bordelon property. It's later revealed that they weren't caught in the storm, but murdered for the money they werecarrying]].carrying]].
** Episode 7.07 has another storm episode. Ralph Angel and Micah get stuck in the farmhouse. [[spoiler:Calvin attempts to reconcile with Nova]].
** A hurricane rips through Louisiana in 1.08 and afterwards [[spoiler: the bodies of two migrant workers are found on the Bordelon property. It's later revealed that they weren't caught in the storm, but murdered for the money they were
** Episode 7.07 has another storm episode. Ralph Angel and Micah get stuck in the farmhouse. [[spoiler:Calvin attempts to reconcile with Nova]].
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* {{Blackmail}}: Davis threatens to reveal [[spoiler: that Charley forged his signature to get a loan for the mill if she doesn't agree to give him shared custody of Micah]]. Though later he claims it was just a bluff.
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* {{Blackmail}}: {{Blackmail}}:
** Davis threatens to reveal [[spoiler: that Charley forged his signature to get a loan for the mill if she doesn't agree to give him shared custody of Micah]]. Though later he claims it was just abluff.bluff.
** [[spoiler:Darla threatens to come forward about her sexual assault allegations against Chase unless he signs over paternity rights to Blue, agrees to stay away from her and her family, and makes a huge donation to the St. Josephine's Farm Co-op. To enforce this, she has Hollywood secretly record Chase admitting to the rape]].
** Davis threatens to reveal [[spoiler: that Charley forged his signature to get a loan for the mill if she doesn't agree to give him shared custody of Micah]]. Though later he claims it was just a
** [[spoiler:Darla threatens to come forward about her sexual assault allegations against Chase unless he signs over paternity rights to Blue, agrees to stay away from her and her family, and makes a huge donation to the St. Josephine's Farm Co-op. To enforce this, she has Hollywood secretly record Chase admitting to the rape]].
* ContrivedCoincidence: In 7.07, Ralph Angel and Micah end up taking shelter from the storm in the farmhouse and [[spoiler:Chase, Darla's rapist and Blue's biological father]] happens to end up there seeking shelter as well.
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** It's heavily implied that Octavia was this for Nova.
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** It's heavily implied that Octavia was this for Nova. In season 7 its revealed that Nova had a girlfriend in high school, before meeting Octavia.
* CrocodileTears: While arguing before the parish council to remove the landmark status of the Bordelon's farm, Parker gets teared up saying she just wants to honor her ancestors by giving them a proper burial. From their reactions, it's clear that the Bordelons don't believe she's being sincere.
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler:Ralph Angel and Darla name their daughter True after Ralph Angel's late mother]].
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* DecemberDecemberRomance: Prosper and Genevieve, who've known each other for decades, start a relationship in season 4.
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* DecemberDecemberRomance: Prosper and Genevieve, who've known each other for decades, start a relationship in season 4. By season 7 they have broken up and Prosper moved on to another women named Sandra.
* DomesticAbuse: In season 6, Vi helps a woman named Celine who recently escaped an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband's abuse escalated during the pandemic and when he started [[AbusiveParents hitting their son]], Celine couldn't take it any longer and fled.
* DoubleStandard: Discussed. Darla and Ralph Angel learn that [[spoiler:the Landrys are in debt but haven't lost their land yet. However, black farmers in the same position lost their land immediately]].
* DoubleStandard: Discussed. Darla and Ralph Angel learn that [[spoiler:the Landrys are in debt but haven't lost their land yet. However, black farmers in the same position lost their land immediately]].
* DrugsAreBad: Darla's drug addiction is a major obstacle that she has to overcame. While she was an addict, she turned to sex work for money and neglected her son. Darla's mother details how difficult and terrifying it was to try to help her while she was addicted.
-->'''Darlene''': Do you know how it felt for us? Our daughter calling us, high, asking for money? Or high, screaming in pain? Or high, threatening to harm herself? And we are all the way across the country scared out of our minds?
