Is AJ really Grace's son on 'Greenleaf'? Fans aren't convinced that the pair is actually related on the hit OWN drama.
OWN’s fashionable series Greenleaf will have led to August after five drama-filled seasons, but the show lives on through Netflix for a brand new workforce of viewers to find.
One of the key narratives in Greenleaf's final few episodes dealt with the trauma surrounding Grace’s son, AJ, and the secret he’d been maintaining from his parents. However, lovers weren’t convinced that the former convict was even the pastor’s real kid. Now that the series is over, right here’s how that storyline wrapped up. WARNING: Spoilers ahead!
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Is AJ really Grace's son on 'Greenleaf'?
Unless the writers are plotting a twist involving AJ for the display’s upcoming spin-off, then he is in reality the son Grace gave up for adoption when she was just 18 years old. Though many audience speculated that AJ’s secret would have one thing to do along with his real identification, it in reality focused on his time in jail.
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He in spite of everything admitted to Grace what led him to try suicide within the Season 5 premiere. "I’m gonna tell you something, and after I say it, I don’t want to talk about it," he declared from his medical institution mattress. "I’m sick of being treated like a puzzle everyone’s trying to figure out."
AJ went on to reveal that he used to be raped through fellow inmates and gotten smaller HIV as a result. "That’s my life. That’s the situation, OK?" he concluded. Despite the surprising announcement, enthusiasts had bother accepting that there wasn’t extra to the story.
"I was a bit let down by AJ’s secret. I still think he’s hiding more stuff," one particular person wrote underneath a TVLine recap. A well-liked principle amongst commenters is that the thriller guy who seemed at Faith’s gravesite in the Season 4 finale (see image under) is her exact son and AJ was his cellmate.
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"I am sure that the real AJ told him about him being adopted and about his real folks," one individual said in reinforce of the impersonator thesis. "The current AJ did tell [Grace] that he did research on her and her family… I believe this current individual is a fake and he’s the HIV rapist and he is using Grace’s [son’s] identity."
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Instead, the series ended on a prime word for AJ. His and Grace’s relationship was shown to be going smartly even after he selected to reside with his dad Noah. Whether or now not we’ll see the character on our TV monitors again remains a thriller… a minimum of for now.
The 'Greenleaf' spin-off will focal point on Lady Mae.
According to the drama’s creator, Craig Wright, Bishop’s widow (performed by means of Lynn Whitfield) is in a position for her close-up. "I think Lady Mae’s new role as the pastor of [Calvary Fellowship] or another church is definitely going be the tentpole of whatever we do next," the executive manufacturer told TVLine after the finale.
"When I saw her [preaching], it made me even more excited about the spin-off, because when you hear Lady Mae talking about how to love the past enough to let it go and how to look for the future, it’s just so exciting to me to do another chapter in the story," he added.
At least we will be able to binge all 5 seasons of Greenleaf on Netflix while we wait!
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