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\n[This story contains spoilers from the series finale of\u00a0The Chi<\/em>, \u201cThe Last Dance.\u201d]<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\tSocial media is still processing\u00a0The Chi<\/em>\u00a0finale. For the most part, the feedback has been consistently good. Who can argue with an ending where Emmett and Kiesha, whom we first met hooking up as teenagers (with Kiesha getting caught under the bed by Emmett\u2019s mama Jada), have a beautiful wedding in the backyard of the home Jada shared with Emmett\u2019s father Darnell?<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s been surreal. I\u2019m just watching it every week, watching how the fans have so much emotional connection to the show,\u201d Jacob Latimore, who was 19 when he started playing Emmett and is turning 30 in August, tells\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>. \u201cThe last day of filming was a big emotional day for all of us. The tears are still going as we watch it with the fans, and I think the fans are even feeling the goodbye, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBirgundi Baker, who plays Kiesha, understands how people feel like they\u2019ve grown up with their charachters. \u201cI get people all the time [saying], \u2018I watched you grow up on TV!\u2019 That\u2019s really the experience we\u2019ve had with Emmett and Kiesha,\u201d she tells THR<\/em>. \u201cThey went from a boy and a girl to a woman and a man. They are parents, they have businesses and real feelings. We\u2019ve watched their whole life unfold and come together, and unfold again so many times. We\u2019ve watched their whole life happen on this show.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nThe Chi\u00a0<\/em>took Emmett and Kiesha from stereotypes \u2014 with Emmett having children with four women, including two best friends, Kiesha and his ex-wife Tiff (Hannaha Hall) \u2014 and Kiesha having two kids with two different fathers in Nuck and Emmett to actual people. \u201cWe definitely shined that light on people who feel like they\u2019ve been a little voiceless,\u201d says Latimore. \u201cTo show those seeds and that vulnerability, which is why the main characters are so relatable.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cI love that we can be the symbol of love,\u201d adds Baker, who is happy with the finale overall. \u201cIt brought everything full circle for me. Were paying homage to where we began. We started with Kevin (Alex Hibbert) and the boys [Jake (Michael V. Epps) and Papa (Shamon Brown)], so to end with him being there reminded me of where we came from, how far we\u2019ve come, and that theme of love.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut as much as viewers agree on Emmett and Kiesha\u2019s perfect ending, there are still lingering questions after the series finale of the Paramount+ show, which concluded this weekend after eight seasons. So\u00a0The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>\u00a0went right to the source \u2014 creator Lena Waithe \u2014 to get answers. Read our chat on finale burning questions, below.<\/p>\n

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\nLena, let\u2019s jump into the wedding. When I was waiting for Kiesha to walk down the aisle, I kept saying, \u201cKevin better show up. She is not about to walk down this aisle by herself. Where is Kevin?<\/strong>\u201c<\/p>\n

\n\tThat reveal is one of my favorites. He\u2019s next to Bakari being alive. There\u2019s a lot of good in the ending: Her mom surprising her; it feels like a real wedding. We waited so long for this wedding. The audience has earned it from the opening episode. If somebody goes back and watches that pilot and then watches that last episode, we couldn\u2019t be more proud in terms of what has happened over these eight seasons.<\/p>\n

\nI feel like Robert Townsend directing the fifth episode really set the series finale in motion. To have this Chicago legend direct the<\/strong>\u00a0episode where Emmett and Kiesha finally get engaged and take their love to a traditional place, especially considering how they began and their various entanglements, is great in showing that Black people do get married. It\u2019s also such a Chicago proposal. But then to have Nuck (Cortez Smith) killed in the same episode, also with Robert Townsend behind the lens for that\u2026 <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n

\n\tRobert Townsend expressed to me that he was a fan of the show, which is already like, \u201cOkay, I can go now, take me.\u201d (Laughs<\/em>.) When I asked him if he would be willing to direct, he jumped at the chance. Episode five is a very important episode in the 10-episode season. We knew it was going to be these two things coming together \u2014 Tiff killing Nuck, and Emmett and Kiesha getting engaged. He was the perfect person, and the cast was just beside themselves. I wasn\u2019t on set. I just kind of let them do what they do.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut being at the table read was magical. He makes you raise your game. When Jordan walks onto this court, you make sure that you\u2019re doing what you\u2019re supposed to be doing. Me and Robert worked on that scene on the page; very few directors get those opportunities to do that with me. And it was a little longer [than we anticipated], but we understood that this [proposal] was going to be like a how-to guide for people.<\/p>\n

