So, I was introduced to this show, less than 24 hours ago, and I found myself up last night well past my bedtime, binge watching. Then again today, fiendishly having to finish Season 1 because last night my eyes were burning for sleep so I couldn’t finish.

I may be late to it but, I must say, this show is one of the best shows I have ever seen. Every minute of every episode had me on the edge of my seat, with my emotions fully invested.

The characters draw you in and leave you feeling a way about them…well after the episodes credits run. The music score is so on point (thanks to Raphael Sadiiq) and sets such a great tone for the show. The plots leave your mouth gaping and you questioning, “huh?”, “how?”, “what?”

The pride of my blackness became even more puffed up with each episode, also. In a series of 10 episodes, seeing a small snippet into some of what my people endured and accomplished, left me feeling hella proud, and even determined. Determined to never again allow what black people have created, endured, so graciously overcome and so honorably lived through go unnoticed or forgotten.

I was also left mad and sad. Mad that our land was taken from us, then we were enslaved to cultivate it, killed to keep it running and destroyed for it’s profit. Sad because too many of us are still living with a slavery mentality. Sad because you get a glimpse into our constructed American demise. Sad at the state of mankind…then and now.

Imma end saying this, though…that Noah!!! He is a beautiful black man. I mean, beautiful. And his character confirms what I know – there is nothing like a black man, with a determined mind. There is nothing more godly, more attractive, or more on that king shit than that. I love to see it (televised and in real life).