When John Singleton’s semi-autobiographical FX Snowfall series first debuted, it was about some kids from the projects selling pot behind their elders’ backs from Stingray bikes in South Central Los Angeles. Now that the show is wrapping up, the family saga has exploded into a $72 million drug war fueled by the CIA that tells a tragic tale about how the crack epidemic destroyed a community. In the sixth and final season of the Snowfall saga, a civil war threatens to destroy the Saint family led by Franklin, played by Jamson Idris, his Aunt Louie (Angela Lewis) and her husband Jerome (Amin Joseph).
Rage, regret, love and savage behavior come to a head with some devastating results for fans. Franklin is faced with losing everyone he loves, everything he’s built, and getting through it will mean out-maneuvering the KGB, the DEA and the CIA, as well as avoiding the LAPD’s corrupt C.R.A.S.H units. There will be some shockers and there will be dark nights of the soul, as every action has a consequence.
Singleton was the first Black American nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director in 1992 for Boyz n the Hood. He died unexpectedly in the middle of the series in April of 2019 in the aftermath of a stroke, but the show he co-created with Eric Amadio and Dave Andron never missed a beat in its continuity and deep understanding of the L.A. he grew up in.
“John always had a way of putting people in position for them to succeed,” says Joseph, who makes his directorial debut in one of the final and most pivotal episodes. “He was really a person that had a lot of forethought. When people say John gave us this story and we knew the story, we were able to run the play. He is sorely missed without a doubt, but he put enough people in place that we were able to continue on with integrity. You can’t replace a monument of a man like that, but he really left things in place. He did that throughout the entire group of us, from the grip and…
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