A new murder mystery is uncovered at Greater Hope Baptist Church. Newly elected Mayor Ella Johnson and the remaining power players in Cypress face corruption, courtrooms, and scandal.
Past wounds are reopened as a murder investigation resurrects details of another tragedy that shook the town of Cypress decades earlier.
A mysterious kidnapping costs Jabari nearly everything he's sacrificed to build his new empire. Levi shocks everyone with a prediction by Pastor Johnson that has come true.
Worlds collide when a powerful trio comes from out the shadows to take down Lady Ella and keep Jabari at bay. The detectives' clues about Dead Debra lead them right back to where they started, Greater Hope Baptist Church.
Christie faces blackmail as she prepares for her wedding. Elsewhere, Rex reverts back to his old ways of doing business.
Wedding bells sound as the detectives gain enough clues to re-enact the murder. Rex and Jabari's struggle for power takes a violent turn.
A new first family emerges as Lady Ella and Rex drop a bomb on Kendrick and Christie. Miles faces double grief on his own, when a loved one returns right on time.
Christie snaps under the pressure of losing everything. Old truths are finally uncovered as new ones are buried.
Christie's tragic mistake results in a chain reaction that could destroy her and bring down the entire town of Cypress.
Levi is out for revenge and has Lady Ella in his sights.
Lady Byrd increases her stranglehold on Cypress society with the help of her colleagues.
Jabari asserts his position at Greater Hope; Christie battles her inner demons.
Rex goes to extremes as his kingdom is threatened. Kendrick becomes collateral damage.
St. Charles gets closer to the truth as Lady Ella faces a mayoral recall.
As Lady Ella covers her tracks, Lady Byrd's facade crumbles for of all of Greater Hope to see.
Cypress tragedies come full circle as Lady Ella embraces Rex and the dark side. Lady Byrd gets a taste of her own medicine.
As Greater Hope rebuilds, Ella continues to stall Malik and Jabari as she makes the ultimate gamble for her future.
The arrival of a new power player in Cypress changes the rules of the game.
Rex doubles down on his love for Ella as she scrambles to buy back Greater Hope.
Ella must play nice with Jabari in order to win the long game.
Rex does Ella's bidding, only to be burned in the end.
After Ella's successful casino opening, Rex reveals long-held secrets that could reverse her good fortune.
Ella and Rex make a deal as the FBI closes in.
The game is up for Ella as she fights to survive.
Ella takes on a new role in a quest for power, but it places her family in danger.
Ella's rise to power forces her to make a choice to save those she loves.
A return and a reawakening shake Cypress to its core.
A glamorous awards ceremony threatens to shine a dangerous and deadly spotlight on the misdeeds of Cypress's finest.
Ella faces a reckoning unlike she's ever seen.
Everything is on the line as the citizens of Cypress fight to survive.
