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Covey Lyncook is a young, biracial woman from Jamaica who loves to swim and is content with her life with the boy she loves Gibbs, and her best friend, Bunny.

But her father, Lin, is a chronic gambler and alcoholic who becomes indebted to a loan shark, prompting him to sell his daughter into marriage.

When Covey's new husband dies, she flees Jamaica, reinventing herself time and again as her story leads into how she became Eleanor, a woman who dies and leaves a flash drive of her family history and secrets to her adult, estranged kids.

By Jasmine Blu

On the shocking season finale of Black Cake, Byron, Benny, and Mabel lay Eleanor/Covey to rest, but not before facing someone from her past. Our review!

By TV Fanatic Staff

After Eleanor’s funeral, Byron and Benny finally learn the truth about the murder on the night of their mother’s wedding.

By Jasmine Blu

Covey’s journey takes a detour as her secret pregnancy is thoroughly examined during Black Cake Season 1 Episode 7, as her children receive more answers. Our review!

By Jasmine Blu

The Bennett siblings reel from Byron’s arrest while getting the shock of their life when meeting their biological sister on Black Cake Season 1 Episode 6. Our review!

By TV Fanatic Staff

On Black Cake Season 1 Episode 6, Benny and Byron are both shocked when a stranger shows up unannounced to listen to Eleanor’s final recording.

By Jasmine Blu

Shockwaves hit the Bennett siblings after learning about another child on Black Cake Season 1 Episode 5, while a new character emerges as the story unfolds. Our review!

By Jasmine Blu

Covey and Gibbs have an overdue reunion that leads them down a shocking path on Black Cake Season 1 Episode 4, while we learn how Benny became estranged. Our review!

By TV Fanatic Staff

Covey gets a chance to start a new life, but only if she makes a huge sacrifice. In the present day, Byron is forced to recognize the inequalities he faces at work, and Benny reveals the reason she’s been estranged from her family for eight years.

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