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After years of dealing with racism, traumatic experiences, familial conflicts, and constant threats by the greedy, ruthless Landrys, the series ends with the Bordelons overcoming all of that to regain their land and live out their dreams as a family]].
-->'''Darlene''': Do you know how it felt for us? Our daughter calling us, high, asking for money? Or high, screaming in pain? Or high, threatening to harm herself? And we are all the way across the country scared out of our minds?
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After years of dealing with racism, traumatic experiences, familial conflicts, and constant threats by the greedy, ruthless Landrys, the series ends with the Bordelons overcoming all of that to regain their land and live out their dreams as a family]].
* FallenOnHardTimesJob: During the pandemic, Ralph Angel works as a janitor in a nursing home because he can't harvest sugar cane without enough employees and Darla lost her job.
* FearOfThunder: Joaquin is afraid of storms, as shown in 7.07. He developed this fear after his uncle died in a hurricane.
* FourthDateMarriage: Prosper and Sandra get engaged after dating for only a few weeks. They go in their first date in 7.02, get engaged in 7.04, and marry in 7.10.
* FosterKid: Violet and Hollywood become foster parents to Joaquin and Dante in season 7. [[spoiler:After they return to their father, Violet and Hollywood decide to become foster parents on a permanent basis. At the end of the series, they take in a nine year old girl who has bounced around the foster system since her grandmother died]].
* GoodParents: In season 7 Vi and Hollywood become foster parents to Joaquin and Dante. They are both very understanding, compassionate, and encouraging to the boys while they go through a hard time. [[spoiler:When their father eventually returns, Vi and Hollywood find it bittersweet, though they remain in the boys' lives]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:In 7.12 Sam Landry gets evicted from his land due to unpaid debts, the same fate that he had forced numerous black farmers to face]].
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* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Nova's love interest in season 6, Dominic, is her new neighbor.
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* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Nova's love interest in season 6, Dominic, is her new neighbor. They officially data in season 7, [[spoiler:but breakup after he decides to take a new job abroad]].
* {{Montages}}: [[spoiler: The series ends with a montage of Ernest's spirit proudly looking on as his family members all enjoy their happy endings]].
* NeverMyFault: Chase refuses to accept responsibility for [[spoiler:raping Darla]] and tries to harass her into staying silent about it.
* NewOldFlame: In season 7, Nova reconnects her teenage ex-friend Camille.
* NewOldFlame: In season 7, Nova reconnects her teenage ex-friend Camille.
* NotReallyMarriedPlot: Inverted. [[spoiler:Parker]] is surprised to learn that her parents are still legally married after years of thinking they were divorced.
* OldPeopleAreNonsexual: Averted. Older characters like Violet and Prosper sleep with their spouses. Them having sexual desire is framed as completely normal.
* PrecociousCrush: Betty fondly remembers that she had a crush on Ernest when she was 10 and he was 17.
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: As soon a Ralph Angel realizes that [[spoiler:Chase]] is the man who raped [[spoiler:Darla]] years ago, he viciously attacks him and Micah has to hold him back.
* TechBro: When Micah starts selling in photography as [=NFTs=], he befriends several suave, confident young men who are deeply involved in the tech industry. When he sees how greedy and self-centered they really are, he backs off from [=NFTs=].
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** The whole family, particularly Darla and Hollwood, rip into Ralph Angel for [[spoiler: stealing from the Landrys and getting caught on a security camera. Sam Landry threatens to toss Ralph Angel back in jail unless he gives up the farm]].
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** The whole family, particularly Darla and Hollwood, Hollywood, rip into Ralph Angel for [[spoiler: stealing from the Landrys and getting caught on a security camera. Sam Landry threatens to toss Ralph Angel back in jail unless he gives up the farm]].
** Charley's mother calls Micah out for selling an NFT of Charley's public meltdown after learning of Davis's infidelity.
** Darla is furious at Ralph Angel after he [[spoiler: tells Blue about his biological father]] against her wishes.
** Charley's mother calls Micah out for selling an NFT of Charley's public meltdown after learning of Davis's infidelity.
