I just finished Season 3. I must say, Smurf’s children are loyal to her even though they don’t like her. Smurf is in jail the first part of the season and she’s trying to run her business from jail through her grandson, Jake. Now Jake has gone through so much in his life growing up with a Mom who is a drug addict and dies in Season 1. That’s how Jake comes to live with his grandmother, Smurf. While Smurf is in jail, she signs all her business over to Jake because she doesn’t trust her three boys to do the right thing.
Her adopted son, Baz, steals everything out of her storage unit in Season 2. In Season 3, Baz splits some of the money with her brothers but hides the rest in a house he bought. Now Baz has a girlfriend Lucy who helps him hide the money. Around Episode 8, Baz is murdered while Lucy leaves him there to die.
Now the sad part in all of this is that Baz has a daughter named Lena. She is around 8 years old and Baz was always leaving her with his brother, Pope. Lena’s mother who is Baz’s wife was killed by Pope in Season 1. Pope hides her body and pretends she just took off without Lena; this is strange to everyone because she would never leave Lena. So in Season 3, Baz thinks Smurf had his wife killed and is angry with her so that’s why he betrays her. After Baz is murdered, Pope begins to take care of Lena; he loves the child and wants her to be safe. Lena starts to get in trouble at school and that’s when child protective services gets involved; and later take her out of the home with Pope. Lena is put into foster care and Pope is so upset that he tries to find her.
In the meantime, Smurf gets out of jail and comes home to a house that is a mess. The boys had been having wild parties in her home and she is not happy. The boys all come home to her house and found her there and are so shocked to see her in the kitchen cooking. She finally gets back in their good graces and things start to settle down.
Now while Pope is still upset about Lena, Smurf does call her contacts and finds out what foster home she is in. Smuf takes Pope over to the foster home to see the house and he is satisfied knowing she is safe. Later, Smurf arranges for Lena to be released in her custody. She brings Lena home to a decorated room full of toys and a closet full of clothes. Pope gets suspicious of Smurf’s intentions, and that same day takes Lena back to the foster home she has grown to love; she was also in the process of getting adopted by the foster parents.
A lot happens in this season, I advise anyone one to watch starting with Season 1. I will say after watching three seasons, no one ever smiles in the show. Everyone is always so serious. Even Lena never smiles. Give it at least three episodes; you may get hooked.
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