Estrella Nouri

Eric is informed by Phil Yagoda that the network is interested in Drama's show, though the star is not enthused about its content. In the wake of recent bad press, Ari attempts to fashion a kinder, gentler persona at work and at home. When demand for Turtle's tequila line outpaces production, Turtle sets out to find new sources of funding. Vince tries to convince Sasha to turn down a high-paying offer to do another porn movie.

In the series premiere, directed by award-winning filmmaker Ava DuVernay ("Selma"), Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner "Unforgettable"), a savvy wife and manager of a professional basketball star living an upscale Los Angeles lifestyle returns to her family home – an 800-acre sugarcane farm in the heart of Louisiana – after her father suffers a stroke and she receives alarming news about her husband. There, she reunites with her estranged siblings Nova (Rutina Wesley "True Blood"), a world-wise journalist and activist, and Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe "Awkward"), a formerly incarcerated young father in search of redemption. Together, they must navigate the triumphs and struggles of their complicated lives in order to run an ailing farm in the New South.

In the second-hour of the two-night series premiere, the Bordelon siblings must work together to plan their father's funeral. Tensions rise between Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner "Unforgettable") and Nova (Rutina Wesley "True Blood") as they each seek to honor their father in very different ways. Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe "Awkward") argues with Aunt Violet (Tina Lifford "Parenthood") over whether or not it's appropriate to invite his young son Blue (Ethan Hutchison "The Path") to the funeral service. Charley struggles with the fallout of the shocking news surrounding her husband and also learns there are many things they did not know about the state of their father's farm. In an unexpected encounter, she comes face-to-face with an individual who's interested in taking the farm off their hands.

Max is surprised to find she wants to be more than just friends with her pastry school partner, Deke (recurring guest star ERIC ANDRÉ). Meanwhile, Caroline is “hot for teacher” — the married Chef Nicholas (recurring guest star GILLES MARINI).

The Bordelon siblings attempt to return to their everyday lives, as Ralph Angel (Kofi Siriboe) struggles to run the family farm amid setbacks. Charley (Dawn-Lyen Gardner) resumes managing her husband’s troubled professional basketball career and legal issues despite their strained relationship, and Nova (Rutina Wesley) seeks justice for a friend’s son who she believes to be wrongfully imprisoned, which gives rise to issues between her and Ralph Angel.