Written by John Edward Betancourt
Caution: This article contains spoilers for the Season Three Premiere of ‘BMF’. To revisit the Season Two Finale, click here.
It truly is quite amazing what the hit STARZ series, BMF, is accomplishing from a storytelling perspective. For it really is the most realistic crime drama out there, courtesy of how it is grounded in its characters and moments that don’t glorify the drug trade. They instead present this life in a realistic and logical manner, and that has given us one compelling and unique tale, one being told in chapters really. Because in many ways, seasons one and two of this show featured the opening chapter, those humble beginnings of a dream and the lengths Terry and Meech had to go to find their way to it. Which means that season three is indeed the beginning of a new chapter, one that will be grounded in the difficulties of building their empire, as evidenced by the season three premiere of the show. For ‘Detroit vs. Everybody’ opened up a little while after Meech traveled down Atlanta way to set up the new leg of the operation and well… it didn’t take long for him to discover that he had a lot of hard work in front of him. Because Atlanta at the time, was a highly competitive place for drug dealers. With multiple dealer groups fighting for their share of a small pie and that meant that Meech was immediately in the thick of it and had to work hard to figure out how to bring loyalty forth and he had to quickly learn the lay of the land. To understand his competitors and understand how best to either bring them aboard or undercut them or destroy them. Giving rise to some tough times for Meech, the kind he could handle sure, but were tough none the less. But while it was fascinating to learn that competition breeds disdain in this business when one is trying to muscle in on new turf, there were other complications and struggles to be had in this story that were a touch more intimate in nature, and those revolved around Terry. Who was now the King of Detroit and well, he immediately felt the need to put his stamp on his reign by exacting revenge. Because Markisha was the one to take that bullet and Terry wanted payback. Prompting a bit of an internal squabble over what mattered most right now, which in the eyes of everyone but Terry… was the business. Which in turn forced Meech to step in and be creative in giving everyone what they wanted. All of which spoke to how keeping business and pleasure separate isn’t easy in this business either, and can potentially, muck up the early days of an empire while one learns how to keep them separate. But while those lessons were enough to do this franchise and its realism proud, there were still more surprises to be found in this tale regarding what other roadblocks existed for Terry and Merch in those early days. Which was explored via those left burned in this tale. After all, Terry and Meech made a hard push to keep Detectives Jin and Bryant from discovering any truth about their operation and while they did indeed do some serious damage there, neither gumshoe was ready to walk away just yet. Since both Jin and Bryant made their own unique vows to get back into the game and bring BMF to justice. If anything, all of these elements made it clear… that those early days of building this powerhouse empire… were hard for the Flenory brothers. Because others wanted that financial glory too, and maturity wasn’t quite in play and of course… humiliating a pair of cops that were so close didn’t exactly prompt them to stand down. All of which, sets the stage for three key elements for these brothers to overcome, and we will of course… tune in to see how they do. Because everything they accomplished defied the odds and gave rise to a powerful story that continues to captivate us, since we so rarely get a complete and thorough chronicling of the rise and fall of a criminal empire in such a raw manner. Until next time. Watch ‘BMF’
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