Spoiler Alert: The “Queen Sugar” Premiere

“Queen Sugar” is an American drama series created and produced by Ava DuVernay and executive produced by Oprah Winfrey. It’s premiere was aired September 6, 2016, and although it is aired on the OWN Network, it can stand neck and neck with some of the great series that are now airing on other movie channels such as HBO and Starz.
The show is based on a book that tells the story of three siblings, Nova and Charley and Ralph Angel, and their life post their father’s death. Charley and her family seemed to rub the audience the wrong way almost immediately. Living a successful life in Los Angeles and being “happily” married to the team captain of the Gladiators basketball team seemed to blur Charley’s vision when it came to the life of her extended family in New Orleans, Louisiana. While Porches, G wagons and Mercedes Benz filled the driveway of her lavish L.A. home; her brother was down south robbing a convenient store in hopes of helping their father with his dry sugarcane farm. Taking care of a grown individual is rarely ever a wise decision but knowing that your family is suffering financially while you live in the lap of luxury is not as wise either. It seemed as though each of them were suffering in their own ways, yet never shared their troubles with their sibling. Aside from Charley, Nova seemed to be the most grounded and level headed sibling of them all. That is until her spicy love affair proved itself to be just that! But I do not think either of those women had me more out done Mr. Ralph Angel himself. It was clear that Ralph loved his son, Blue, deeply. But the level of responsibility that he displayed for Blue was completely unacceptable. Too often did he voluntarily take the backseat on raising baby Blue simply because his aunt and father had it taken care of. There should never be a day where a child must watch every one of their peer’s wave goodbyes after school because his or her parent forgot to or was unable to pick them up. In the middle of Blue’s birthday party, it will be interesting to see how they deal with that tragedy alongside the already complex reality of their own separate personal lives. I feel for Blue and am dreading the fact that I must witness him take his grandpa’s death the hardest. Although I am more than sure that this goes without saying but just on it’s 5th episode, the show is already drama filled, and has the audience cringing onto our seats. To anyone else who may have already viewed the premiere episode, some may say do not watch the series, but that is out of the question for me I’m invested now! “Queen Sugar” is aired every Wednesday at 10|9C