Tyler Perry reels us in every week with an amazing storyline for Sistas. The show is very entertaining and the characters are super relatable.
Starting off this episode, the girls, Andi, Danni, Karen, and Sabrina are in the grocery store shopping when they run into Andi’s assistant and ride-or-die, Fatima. Karen’s ex, Zac’s, name was being thrown around within earshot of Fatima who then inquires about Zac’s relation to the crew. Before figuring out why Fatima was asking about Zac, the girls began making jokes about the sexual rendezvous that recently took place between Karen and Zac back at Karen’s salon. Karen has words for Fatima as Zac comes back down the grocery store aisle to meet up with Fatima. When he discovers who Fatima is conversing with, he gets uncomfortable. Karen inquires about the status of Fatima and Zac’s relationship and since there was no definitive answer given, Danni decides to insert a debauched status derived from her own comical point of view. Unable to deal with the heat, Zac eases his way back down the grocery store aisle. Karen then addresses Fatima, wondering if she knew that Zac was her ex since Fatima had previously hung out with the girls and had even had her hair done personally by Karen at the salon. Danni continues her cut-and-dry shenanigans pertaining to Karen and Zac’s on-and-off relationship. Placed in an awkward situation, Fatima tries to explain that although Zac mentioned an ex, she was not aware that the ex was indeed Karen. Zac returns to intercede before his name is dragged through the mud and urges Fatima to leave. Fatima respectfully requests to speak with Karen one-on-one at a later time and Karen agrees. Danni asks Fatima directly if she knew of Zac and Karen’s recent sexual experience. Fatima is visibly agitated and states she did not know. Danni advises Zac to divulge the details to Fatima and when questions are asked, Karen and Zac get defensive. Fatima gives the details of how she met Zac and Danni puts the pieces together and realizes that Fatima is the woman who has been helping Zac. Karen wishes the couple well, albeit with a bit of bitterness. Fatima apologizes to Karen and it’s received. Zac returns to whisk Fatima out of the store to be done with the tension of the situation. Fatima apologizes again, this time to Karen and Andi. After they leave, Karen angrily redirects her questioning to Andi pertaining to her knowledge of the situation and Andi assures her that she had no idea that Fatima and Zac were involved.
The car trip home with Zac and Fatima is tense. Zac wants to lay it all out on the table but Fatima starts off a bit dismissive. She acknowledges the sexual encounter between Zac and Karen and gets upset because she feels that Zac should’ve been honest with her about it. Zac says he was trying to protect her feelings, but Fatima said it was far more hurtful for her to find out the way she just did. The ambiguity of their relationship status comes up and Fatima is agitated at how quickly Zac pointed out that they were not dating. She simply wanted to be in the know, and it seems that she was beginning to catch feelings for Zac. It appears that Zac’s combativeness is something he picked up from his previous relationship and Fatima shut it down quickly. She further decides that she and Zac should dissolve whatever “relationship” they had and that Zac should just use the money he earned from the real estate program to move on since there still seems to be feelings there between him and Karen. Zac assures Fatima that he is over Karen but their history keeps them tied. Fatima makes it clear that she has to be Zac’s number one or his nothing at all. Zac is aggravated because he feels that Fatima doesn’t even know what she wants when it comes to a relationship but is making demands regarding how they should interact. Fatima is relieved that this situation came up before she caught real feelings and Zac is just concerned about whether or not he will still be able to take advantage of those late-night benefits they had previously partaken in at Fatima’s home.
Calvin is chilling at the apartment he shares with his extravagant roommate, Maurice, who is standing behind him wearing a beauty mask. While sitting on the sofa smiling at his phone, Calvin is startled as Maurice, who is peeping over Calvin’s shoulder, calls him out for stalking Sabrina’s social media. Calvin has a serious moment of contemplation, asking Maurice what is so wrong with him that Sabrina does not want to be with him. Calvin feels that he and Sabrina had a good thing and Maurice gives his perspective stating that Calvin was the only one “good” in the situation because Sabrina seemed to be daunted by how quickly things were moving. He advised Calvin to give her more time to come around. He also advised Calvin to do something “bold and daring” for Sabrina, but Maurice’s suggestions were a little too raunchy for him to digest. Calvin decides to head to Sabrina’s place.
On the car ride after the supermarket debacle, Karen, Danni, Sabrina, and Andi discuss the situation Karen is facing with Zac. Karen basically admits that she enjoyed their sexual encounter. Andi is surprised that Fatima never mentioned Zac to her and Karen was disheartened that Zac never mentioned her name to Fatima since Karen and Aaron discuss Zac on a regular basis. Upon the realization that she was “just an ex” to Zac, Karen gets upset. Andi advised her to move on. Danni rubs it in while bringing up how positively Zac spoke of Fatima and how quickly he managed to move on from Karen. The girls hasten Danni’s exit out of the vehicle as they approach her home.
