December 6, 2023 | 0 Comments
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!
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.
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!
After Eleanor’s funeral, Byron and Benny finally learn the truth about the murder on the night of their mother’s wedding.
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!
In 1970’s London, Covey faces a life-altering decision that will affect her children in present day.
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!
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.
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!
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!
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.
The three-episode premiere of Black Cake takes us on an incredibly complex, dense, time-spanning journey that shines best when focused on Covey’s journey. Our review!