** Darla is furious at Ralph Angel after he [[spoiler: tells Blue about his biological father]] against her wishes.
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* OppressiveImmigrationEnforcement: In season 4 Charley and Romero start a clinic for undocumented migrant workers, but it gets raided by ICE. Despite their best efforts to stand up to the ICE agents, they're ultimately powerless to stop ICE from taking their patients into custody. During the raid, Romero is asked to show his documentation and mentions to Charley that it isn't the first time he's dealt with this. Among those detained are a father and his two eldest sons, while his two younger sons are left behind because they are US citizens by birth. The younger sons are eventually placed in foster case because their mother left and their father can't return to the US.
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It stars Creator/RutinaWesley as Nova Bordelon, Dawn-Lyen Gardner as Charley Bordelon West, and Creator/KofiSiriboe as Ralph Angel Bordelon. Also featured are Tina Lifford as Violet "Vi" Bordelon, Omar Dorsey as Hollingsworth "Hollywood" Desonier, Dondre Whitfield as Remy Newell, Creator/BiancaLawson as Darla Sutton, Timon Kyle Durret as Davis West, and Nicholas L. Ashe as Micah West.
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It stars Creator/RutinaWesley as Nova Bordelon, Dawn-Lyen Gardner as Charley Bordelon West, and Creator/KofiSiriboe as Ralph Angel Bordelon. Also featured are Tina Lifford as Violet "Vi" Bordelon, Omar Dorsey as Hollingsworth "Hollywood" Desonier, Dondre Whitfield as Remy Newell, Creator/BiancaLawson as Darla Sutton, Timon Kyle Durret Creator/TimonKyleDurrett as Davis West, and Nicholas L. Ashe as Micah West.
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** In the season 2 premier, [[spoiler: Micah is pulled over by a police officer, who aims a gun in his face and takes him into custody]]. The rest of the family gets worried when he doesn't return home after several hours. Charley and Nova's fear when they find his abandoned car is palpable. After this incident, [[spoiler: Micah]] is left traumatized and his family isn't sure how to help him cope.
** Violet gets the news that the oil rig Hollywood works on had an explosion and when he doesn't pick up, she fears he was hurt. Fortunately, she later finds him alive and well.
** Darla's mother details how difficult and terrifying it was to try to help her while she was addicted.
-->'''Darlene''': Do you know how it felt for us? Our daughter calling us, high, asking for money? Or high, screaming in pain? Or high, threatening to harm herself? And we are all the way across the country scared out of our minds?
** Ralph Angel learns that [[spoiler: Blue is not his biological son and his ex-girlfriend wants full custody. His anxiety and agitation when he gets a visit from social services is understandable]].
** Micah receives a death threat after becoming an activist and protesting police violence against black people. When he takes it to his mother, Charley confesses that there were actually a lot more death threats that she had been hiding from him. She admits that's why she sent him on vacation in Paris, to get him out of town for his own safety.
** Charley and Romero start a clinic for undocumented migrants, but it gets raided by ICE. They're forced to watch helplessly as their patients are taken into custody, including a father who was ripped away from two of his children.
** The UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and it's negative effects on society are featured prominently in season 5. [[spoiler: Charley gets infected, though she eventually recovers. Hollywood's mother dies of COVID-19 and he can't even attend the funeral, which takes a toll on his mental health]].
** During a vaccine drive, Prosper gets beaten by a cop and falls into a coma. Thankfully he eventually recovers.
** In season 6, Vi helps a woman named Celine who recently escaped an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband's abuse escalated during the pandemic and when he started [[AbusiveParents hitting their son]], Celine couldn't take it any longer and fled.
** In the season 2 premier, [[spoiler: Micah is pulled over by a police officer, who aims a gun in his face and takes him into custody]]. The rest of the family gets worried when he doesn't return home after several hours. Charley and Nova's fear when they find his abandoned car is palpable. After this incident, [[spoiler: Micah]] is left traumatized and his family isn't sure how to help him cope.
