7.0Season 2 • Episode 8
LatestAshley doesn’t know who to turn to when she is ostracized by the entire Turner family. Trish and Jacque must deal with the fallout of her revelation at Meatfest. Earl receives a surprising call from his father.
Ashley was nipping at the heels of a middle class life in Oakland until Miles, her partner of 12 years and father of their son, is suddenly incarcerated, leaving her to navigate a chaotic and humorous existential crisis when she’s forced to move in with Miles’ mother and half-sister.
Acting
Jasmine Cephas Jones carries every frame like a weapon
Writing
Rap monologues that would make Lin-Manuel sweat
Sound
Oakland's pulse in every needle drop
Creators
Daveed Diggs, Rafael Casal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The series expands the 2018 film's universe but centers the women left behind—a deliberate corrective to male-centric prison narratives. Diggs and Casal developed it specifically because audiences kept asking 'but what about Ashley?'
Helen Hunt fought to play Rainey after seeing the film; she spent months in Oakland shadowing actual 'wine moms' to nail that specific strain of performative allyship. The cancellation after season 2 sparked fan campaigns citing its rare authentic portrayal of Black female rage.
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