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As always Taraj P Henson is outstanding. Shes one of the best actors in Hollywood in my opinion. The movie starts out very good and tense.the story is typical of a hostage style bank robber who's had a bad day formula. It is pretty much an all black cast and that is cool being a Tyler Perry movie. It highlights the difficulty of a single black mother who is trying desperately to take care of her sick child in a world where nobody cares about her or her child. She is just in a terrible situation that only seems to get worse as the day goes on. It's nothing super original in that aspect. I guess where the message gets a bit mixed is that just because someone is on hard times and is having a terrible day or whatever doesnt make it ok to go into a bank with a gun and pull it on a bank teller for not cashing your check due to policy procedures. I get the feeling that Tyler Perry goes for us to feel bad and even look past a crime because it is a black woman . I mean people of all colors go through the exact same thing and is someone supposed to be totally forgiven because they are a minority? In the film a she cuts off a white cop on her way to her daughters school and of course he is a racist who drives her off the road and then tells her if he sees her again he's going to shoot her right in front of a female white officer who tells the white male cop to leave but still writes her a ticket that Taraj Henson character can't affords. I mean that is totally a ridiculous premise and we all get tickets we can't afford and again, is the officer supposed to not give her a ticket because she is black ? It just seems like the message is if you are a minority going through a hard time then you should be forgiven or given a break over others because of the color of your skin and that should not be the case. I'm sure people will think I'm being offensive, and I get that things are different between minorities and law enforcement but I don't understand really the message that Tyler Perry is going for if it is in fact that somehow because of race that it's ok to commit crimes and take people hostage because someone is going through a hard time in life. It's a fine movie and I enjoyed it but this mixed message I'm sure does not go unnoticed by many people.

Ok so I got into gold rush from the beginning with Todd Hoffman and that crew of clowns. The show is awesome and over the years it's kind of gotten bogged down and chopped up into a million different spin offs with different characters. Discovery along with a lot of other cable networks has struggled for content and its glory days of the early episodes and Deadliest catch etc.. I just don't think they can keep up with the streaming services which is the case unfortunately for many networks, but with Gold Rush "white water" they hit on an exciting premise. It's beautiful scenery in the mountains of Alaska where it is truly wild and untouched for most part. It's insanely dangerous and although these guys aren't the big operations that this area probably requires to be properly mined, they try anyway, and somehow they make it work. As far as logistics and making it safe as possible. These are just everyday guys, veterans and some old timer gear heads who can build and weld about anything. So in that way it is impressive. The dangers they constantly face and diving in that white water is totally insane. I love watching the show but calling them "gold miners" is a bit of a stretch. I mean 9 seasons and I think maybe they have found 15 ounces of gold lol. These poor guys always seem so close and then Mother Nature throws them a giant bolder or a flood wiped away their rudimentary set up and they have to start over. So in that sense the show is entertaining, more than anything else. The group it like able for most part besides Dustin. He's not as bad as some say. The guy puts up all the money and is under what seems is tremendous pressure and also probably in debt so his attitude is understandable. Now that Dakota Fred is gone the fighting between the 2 is over and although it was entertaining I'm glad Fred is gone (as far as being on the show). The bottom line is that White water is very entertaining as long as you don't expect them to find gold lol. The possibility is always there and once and a while a nugget or 2 comes up (I'm convinced they plant nuggets sometimes lol).but they always seem to conveniently run out of time or something and don't get the "big haul". I think this season they gotta find good gold or there's no way these guys can go out there and keep doing this insanely dangerous mining for basically nothing. They must get paid from discovery , but what I've heard that's not very much . I'm rooting for Dustin and the boys. White water has been by far the most entertaining and best spin-off of the legendary original seasons of gold rush. At some point a gold mining show needs to find some gold lol. Long live the guy who was on the first season who was addicted to pain pills. He was hilarious 🤣

So far the best episode of an otherwise underrated show on Apple. Dope thief is probably the best show currently on the channel. So much is happening as we climb towards the finale. Ray and Manny find themselves as the top suspects in a capitol murder trial of a federal agent. Each is going through their own he'll as they must decide to save themselves or one another. The DEA agent Mina is trumping up charges on Ray so that he can tell his story and they can put into a spotlight what was really going on at that farmhouse that they robbed. Forces are at work to try and silence Ray and Manny as well as the people they love the most. This episode is extremely well acted as the whole series has been. This episode ends as the last one did. Extremely sad and kind of expected the way it was going. I find that this show also has many parts that are just plain eerie as you hear the cartel guy who keeps calling Ray throughout the show makes an appearance at the end of the episode. I won't spoil to much here but Dope Fiend has been a very welcome series and one of my favorites that is on right now.