Queen Sugar Recap: A Rock; A River; A Tree (Season 3 Premiere)

  Season 3 / Episode 1 / OWN The Season 2 finale was painful, as everything the Bordelons had been working towards seemed to go up in smoke–Nova’s relationships with both her paramours, Charley’s mill, and of course Ralph Angel’s upcoming nuptials with Darla when she discloses that he may not be Blue’s biological father. This season opens with Charley jogging from her new home to visit Micah at his private school, where she’s coming to grips with the idea that her baby will soon be heading off to college. She also received a text message from someone with a name–“Officer Orson.” Is she trying to find the police officer who brutalized her son last season? Knowing Charley, of course she is. In the meantime, Nova’s in New York being courted by a fancy publisher promising a six-figure advance for a book about her reporting about New Orleans. Needless to say, she’s dazzled. They ask her about what she was like as a child, and it’s clear Nova’s been an activist (and shit-stirrer) for a long, long time. But these women want her to leave the grassroots behind to become the next “Ta-Nehisi Coates or Roxane Gay or Elizabeth Alexander” (shout out to some of our faves!), but I think we all know that ain’t Nova. She likes being a shit-stirrer more than she wants to be on the New York Times bestseller list. Ralpha Angel is trying to keep it moving, but Blue is getting a bit rebellious these days at both home and school. Darla’s absence is wearing on the sweet little boy. Charley’s s…