\nYes.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSo I understand the weight of it and. Knowing that it still needs levity, that\u2019s what Robert\u2019s so great about. He was like, \u201cI know this is important.\u201d One thing I\u2019m grateful for [also in that episode is the sex talk between Emmett and his son Devante (Anthony B. Jenkins)]. I got to do a lot of things and put work into the world, but the fact that you see a young Black man talk to his son and use the word \u201cpartner\u201d when he\u2019s talking to him? For the little boy to say, \u201cWhy do you keep saying that? Why don\u2019t you say, \u2018girl\u2019?\u201d and [his father] says, \u201cI don\u2019t want to assume that you like girls.\u201d And [the little boy] says, \u201cWell, I do, Dad. I\u2019m not gay,\u201d and he says, \u201cOkay, I just want you to know, it would be okay if you were.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tFor people to be sitting at home and to see a father say that to his son\u2026 I hope that somebody walks away and goes, \u201cLet me not assume that my child is straight.\u201d And that\u2019s beyond color lines.<\/p>\n

\nCan you talk about the decision to have Barton Fitzpatrick\u2019s Reg, another day-one\u00a0The Chi\u00a0<\/em>cast member, redeem himself in such an unexpected yet so believable way, especially considering the terror he\u2019s been through since he returned almost literally from the dead?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThat\u2019s what we wanted. The fact that you use those two words \u2014 unexpected and believable \u2014 that was what we were going for. I think the audience wanted us to kill him. And I just couldn\u2019t do that with that character. I tell people that we kill a lot of people in\u00a0The Chi<\/em>,\u00a0but with Reg, I think he represents that lost boy who thinks he needs to be tough to survive. You do have to be tough, especially in Chicago. But you get to see a softer side of him.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe thing about him is that he is tough and he can handle himself in that situation. He knows that his brothers aren\u2019t as tough as he is, and I think he gets frustrated by that sometimes. Particularly with his little brother, he\u2019s like, \u201cWhy are you not like me?\u201d <\/p>\n

\n\tI think Jake really represents love; I love Mikey Epps so much. He is like that. He\u2019s such a cool kid and chill, and he\u2019s from Chicago. I think we have to look at ourselves [and] we got to let him be himself. He\u2019s not like us \u2026. we got to be like \u201cyour generation is different,\u201d and I think that\u2019s what Reg is trying to let go of\u2014 the expectation that you\u2019re not going to do things exactly how I\u2019m doing things. And maybe that\u2019s right. I hope people see that love between the two of them, but also see that distance between the two of them because they\u2019re from different generations.<\/p>\n

\nHe redeems himself, but he\u2019s also being held accountable for his actions. That\u2019s the important part.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\tAbsolutely, I\u2019m always about that.<\/p>\n

\nSo why was Kiesha so upset that Nuck was killed. Where was her sympathy for Tiff and the fact that Nuck knew he killed Rob, the father of her child, but was with her like they could one day be married?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThat conversation is happening online. It happened in our writers room beforehand. I think where I landed with it, because I know the buck always stops with me, is that the thing for Kiesha was that she thought the father of her child was someone else. She still wanted to keep the child and raise the child and love the child, but, when she realized that the child was actually by someone that she once loved, and maybe might have been in a toxic relationship with, but he was sort of back and around in the world, I think it made her feel like, \u201cOh, I have a relationship with the father of this child, and this child has a father now, and also Emmett.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tWe were always very clear that Emmett is very much a father figure to Ronnie, but she wanted Ronnie to have a relationship with his [biological] father. Also, she has a very complicated relationship with her father who died suddenly, which is taken from my own story. My father died suddenly when I was 14; he was killed. So I knew I wanted to do that to show what it was like for a Black daughter to mourn her father in a very particular way, because my sister and I went through that.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut I think for her to have her son have to experience that as well, it triggered something. I don\u2019t know if people picked up on that parallel. I think she\u2019s more upset that Tiff would do this to her son more than to her. I think it\u2019s more about \u201cmy son is having the same experience that I had, and he\u2019s so young.\u201d And that\u2019s why she was frustrated with Tiff. But I think she understands [and gets] also that Tiff was very impulsive, as one would be. We [in the writers room] were like, \u201cIt\u2019s got to be Tiff [who kills Nuck] and Tiff [had to] be like, \u201cOh, I don\u2019t need no conversation. I\u2019m not Alicia.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nLet\u2019s talk about bringing in Yolonda Ross to play Jada, who passed away last season in that dream sequence with Emmett to find the wedding location. I\u2019m from Chicago and my family has deep Mississippi roots, and Jada coming to her son Emmett in a dream felt so Southern.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMy grandmother\u2019s from Arkansas. She moved to Chicago when she was 17 and I was raised in her house. She\u2019s very much a big part of raising me. And we hear that about people coming to visit you in your dreams when they\u2019ve made their transition. We knew that we were going to do that. We knew Yolonda was directing episode [three], but we were like, \u201cWould you also come back for this? And she was like, \u201cI love that idea.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tAnd also her having a presence at the wedding, which we do traditionally in Black families. You have the altars. But we knew that when Darnell says, \u201cShe visits me all the time\u201d that that\u2019s how Emmett\u2019s psyche works [and he\u2019d wonder why Jada didn\u2019t visit him]. I think sometimes with [deceased] parents, they come when you need them. We knew we wanted to plan it early and when it happened, we all loved watching it. Some people in our cast have lost their moms, so there was a real sensitivity around it. I think you can feel it. I think there\u2019s a lot of the love in it because we have had a lot of people in the show who have had that experience. We wanted to make sure we got it right.<\/p>\n

