Franklin is trying so hard to rebuild what he believes is an empire, a flailing Napoleon who fails to realize that he's been relegated to Saint Helena.Īnd really, that's the theme of the final season of Snowfall: inevitability and the inability to accept it. His kingdom is nothing compared to the machine he's working within. By the time Season 6 rolls around, he basically is… but only in his own world. Franklin, in the early going, thinks he can become a king.
He creates this narrative of nobility around his drug empire, when really he's just offering up his own version of conservative "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" capitalism.
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He begins the series believing that if drugs are going to infiltrate his neighborhood, then at least he's going to get a piece of the pie for himself he's not going to sit back and allow rich white folks to profit off of his community. The show has, of course, always been political, but there's something about the end being near, and all of us knowing just what's coming in terms of the War on Drugs and its lasting legacy, that makes the start of this season feel particularly poignant and stirring.Īngela Lewis, Amin Joseph, Snowfall Ray Mickshaw/FX The sixth and final season of Snowfall is fully immersed in the fallout of that betrayal and asks a lot of interesting questions about loyalty and freedom, not only in regard to the relationships that have formed through the show, but also in terms of what these characters own themselves, their communities, and their country. With nowhere to go, Franklin decided on the nuclear option, robbing Jerome ( Amin Joseph) and Aunt Louie ( Angela Lewis) and betraying his family. His plan to finally leave this life behind and focus on Veronique ( Devyn Tyler) and their unborn child was completely shattered. Teddy ( Carter Hudson) had seized all $73 million of his fortune, and there was nothing he could do. At the end of Snowfall's fifth season, Franklin Saint ( Damson Idris) found himself backed into a corner.
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