Written By Julie Martin and Matt Klypka
Directed By Stephanie A Marquardt
A 16-year-old girl (Rachel Hilson) is sexually assaulted and her brother (Olurotimi Akinosho) claims she was raped. Further investigation reveals that the victim had indeed been raped by three teenage boys who all claim that they paid for sex from the girl... and that her brother is her pimp. The case takes a twist upon the revelation that the siblings' mother in is prison and that the brother has complete control over his sister.
Tropes
- Abusive Offspring: Malik was not only trafficking his sister, but also his own mother before she went to prison for assaulting a John named Luke Snell.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Malik Williams.
- Blatant Lies: Ray’s significant other attacks him in front of the detectives as he’s being arrested for the rape. He tells the detectives that she just attacked him, prompting a “I didn’t see nothin’” from Finn.
- Disappeared Dad: Malik and Tiana's dad left when Tiana was 10.
- Doting Grandparent: Dorothy Hall is this to her grandsons from her late daughters.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Downplayed with Malik and Tiana.
- Ray Wallis, as described by Finn, is a fighter but also a lover due to have four baby-mamas.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Bobby Jackson claims Malik never sexually abused his sister despite pimping her out.
- Foreshadowing: The detectives pointing out Plot Holes in Malik and Tiana's stories when being interviewed.
- Facial Horror: A mild version. Luke Snell has a giant curved slash on one side of his face courtesy of Lashonda Williams.
- I Never Said It Was Poison: When the squad come to arrest Ray Wallis at his girlfriend's house, he says he didn't rape Tania. They didn't say anything about it until he brought it up.
- Missing Mom: Both Leonard's and his cousins' mothers died of drug overdose.
- Raised by Grandparents: Leonard and his cousins live with their grandmother.
- Shoot Him, He Has a Wallet!: When Malik and his friend Jerome inadvertently cause a ruckus in a bodega, Malik reaches into his pocket and the bodega owner believes it's a gun and calls the police.
