‘BMF’ Recap: ‘Magic Makers’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

Sydney Mitchell and Da’Vinchi as Lawanda and Terry ‘Southwest T’ Flenory in Episode 302 of ‘BMF’ – ‘Magic Makers’. (Photo Courtesy of STARZ.)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for Episode 302 of ‘BMF’. To revisit the Season Three Premiere, click here.
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Whenever we are chasing goals in this life, be them healthy or unhealthy in nature, it is difficult to understand what kind of progress we are making in achieving them. Simply because, we are in the thick of it when we are working toward them, and that means we have our heads down and are we are truly worried about having a sound foundation toward what we want in life. Which means, we miss some things along the way. Such as an understanding that we are making progress toward our goals and/or that we are amazing at doing what we love and well, it is important to recognize such truths, to find joy in what we are fighting for and to of course… have a better perspective of where we are at in that chase.

But how does one accomplish that? Especially when we are in the thick of it, and well, there are indeed ways that can happen. For instance, if we have an amazing support network around us, they can point out the success we are enjoying and help us to celebrate it and if by chance that’s not there or we aren’t listening to their advice because of anxiety or imposter syndrome, there are other ways we discover we are on the right path, and doing amazing, and one of those ways was explored in the next episode of BMF on STARZ. A feat that ‘Magic Makers’ accomplished by immersing us into quite the crisis for Terry and Meech. Because just like that, their plug was arrested thanks to the whole K9 mess and that meant, another setback appeared to be on the horizon.

One that prompted Terry to begin to work to set up another plug with a local dealer named Henrietta, whose weight came at quite the stunning price, but what else was Terry to do? For he was back with Lawanda and wanted to do right by his kids and keeping this dream alive was the best way to do that. Whereas Meech was down in Atlanta doing his best to work every angle to find a new plug as well. Because these guys wanted this badly and were not willing to let their work go down the tubes, and well… for a time… their stories and the stories around them made it seem as though that central theme wasn’t going to pop up here. Since we saw Bryant working to get his son out of Juvie as Jin and Amberson worked the case that brought him down. Not to mention we also saw Lucille gain a little ground in life romantically.

But the lesson at hand was there, and it was hovering about via what appeared to be trouble. For a pair of Latin gentlemen tried to approach Terry in Detroit, and even poked around the house, because they wanted to speak to Meech, and that prompted Terry to meet with them, and inform them that Meech was in Atlanta. Of course, he also made sure to warn his brother about that. But in the end, they weren’t trouble. They were plugs, they wanted to move weight and heard through the grapevine that the best crew to make that happen, was BMF. Allowing for the Flenory brothers to learn, they were becoming legends like they wanted, and that people wanted to work with them and were willing to seek them out and protect them as well.

Informing us, that when we are indeed doing our best, that will happen. People will want to be in our orbit, they’ll want to work with us, and they’ll want to celebrate what we do, and that outright lets us know of the progress we are making. But in the here and the now, Terry and Meech are back in business and well regarded and well respected, and that will go far in their line of work. For it means protection, more weight, and more clout to get into the territories they need to operate within to build the empire they built. All courtesy of a lesson that the audience can understand and relate to and look for, and that just serves to remind us of the unique nature of this incredible story about two everyday brothers who built the last great crime family in America. And now that Terry and Meech are becoming masters of their game, it will be interesting to see what comes next in the construction of the empire as season three of this amazing show continues along. Until next time.

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