The driver keeps outsmarting him at his own game. ![]() That’s probably why Bumpy loses it at the end of Godfather of Harlem Episode 5. in Godfather of Harlem, Epix’s straight-to-series crime drama, starring and executive produced by Forest Whitaker. On the back foot, he has no choice but to propose a new deal with Frank that might force Chin into starting a war - a war that, he hopes, the Families will side with Frank over. Chin fixed the game, and despite Adam Clayton Powell’s (Giancarlo Esposito) outlandish claims that he would publicly out Italian mobsters for doing so, the only person he fingered was an old black woman.īumpy could have snitched to Powell, given him Chin’s name and those of other Italian rivals, but he didn’t. Chin (Vincent D’Onofrio) smugly antagonizes him by cashing in a winning ticket in a rigged numbers racket that virtually bankrupted his whole outfit, leaving Bumpy with a debt so large he had to grovel to both Amy (Joanne Kelly) and Frank Costello (Paul Sorvino) for a loan. She blames her father for her addiction and blames her father’s failings on the fact that, while he’s the man in Harlem, he’s still just a black man everywhere else - and there’s a big difference between the two.īumpy’s problem in “It’s All in the Game” is that he might not even be the man in Harlem anymore. An unlikely partnership proves to be extremely lucrative for Bumpy Johnson and Chin Gigante, but their success puts targets on their backs. Elise (Antoinette Crowe-Legacy) even says as much to Malcolm X (Nigel Thatch) when she returns to the Nation of Islam to learn how to be a Muslim. With Forest Whitaker, Nigel Thatch, Ilfenesh Hadera, Lucy Fry. Still, the two face major roadblocks in their journey. Bumpy Johnson is seeking to move his business away from the Italians. Malcolm X is seeking to break away from the honorable Elijah Muhammad. This season provides an extended look into independence. This season provides an extended look into independence. (EPIX) Season two of Godfather of Harlem is officially back and here to stay. ![]() His antagonizing of the Italians has consequences, and the news of those consequences has to be delivered to weeping wives and children in person.Īll good crime stories are about consequences about men - usually men, anyway - who believe themselves to be untouchable until they are, eventually and inevitably, touched. 3 minute read Ryan Shepard (EPIX) Season two of Godfather of Harlem is officially back and here to stay. Ernie (Rafi Gavron) and several others arrive at one of Bumpy’s businesses and gun down several of his men. An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind, as Bumpy (Forest Whitaker) is harshly reminded in the opening of Godfather of Harlem Episode 5.
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