Second Look: Lincoln Heights
Sunday, January 20, 2008

The show has improved, and I am delighted with it. I still dislike the storyline with the gangs and violence involved. Yet, all in all, the characters on Lincoln Heights have grown on me.

I also want to thank the person who sent me a link to the ABCFamily website. It is free - my favorite word - and makes it easier to clarify the cast and plot.

Story recap: police officer Eddie Sutton (Russell Hornsby) moves his family into a rehabbed crack house (the refurbished place is a masterful and massive beauty) in his old neighborhood.

His wife Jenn (Nikki Michaeux) was reluctant at first. The kids weren't thrilled either, but they grew to like Lincoln Heights.

I'm shocked by how fast the last child, Tay (Mishon Ratcliff) has grown in one year. He looks like he doubled in height. I see him as a bit miscast. He bares no resemblance to anyone who plays his parents or grandparents. Perhaps he was chosen because he was the best actor for this role.

Lizzie (Rhyon Brown) is such a can-do young teen. Can't help but love her character. She looks like Cassie. I suspect the show doesn't know what to do with the girl's hair. I only wonder, as a natural hair advocate and borderline natural hair nazi: Is a perm really necessary for someone this young? There are plenty of hair stylists that know textured hair who can provide gentle and non-damaging care.

There's a sweet, interesting, young-love, interracial storyline between oldest daughter Cassie (Erica Hubbard) and the hot, white hunk Charles (Robert Adamson). She's a lovely and beautiful BAP (Black American Princess). Her kind of a character has not been on television since A Different World. If there were others, I cannot recall.

The cutest thing is watching how wide-eyed and confused Charles looks when Cassie is in one her moods.

It's a great show and well worth watching.

Labels: A Different World, ABCFamily, Erica Hubbard, Lincoln Heights, Mishon Ratcliff, Nikki Michaeux, Rhyon Brown, Robert Adamso, Russell Hornsby

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