7X04? First, where's Amina & why wasn't she in this episode?
Second, why can't the writers nip this Billy plot in the bud by having Jordan ask Coach Bobby if he's his uncle outright? (Rhetorical, of course) All I'm saying is that I would've definitely given them kudos if they would've wrapped this up by the end of the episode. Layla reminding Jordan that he thought Spencer was his brother was funny though.
Y'all know I'm biased when it comes to Layla so the fact that she's back in her producer bag, I'm always gonna live for that. Coop advocating for second chances was cute, but I gave her the side eye when she was watching that professor's lecture (I'm pretty sure we can all guess where that's going).
Khalil's storyline was just okay. Gone are the days where All American shows us an actual scene as opposed to having us rely solely on context clues. The only time I got chills from Khalil's dad's presence was the last scene in the locker room. In my opinion, Season 1 approached gang violence in a way that the stakes were constantly raised which kept me invested. Personally, I wasn't invested until that locker room scene.
As I stated in my previous episode review, this week was Cassius' turn to be mad for 45 minutes. This tit for tat between him & KJ has run stale. Glad his mom showed up I thought we weren't gonna see her anymore until the finale.
For whatever the reason this episode just didn't keep my interest. I thought about rewatching it distraction free but couldn't make it past the five minute mark. Hopefully next week can pick the pace back up because it looks like it might be a fun episode but we'll see.