** Violet gets the news that the oil rig Hollywood works on had an explosion and when he doesn't pick up, she fears he was hurt. Fortunately, she later finds him alive and well.
** Darla's mother details how difficult and terrifying it was to try to help her while she was addicted.
-->'''Darlene''': Do you know how it felt for us? Our daughter calling us, high, asking for money? Or high, screaming in pain? Or high, threatening to harm herself? And we are all the way across the country scared out of our minds?
** Ralph Angel learns that [[spoiler: Blue is not his biological son and his ex-girlfriend wants full custody. His anxiety and agitation when he gets a visit from social services is understandable]].
** Micah receives a death threat after becoming an activist and protesting police violence against black people. When he takes it to his mother, Charley confesses that there were actually a lot more death threats that she had been hiding from him. She admits that's why she sent him on vacation in Paris, to get him out of town for his own safety.
** Charley and Romero start a clinic for undocumented migrants, but it gets raided by ICE. They're forced to watch helplessly as their patients are taken into custody, including a father who was ripped away from two of his children.
** The UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic and it's negative effects on society are featured prominently in season 5. [[spoiler: Charley gets infected, though she eventually recovers. Hollywood's mother dies of COVID-19 and he can't even attend the funeral, which takes a toll on his mental health]].
** During a vaccine drive, Prosper gets beaten by a cop and falls into a coma. Thankfully he eventually recovers.
** In season 6, Vi helps a woman named Celine who recently escaped an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband's abuse escalated during the pandemic and when he started [[AbusiveParents hitting their son]], Celine couldn't take it any longer and fled.
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** During a vaccine drive, Prosper gets beaten by a cop and falls into a coma. Thankfully he eventually recovers.
** In season 6, Vi helps a woman named Celine who recently escaped an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband's abuse escalated during the pandemic and when he started [[AbusiveParents hitting their son]], Celine couldn't take it any longer and fled.
** In season 6, Vi helps a woman named Celine who recently escaped an abusive relationship. Her ex-husband's abuse escalated during the pandemic and when he started [[AbusiveParents hitting their son]], Celine couldn't take it any longer and fled.
* BatmanGambit: Sam Landry sets up an impressive one in season 6. [[spoiler: He sent one of Ralph Angel's associates, Theo, to convince him to help steal from Landry Enterprises to pay off his debts. He also poisoned the sugar cane to make sure Ralph Angel wouldn't have any money coming in from the harvest. Then Theo went to the police, Ralph Angel landed in legal trouble, and Sam dropped the charges against Theo. However, by the end of the seasons the Bordelons are able to [[OutGambitted outmaneuver]] him by convincing Theo to tell the truth, getting the Black Farmers' Collective to sabotage a Landry project, and getting the farm declared a historic landmark due to a mass grave that was found on the property]].
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Turns out to be the case with Nova and Billie's feud. [[spoiler: Nova was wrong to [[SlutShaming slut shame]] Billie after she had been sexually assaulted, but Billie was wrong to out Nova as queer without her consent]].
* CallBack: In "Tossing in the Meadows" (season 6, episode 9), Ralph Angel apologizes to Blue for leaving him on the playground all the way back in "First Things First" (season 1, episode 1).
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** It's heavily implied that Octavia was this forNova.Nova.
** Isaiah is this for Micah.
* ComingOutStory: Micah's arc in season 6 involves realizing that he has feelings for his male friend, Isaiah. He eventually confides in Nova, who's greatly supportive.
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** Isaiah is this for Micah.
* ComingOutStory: Micah's arc in season 6 involves realizing that he has feelings for his male friend, Isaiah. He eventually confides in Nova, who's greatly supportive.
* DivorceIsTemporary: Double subverted. [[spoiler: Charley and Davis start dating again in season 6 after their divorce in season 1. Charley even lampshades this when she posts a picture of them together captioned "Black Love never dies". However, when Davis proposes to her again, she turns him down because she's about the run for Congress. Later, Charley changes her mind and agrees to marry Davis again]].
