![]() Do I miss those days? No, I'm just happy that the writing team has layered him as such because I could've played one note, any of those, and it would have still been a really rich character. ![]() He can be an all out guy looking for blood. What I like most about this character is that he can be jovial. Do you miss the days where Jerome could be counted on for more levity? I'm thinking of moments like the porn set scene that set up an instant-classic line delivery from you. It really was a dark season for you in general. You mentioned the promotion for the season setting you and Franklin up as adversaries. But such is a show with this type of subject matter, right? Some things may have changed from the last draft. we just flip through looking for our character and looking at the end of the episode, and it's become a running joke because very early on, even from the first season, there were so many bodies piling up. We have this funny little thing that we do at the table read, because some of those scripts could’ve had revisions made just the night before. GQ talked to Amin Joseph about his pivotal season, how the finale turned out, and whether Snowfall is really better than The Wire.īefore the pandemic, we were able to always be with each other for our table reads. However, against all odds Jerome and Louie lived to fight another day-and they end the season by deciding to splinter off from Franklin and run a smaller outfit their own way. The season started with Jerome committing his first murder and has only gotten grimmerfrom there. Played by Amin Joseph, Jerome is a throwback to the jheri-curled, front-lawn bench-pressing tough guys of the early 80s, but often provides some of the show’s most tender and raw moments through his conflicted relationship with Louie and Franklin.Īs Snowfall gets deeper into the ‘80s and the full throes of the crack epidemic, an increasingly darker tone has come to envelop the entire cast. Jerome has been an intriguing character since the early days of the series, when he surprisingly did everything he could to keep Franklin out of the cocaine game, even though he was Franklin’s original source of exposure to selling drugs. In an attempt to extricate his son from the lure of drug money and stop the pain and destruction his business inflicts on their community, Alton sought to expose the CIA’s hand in the crack epidemic, which put him squarely in the crosshairs of Franklin’s agency handler Teddy.īut while Alton’s fate was being decided, the destiny of one of the show’s fan favorites was also up in the air, as the blowback from a season-long drug war with the unpredictable dealer Skully led him to seeking vengeance against Franklin’s aunt Louie and uncle Jerome. Tonight, FX’s crack drama Snowfall cemented itself as the best show on TV this year (so far) with an intense season finale that brought main character Franklin Saint’s tortured relationship with his father Alton, a former Black Panther, to a head.
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