'Greenleaf' Season 5 Episode 6 Review: With Rochelle threatening James, why is Grace paying the price?
From the very moment Rochelle was brought back into the story right at the end of the previous episode, there has been unrest within the 'Greenleaf' fandom and for good measure. We know her return could never be something positive for the family ever, but looks like her sister Tara has also caught up to the fact that Rochelle's involvement can mean nothing good. As the Greenleafs fight their own battles and demons, causing them to clash and strain further, they also come together, united to front the external forces of nature — currently Rochelle. Grace once again grabs the emails on how Rochelle isn't a person of interest anymore, but the Bishop won't budge. There's something about Rochelle's father he is supposedly hiding, and although he denies such a thing, one can't entirely overlook it either.
The episode kicks off with the Bishop learning that Rochelle isn't as villainous to the authorities as before. But towards him, Rochelle just keeps getting more and more spiteful. Between casual tauntings and threats, she drives the Bishop to the point of asserting they are not giving their house to the co-artists even though Lady Mae is beyond ready to. It looks like what could go on to be a bigger clash in the former couple's relationship, and the fire is only fueled further with Lady Mae trying to chastise Jacob at the very end of the episode when Kerissa and Winkie are leaving the house. Lady Mae tells Jacob to marry someone he loves and stay faithful to them, something her ex-husband finds rich coming from her who's lived a lie for 40 years. So that' the big reveal right there, Lady Mae finally tells the family about Grace's real father, Lionel Jefferies. But that's right at the end. In between all of that, the Bob Whitmore plot thickens too.
After much coaxing from Charity, Yusef finally digs into Bob's past and finds he used to own a shady mortgage company that sold second mortgages to people who needed cash, particularly Black people. When these people wouldn't be able to make their balloon payments, he would steal the hour from under them cause it's a fair process. Thus is explained this ardent need in Bob "to look like a friend to the Black church" right before his Senate run. Despite being out in the open, Phil still sees his father in the wrong as Judee calls all of this Satan's work. Just your regular Greenleaf sauce.
In other places, families came together once again to offer comfort. Zora learned from her parents about her mother Kerissa moving out and she was comforted by Sofiia and AJ to go live with them. Lady Mae just casually lets it slip in that Grace isn't the Bishop's daughter, thus welcoming what has been the quietest dinner moment in 'Greenleaf' history. But that too was interrupted by a phone call. Grace is asked to meet by Darius who tells ger they managed to get Bob. One of the past victims was willing to go on record. It looks like a silver lining but is short-lived as Darius is nowhere to be found or connected when Grace arrives at his.
Instead, very creepily, Fernando pulled into the driveway and offered to take Grace to Darius. She refused, like any sensible person would, but the other man had some retort. "No one cares anymore about journalists. Stay out of it," Fernando warns Grace thus raising the bar really high for the dangers surrounding Darius. A big reveal in the Bob case was going to come with some price at least, and whether Grace is ready for finding another loved one near-death till goes to be seen.
No matter who's a fault, Grace always seems to pay the price. First with AJ, now with Darius. Earlier in the episode, when Darius had dug up dirt on Bob and asked her to check for photos of Eden Vale Lending escrow accounts in her email, the photos literally got deleted right in front of Gace's eyes. It was a major hint that the two were being watched, and Darius's mysterious disappearance only confirms that.
'Greenleaf' Season 5 airs on Tuesdays at 9 pm only on OWN.