Queen Sugar Recap: The Tree and Stone Were One

Season 3 / Episode 9 / OWN Ayyy! I’ve been on an unexpected hiatus for a few weeks, but I’m back in the recappin’ saddle for our favorite show on OWN. Or, if we’re for real keeping it a hundred, the only show on OWN we’re really watching. (Day jobs and toddlers are real). Anyway, a whole lot has happened: Violet and Hollywood are still trying to navigate her lupus, her pie business, and their upcoming wedding; about which they have some serious differences of opinion. She’s just not feeling a big affair for the ceremony and wants him to save his money, but he wants to splurge for the woman he loves. He also wants her to take his name, but she’s not down with that portion of the patriarchy. Micah’s still spending more time with the student activists from St. Josephine High than with Keke (Do you love me? Are you riding?). That’s about to get him in hot water with both her and his mother. ‘Cause no matter how much you might agree with their actions, you know Charley goin’ upside that head if he does anything besides keep his nose clean, go to an Ivy League school, and make beaucoup bucks. Nova and Remy are having a hard time hiding their feelings for each other. Remy doesn’t seem like he wants to, anyway. Of course, Charley isn’t his sister. Meanwhile, Nova is still trying to pinpoint exactly what she’s writing now. Her outline is done, and there’s a lot to say–about Black farmers, about St. Jo, about her own family. Ralph Angel and Trinh have been getting closer — so close,…