Tamara P.

I wanted to like it. This series is about a female black Harvard educated lawyer who is a community activist and ran for Lieutenant Governor of the state of Mississippi and won. She is also a mother that was recently divorced. The first three episodes were interesting, characters were being developed and the story line was believable and then the whole storyline pivoted. The next four episodes were weak and disjointed. The writing does not seem consistent with the first three episodes. As others have commented Terry Vaughn is an actress who has had a solid body of work up until now. I was disappointed with the portrayal of the main character as a poor communicator, spineless and weak. She was constantly being told no by her employees and she accepted it. This theme was reinforced many, many, many times for example being told she could not change the offensive decor (the confederate flag pillows, rug and art) that were all over the Lieutenant Governor's residence by the butler. The last episode (Ep. 8) was the only episode after the first three I enjoyed. This is where the character finally read about her position and its powers and finally realized she had power she did not need to ask for. She finally hired her own staff after begging the Governor and his staff for five episodes. All in all the storyline that started off strong became cartoonist and the characters were very stereotypical and juvenile in the way that they behaved and dealt with challenges.