As Danni enters her door, she greets her boyfriend, Preston, who was sitting on the couch. Just as Danni was getting ready to saddle up on her cowboy, Zac strolls into view. Danni kicks him out but he refuses to leave and she whips him with Preston’s belt, which was enough to motivate Zac to leave. Preston intercedes because he has developed a bond with Zac and is concerned about where he would stay if he is forced to leave their apartment. However, Danni sticks to her guns and forces Zac out. Danni then realizes that her boo is a good person on top of being fine since he stood up for Zac, but also naïve. Preston feels that Danni doesn’t want to try to improve her attitude because she is never receptive to his attempts to help. A bit agitated by his insinuation, Danni excuses herself, leaving her man on the couch alone.
Sabrina sits on her bed with a glass of wine and checks her phone. Obviously missing Calvin, she verbalizes her disappointment that he hasn’t called her at all. In need of some male attention, she calls her work boo, Jacobi, who was more than happy to hear from her. Jacobi is trying to make his way to her place and is persistent in his attempts. He reminds Sabrina of the nature of their relationship and she assures him that she just wanted to talk, which they can do over the phone. Still persistent, Jacobi says he isn’t a “phone guy” and says he’s heading over now and hangs up, leaving Sabrina speechless. Shortly thereafter, she receives a call from Danni, who is in the bathroom to get space from Preston. Danni tells Sabrina that Preston was trying to “save” her, or help her, and Sabrina believed that he was just trying to show Danni a different way, but she is never receptive to advice from anyone – not even her girls. Slightly annoyed by Danni’s shenanigans, Sabrina ends the conversation, but not before Danni makes a joke about Jacobi making a booty call.
Both at their respective homes, Andi checks in with Karen by phone to see how she’s holding up after the day she’s had. Karen is torn between Aaron and Zac and Andi advises her to make up her mind on who she wants to move forward with. Andi receives a call on her landline from the front desk requesting to let Gary up, even though he has a key. Karen surprisingly stays out of Andi’s way this time when it comes to Gary; it would mighty hypocritical of her to intervene being that she was just contemplating calling her ex, Zac. Karen ends the call feeling confused.
Gary knocks at Andi’s door and says he doesn’t know what happened to any of his keys; even the ones to his car. He suspects they were misplaced by housekeeping personnel at the hotel he’s staying in. Andi suggests that he move in with her. Gary is surprised she asked, and a little hesitant to accept her offer because he is concerned her girlfriends won’t approve. He asked her politely to keep some things between the two of them and Andi said it’s something she’s been learning to do lately. Gary changes the tone as he takes Andi in his arms and starts sweettalking which swiftly leads them into the bedroom.
Sabrina is straightening up a bit and hears a knock at the door. On the other side is Jacobi, looking all good and stuff, like a Boris Kodjoe with hair, albeit emptyhanded. After Sabrina lets him through the door, she continues to pretend she doesn’t understand why he wanted to come over. Jacobi downs some wine and then gets straight to the point that their sexual tension is obvious. He continues to try to talk Sabrina out of her good girl act and then confesses that he actually did come bearing a gift: WEED. She quickly reminds him that they are drug tested at work and Jacobi urges her to let go of work stuff on this special night. He moves in for a kiss that lasts a couple of seconds before Sabrina pushes away. He pulls her from around the other side of the kitchen island and begins to seduce her with neck kisses. She is adamant that nothing will happen between them but Jacobi’s confidence is not shaken one bit. Sabrina is unable to ignore the large bulge in his pants and Jacobi guides her hand to discover, firsthand, exactly what he’s working with. To ease her fears, Jacobi assures Sabrina that they don’t have to go too far if she’s not comfortable.
Danni is walking into her living room as Preston comes back in from taking out the trash. He apologizes and Danni reciprocates as she gives him a hug. They sit on the couch and have a heart-to-heart about Danni’s insecurities that stem from her past relationships. Danni advises him to stop trying to save her and Preston says there are a few things that she needs to work on in order to improve herself. He also admits that there are things she could help him work on. Preston also advised Danni that his mother would like to meet her she trips out a bit but didn’t blatantly decline.
Sabrina and Jacobi’s passion did not allow them to make it into the bedroom and as they appeared to christen the kitchen island, there was a knock at the door. Sabrina breaks loose and answers, thinking it was Danni. However, standing on the other side of the door was the man she was sitting by the phone pouting over, Calvin. Trying to be cordial, Calvin asks to come in for a drink but Sabrina is trying to cover her cleavage while acting hella guilty. Calvin’s heart appeared to drop when he heard Jacobi yell Sabrina’s voice from the kitchen. He pushed the door open and sees Jacobi naked behind the refrigerator door. Calvin recognizes Jacobi from the bank and walks away upset as Sabrina tries to talk to him about it, but he exits.
As Andi sleeps in her bed, Jasmine, Gary’s ex-wife, walks in acting crazy. Gary walks into the room and yells at her, triggering her to pull out a gun and slug him twice in the abdomen. He falls to the ground and Jazmine turns the gun on Andi, who is crying and pleading as the episode closes.
What a way to end the season. We’ll have to wait until June 9th to see what goes down.
Drama + Controversy 