The sleepy southern town outside of Cypress, Georgia has been rocked by the murders of a beloved pastor and the town’s Mayor. Death’s shadow continues to loom over the town’s epicenter, Greater Hope Baptist Church, as a dead body is discovered on its grounds, bringing up the church’s sordid past along with it. As concealed secrets claw their way to the surface, new alliances are formed and deceit, jealousy and compromising sexual affairs threaten to shatter lives and demolish the heart of the church and the town forever. As everyone’s dark past comes to light, the difference between being a saint or a sinner becomes more distorted than ever.
Episode 1
A new murder mystery is uncovered at Greater Hope Baptist Church; newly-elected Mayor Ella Johnson and the remaining power players in Cypress face corruption, courtrooms and scandal.
Episode 2
Mayor Ella Johnson cracks the whip on the police corruption in the city of Cypress. Christie's Medicaid scam puts her relationship with Levi at risk.
Episode 3
A mysterious kidnapping costs Jabari nearly everything he's sacrificed to build his new empire. Levi shocks everyone with a prediction by Pastor Johnson that has come true. Mayor Johnson finds opposition when she moves to prosecute those corrupt in Cypress.
Episode 4
Worlds collide when a powerful trio target Mayor Johnson and Jabari. The detectives' clues about Dead Debra lead them right back to where they started, Greater Hope Baptist Church.
Episode 5
Christie faces blackmail as she prepares for her wedding. Elsewhere, Rex reverts back to his old ways of doing business.
Episode 6
Wedding bells sound as the detectives gain enough clues to re-enact the murder. Rex and Jabari's struggle for power takes a violent turn.
Episode 7
A new first family emerges as Lady Ella and Rex drop a bomb on Kendrick and Christie. Miles faces double grief on his own, when a loved one returns right on time.
Episode 8
Christie snaps under the pressure of losing everything. Old truths are finally uncovered as new ones are buried.