Colandrea "Coco" Conners was roommates with Sam when they were freshmen. Times have changed. They drifted in apart and moved in different directions. Sam became part of the Black Student Union, eventually it's president. Coco tried pledging a sorority, Alpha Delta Rho, but that didn't exactly work out. She wound up quitting before she was fully accepted. Eventually Sam's and Coco's differences created a rift between them and they stopped rooming together.
Coco had a crush on Troy from the first time she met him but he barely noticed her back then. He wound up dating Sam before he noticed Coco. The episode ends, without moving the story forward by much, as Coco and Troy start to get busy, in bed.
Thoughts
This is an interesting episode in more ways than one. It starts off in the present (junior year) but then flashes back to freshman year. A good chunk of the episode is set back then but towards the end of the chapter the focus returns to the present.
Once again the focus character, Coco in this case, turns out to be a more fully realized character than it seemed in her first couple appearances. Her arguments and discussions with Sam helped to flesh her out, as did her interactions with Muffy and her white friends. Sam is also more fully fleshed out by the end of this episode.
I'm really enjoying how the backgrounds of the various characters are unfolding as I make my way through the episodes.
The next episode looks like it focuses on Reggie. Is that going to be it or will every episode this season flesh out a different character?
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