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SPOILER ALERT: This recap of Season 4, Episode 3 contains explicit plot details.
On “The Chi,” a plan by Mayor Douda (Curtiss Cook) to defund the police formulates as Community Protection, a program where citizens who have experience in de-escalating conflict are sent to answer mental health calls instead of cops.
Instead of “calling a crackhead,” as pro-police groups often suggest to people seeking an alternative to the current iteration of law enforcement, Douda, his aide Trig (Luke James), and local activist Tracy (Tai Davis) have other ideas.
Trig and Tracy respond to a call where a man (played by Chicago rapper Vic Mensa) is in the midst of a violent confrontation with his girlfriend. The situation is defused without further violence.
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SPOILER ALERT: This recap contains explicit plot details.
The season four premiere of Showtime’s “The Chi” kicks off with what appears to be dream sequence foreshadowing what we may see during the season.
Dressed in a tuxedo, teenage Kevin (Alex Hibbert) frantically searches for an exit an image fans should keep their eye on.
Kevin wakes up next to Jemma (Judae’a Brown) confirming the two are in the “sleepover” stage of their relationship, making the all-too-familiar mistake of waking up in his girlfriend’s bedroom.
Kevin’s plan to jump out of Jemma’s window, put on the rest of his clothes and knock on the front door acting like he just showed up seems to work on the surface, at least until we see Jemma’s father reviewing home security footage of Kevin.