\nAnd then, of course, there\u2019s Darnell being able to love Jada and still be with a new woman in Riley. And Riley, who also lost her husband, being able to accept being with Darnell, but also fighting a ghost for his full attention.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tOnly Wendy Raquel Robinson could come in and be likable as [Riley]. We had to cast somebody who you can\u2019t not love, because we\u2019re like, \u201cThey are going to eat up whoever we put in here.\u201d I\u2019ve always loved her. I loved her from\u00a0The Steve Harvey Show<\/em>. When I called her to ask if she would come and do the show, she was so beside herself. I was more nervous. She was like \u201cYes, please, and oh, thank you for thinking of me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe has been such a wonderful addition to the show, and it does represent for some of us who have parents who\u2019ve lost somebody that your parents are sometimes moving on, and it\u2019s a very crazy thing. We were really excited to show what that is, and we showed Emmett being a little bit frustrated, as one would be because that\u2019s something that happens in families. We wanted to have her blend into this world, which she does so seamlessly. She\u2019s so great, and there\u2019s a familiarity about Wendy. People feel like they already know her. Even though it\u2019s a new character. We love that she was a grief counselor and she had lost her husband. Sometimes people close to it can understand that experience.<\/p>\n

\nRashaad getting Darnell and Jada\u2019s house is another big moment.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI saw a reviewer say, \u201cWhy didn\u2019t Darnell give that house to one of his many kids?\u2019 And I\u2019m like, \u201cGuys, I\u2019m all about \u2018blood doesn\u2019t mean entitlement.\u2019 I\u2019m really trying to encourage us to understand that family just means showing up and being in a community and being like-minded. If there\u2019s any legacy I can leave behind for us, it\u2019s that. We get very big on family. I understand that completely. My grandmother raised me that way. But now as I try to figure out how I want my life to look, a lot of my community is made up of people who aren\u2019t blood, and I\u2019m closer to them than I am some family members. I love the Rashaad and Darnell thing because they have a bit of a vibe. They are a certain kind of guy, and I love that Darnell\u2019s like, \u201cI want you to begin again in this house.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nAnd for Rashaad, because he needed a place where he could be comfortable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThat was something that also came up in the writers room, Because I grew up in a three-generation household, and I loved the idea of Darnell being in the same house as his grandkids with Emmett and Kiesha. It wasn\u2019t weird for us. It was my grandmother, my mom, my sister, and myself.<\/p>\n

\nAnd finally, I thought for sure that Roselyn Perry, Kandi Burruss\u2019s character, was going to die. She was the one who really killed Alicia (Lynn Whitfield) and then she gave Reg the order to kill Shaad\u2019s ex Nora (Tammy Townsend).<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019ll just give you the real-deal answer. Kandi had always wanted to come and do it. But she was doing Broadway and was always busy. Me and Kandi are birthday twins. It\u2019s the weirdest thing ever. But we always say \u201chappy birthday\u201d to each other. We send so much love. We are in communication a lot. And she was like, \u201cWhat are the dates? What\u2019s going on?\u201d I was just like, \u201cI think it\u2019s going to be too hard. I don\u2019t want to mess you up in terms of what you\u2019re trying to do with\u00a0& Juliet<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBut she still was a presence in there. People were expecting to see her, but people don\u2019t understand what it\u2019s like with a cast this big. People are busy and things are happening in folks\u2019 lives. We got Hannibal (Chris Lee) back in there real quick. We got a lot of people. It\u2019s a lot of calls and texts. Kandi was in New York doing her thing. It\u2019s tough, but really I want people to know that these actors are people who have opportunities, and if they can make it, they will. And if they can\u2019t, they\u2019re always heartbroken about it.<\/p>\n

\n\tBut I\u2019m glad that we mentioned Roselyn so she\u2019s there in spirit in that last season.Kandi came and she killed Alicia and was out. Then she got Nora killed for going back on her deal for the money she gave her. So sometimes that\u2019s how it be. Because there were some people who were wondering if I was going to make a cameo in the last season, and I was like, \u201cNo. It didn\u2019t feel necessary.\u201d I do my little thing. You\u2019ll hear me in the \u201cPreviously on\u00a0The Chi<\/em>\u201d [voiceover]. That felt like it was enough. I just always trust the higher power. I trust what God wanted to happen is what happened, and I\u2019m glad it all happened exactly the way it did.<\/p>\n

\n\t***<\/p>\n

\nAll eight seasons of The Chi are streaming through the Paramount+ with Showtime plan.\u00a0Read <\/em>THR\u2018s full finale postmortem with Lena Waithe.<\/em><\/p>\n

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