Jake, Papa, and Bakari are all seated together at Kenya’s dad’s megachurch — one repeatedly ridiculed by the late Pastor Jackson — in the opening scene of “Saints & Sinners.” The in of once again revisits a question explored time and time in the history of the series: What is good and bad, and how do the two coexist in the same ecosystem? “Saints & Sinners” takes this a bit further and asks, how, if at all, are we effected by interactions with a saint or sinner? Is a saint truly a saint, or just a sinner in disguise? Is a sinner truly a sinner, or merely a man or woman forever bound by a mistakes from their past? Though Jake, Papa, and Bakari enter this megachurch together, the trio leave it with different mindsets on how they will move forward. As a man of faith, we can assume that Papa has these thoughts constantly running through his mind.
Since Pastor Jackson’s in the first half of season six, Papa has tried to continue his father’s legacy by honoring the wishes he had before his death. He broke up with Kenya for this exact reason and it’s also why, among other reasons, that he’s stayed in heavily involved church. Yet, at the same time, Papa also wants to begin his own journey as a man and make decisions for himself, rather than for the satisfaction of others.
So it’s really no surprise that Papa took interest in New Hope On Zion megachurch, one led by Kenya’s dad Pastor Ezekiel. 'The Chi' 611 'Saints and Sinners' Pastor Ezekiel Pastor Ezekiel,.
