Closing Out ‘The Chi’: Lena Waithe Gets Candid About Giving Her Series an Ending Other Black Shows Don’t Always Get
[This story contains spoilers from the series finale of The Chi, “The Last Dance.”] After eight seasons, The Chi has aired its last episode. And on top of...
Key points
- [This story contains spoilers from the series finale of The Chi, “The Last Dance.”] After eight seasons, The Chi has aired its last episode.
- And on top of just making it The Chi a good show on its own merit, Waithe and team took on the challenge of paying homage to Black TV shows and movies in storylines.
- The Hollywood Reporter hopped on Zoom with Lena Waithe to discuss all of this, including the process of ending the series, honoring other Black shows, and both her the show’s journey across all of these years.
- She also reveals how she could have kept the series going two more seasons.
What happened
[This story contains spoilers from the series finale of The Chi, “The Last Dance.”] After eight seasons, The Chi has aired its last episode. And on top of just making it The Chi a good show on its own merit, Waithe and team took on the challenge of paying homage to Black TV shows and movies in storylines. The Hollywood Reporter hopped on Zoom with Lena Waithe to discuss all of this, including the process of ending the series, honoring other Black shows, and both her the show’s journey across all of these years. She also reveals how she could have kept the series going two more seasons. *** The Chi has always paid homage to other Black movies and TV shows. In addition to the big finale of Emmett and Kiesha’s wedding, in the series finale, Menace II Society is a focal point with Bakari essentially in Caine’s role.
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