* FamilyOfChoice: Deconstructed. Prosper is extremely close to the Bordelons and they treat him like part of the family. When he ends up in a coma after being beaten by a cop, his daughter Billie refuses to let them be involved in his care and bans them from visiting him in the hospital. Since the Bordelons are not officially related to Prosper, there's nothing they can legally do to stop her.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Nova sarcastically calls the Landry estate the "museum of [[spoiler:our enslaved ancestors". It turns out the Landry family did once own the Bordelon family as slaves]].
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** Nova sarcastically calls the Landry estate the "museum of [[spoiler:our enslaved ancestors". It turns out the Landry family did once own the Bordelon family as slaves]].
** Nova sarcastically calls the Landry estate the "museum of [[spoiler:our enslaved ancestors". It turns out the Landry family did once own the Bordelon family as slaves]].
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* HappilyMarried: Charley and her husband Davis are a wealthy, famous, and successful couple with a wonderful teenage son who adores them. However things between them become strained when Davis's sex scandal break out and [[spoiler:Charley eventually files for divorce after learning about the plight of his mistress]].
** [[spoiler: Violet and Hollywood get married in season 3]].
** [[spoiler: Violet and Hollywood get married in season 3]].
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** Charley and her husband Davis are a wealthy, famous, and successful couple with a wonderful teenage son who adores them. However things between them become strained when Davis's sex scandal break out and [[spoiler:Charley eventually files for divorce after learning about the plight of his mistress]].
** [[spoiler: Violet and Hollywood get married in season3]].3. When another woman tries to kiss Hollywood, he bluntly rejects her and immediately tells Vi what happened]].
** Charley and her husband Davis are a wealthy, famous, and successful couple with a wonderful teenage son who adores them. However things between them become strained when Davis's sex scandal break out and [[spoiler:Charley eventually files for divorce after learning about the plight of his mistress]].
** [[spoiler: Violet and Hollywood get married in season
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* IHaveNoSon: In season 4, [[spoiler: Nova includes details of Violet being abused by her ex-husband, Jimmy Dale, in her book without telling Violet. In addition, she went to Jimmy herself to get his side of the story, which resulted in him returning to town to see Violet. After a fight ensued between Jimmy and Hollywood, Violet kicked Nova out of her house, saying she never wants to see her again]].
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* IHaveNoSon: In season 4, [[spoiler: Nova includes details of Violet being abused by her ex-husband, Jimmy Dale, in her book without telling Violet. In addition, she went to Jimmy herself to get his side of the story, which resulted in him returning to town to see Violet. After a fight ensued between Jimmy and Hollywood, Violet kicked Nova out of her house, saying she never wants to see her again]].again. They're eventually able to reconcile]].
** Billie runs off to a bar after telling Violet, Prosper, and Hollywood that [[spoiler: years ago Jimmy tried to rape her and no one defended her when he slut-shamed her to the whole parish]].
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: Calvin's daughter Courtney tries to be an ally to the Black community but repeatedly puts her foot in her mouth, which causes her to worry that she's actually a bad person. However, Nova assures Courtney that her heart is clearly in the right place; she just needs to educate and improve herself.
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* InnocentlyInsensitive: InnocentlyInsensitive:
** Calvin's daughter Courtney tries to be an ally to the Black community but repeatedly puts her foot in her mouth, which causes her to worry that she's actually a bad person. However, Nova assures Courtney that her heart is clearly in the right place; she just needs to educate and improve herself.
** At Darla's baby shower, she and Charley bond over their similar experiences being pregnant. Then they notice that Violet, who never had biological kids before reaching menopause, looks uncomfortable and they feel awful for upsetting her.
* InstantBirthJustAddLabor: [[spoiler: Darla's daughter is delivered so soon after her water breaks that there isn't enough time for the midwife to arrive]].
