![]() As a Black man and being part of this type of entertainment and this story, it just rings true to a lot of things that I’ve seen go on in my life, from Harlem, New York. That’s a big circle of truth around all of the artists that are on Snowfall: What will be the lasting impression? I’m still waiting to see how Snowfall wraps up and this overall tale that we’re telling. What do you think it means that Jerome goes out the way he does, after he has had this evolution throughout the series? It’s not a fairy tale, and it’s going to be dark, let’s go out dark and hopefully leave a lasting impression and message. Let him mean something let him stand for something. The character Jerome was in some ways a bit two-dimensional, and I definitely felt like I had more to offer as an artist, so let’s do something with him. Even from back in season three, I’ve always mentioned to the producers, showrunner, writers, that if we go out, let’s go out with a bang. So being part of this ensemble for the last six years, I just knew that at some point rubber would meet road. With this genre and this story that we’re telling, I’ve always felt that more than likely this was not going to end - it’s not a fairy tale. What was your reaction when you found out? I knew that it would be a mid-season crescendo of some sort. I think that was more than likely developed in the season, so I didn’t know that before, how it would happen and whose hands would be. What about the specifics of it coming with this battle with Kane and trying to save Louie? Over hiatus sometimes we’ll meet up before we get back into production, and I was told that, yeah, that was the road we were going down and that Jerome would meet his demise in the final season. We had some discussions even in season five, I think. When did you find out this would be how Jerome’s story ends? Joseph talks to THR about Jerome’s death, the larger message he hopes the series speaks to, how he stepped behind the camera and what that experience was like. While Joseph’s role as an actor on Snowfall has come to an end, he makes his directorial debut helming next week’s eighth episode in the show’s sixth and final season, “Ballad of the Bear.” ![]() And though he and Franklin joined forces to save Louie, the two hadn’t appeared to make peace after going to war in recent episodes, including a contentious face-off at a diner, where they traded insults before Franklin put a gun in Jerome’s face as his uncle told him to kill him. Tragically, Jerome’s death also came as he looked to get out of the crack business after deciding he was done with the chaos and violence, including within his own family. So I feel like he definitely ate from the grapes of his wrath and it poisoned him.” Jammin’ Jerome definitely gloated in the fine threads. “Greed and the persuasion of his family and his wife ultimately led him into it, but it was also his own selfish ambition and having his own record shop and having money. And his nephew said that this game is rigged, and we saw from that pilot episode saying, ‘Get that out of my house, I don’t want to have anything to do with it.’ He always was toeing that line,” Joseph says, looking back on Jerome’s journey. “ started out - he had the wisdom up front to say nothing but trouble will come with this brick. Speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, Joseph says with the character of Franklin’s father-figure Uncle Jerome, whom he’s played since the beginning of the series in 2017, he “thought this truly was a cautionary tale through his POV. And we have not done near enough to succor them.” It’s the church leaders, city council and the millionaires, have all brought this pain to our streets. “Today, I finally understand that all of the rest of us are guilty, too. “Too often, I have blamed these deaths on young men with guns,” the funeral speaker says. The episode ends with Jerome’s funeral, where a speaker voices some of the significance of the character’s demise, which comes as the FX drama about the origins of the crack cocaine epidemic continues to explore how the drug contributed to the destruction of a community in South Central Los Angeles. Why 'Reservation Dogs' Director Danis Goulet Portrayed Reservation Schools Like a "Horror Movie"
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