** Calvin's daughter Courtney tries to be an ally to the Black community but repeatedly puts her foot in her mouth, which causes her to worry that she's actually a bad person. However, Nova assures Courtney that her heart is clearly in the right place; she just needs to educate and improve herself.
** At Darla's baby shower, she and Charley bond over their similar experiences being pregnant. Then they notice that Violet, who never had biological kids before reaching menopause, looks uncomfortable and they feel awful for upsetting her.
* InstantBirthJustAddLabor: [[spoiler: Darla's daughter is delivered so soon after her water breaks that there isn't enough time for the midwife to arrive]].
* LiterallyLovingThyNeighbor: Nova's love interest in season 6, Dominic, is her new neighbor.
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* SecretRelationship: Nova and Calvin, due to the fact that he's married to another woman. [[spoiler: Becomes less secret after he leaves her for Nova]].
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* SecretRelationship: SecretRelationship:
** Nova and Calvin, due to the fact that he's married to another woman. [[spoiler: Becomes less secret after he leaves her for Nova]].
** Nova and Calvin, due to the fact that he's married to another woman. [[spoiler: Becomes less secret after he leaves her for Nova]].
** At the beginning of season 6, [[spoiler: Charley and Davis hide the fact that they're back together. They come clean about it pretty quickly, however]].
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* TeacherStudentRomance: Nova used to be in a relationship with her professor until she decided to quit academia.
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* TeacherStudentRomance: TeacherStudentRomance:
** Nova used to be in a relationship with her professor until she decided to quitacademia.academia.
** Micah sleeps with one of his college professors, but when he tries to give her a gift on her birthday, she admits that she's only interested in sex. After that, he breaks off the relationship.
** Nova used to be in a relationship with her professor until she decided to quit
** Micah sleeps with one of his college professors, but when he tries to give her a gift on her birthday, she admits that she's only interested in sex. After that, he breaks off the relationship.
* UngratefulBastard: Vi helps a woman named Celine escape an abusive marriage and Hollywood acts like as father figure to Celine's young son, Gabriel. When Vi wasn't around, Celine tried to make a move on Hollywood, which he rejected. [[WhatTheHellHero Then he called her out for betraying Vi after everything she did for her]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: Charley and Nova are furious after [[spoiler: Ralph Angel confesses to hiding the fact that they weren't included in their father's will, letting them believe for months that they had an equal claim to the land and rearrange their lives around it]].
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* WhatTheHellHero: WeUsedToBeFriends: Nova, Charley, and Ralph Angel grew up Prosper's daughter Billie. She and Nova were especially close until Billie outed Nova to her father. Billie was sexually assaulted by Violet's then-husband Jimmy, but the Bordelons thought Billie was intentionally trying to ruin their marriage. The truth comes out in season 6 and Billie repairs her relationship with the Bordelon family.
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Charley and Nova are furious after [[spoiler: Ralph Angel confesses to hiding the fact that they weren't included in their father's will, letting them believe for months that they had an equal claim to the land and rearrange their lives around it]].
* WhatTheHellHero:
** Charley and Nova are furious after [[spoiler: Ralph Angel confesses to hiding the fact that they weren't included in their father's will, letting them believe for months that they had an equal claim to the land and rearrange their lives around it]].
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* WickedStepmother: Averted. [[spoiler: Lorna, Charley's mother, tries her best to civil to Nova and wants Nova to know how much she admired her (Nova's) mother]].
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** The whole family, particularly Darla and Hollwood, rip into Ralph Angel for [[spoiler: stealing from the Landrys and getting caught on a security camera. Sam Landry threatens to toss Ralph Angel back in jail unless he gives up the farm]].
*WickedStepmother: WickedStepmother:
** Averted. [[spoiler: Lorna, Charley's mother, tries her best to civil to Nova and wants Nova to know how much she admired her (Nova's) mother]].
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** Averted. [[spoiler: Lorna, Charley's mother, tries her best to civil to Nova and wants Nova to know how much she admired her (Nova's) mother]].
