Powell gets grilled on television for not entering any names as promised and he ends up offering Esther James' name, who punches him in the face by the end of the episode. However, once Bumpy hears Powell go on and on about how he'll protect him after he snitches and how they have to "stick together" he changes his mind and walks out. Bumpy considers doing so, and while his wife, Mayme, is surprised at first given he refused to snitch to save himself from prison, she supports him once she understands that's his plan to get back at Chin for what he did. ![]() ![]() Powell thinks Bumpy will help to get back at the Italians for killing his men. Only he has no names and even a suggestion box fails to turn up anything but the name of a black bag woman - Esther James - a go-between for the Italians and the cops. He delivers a powerful sermon about the lottery - which doubles as exposition for us on what this numbers game is all about - and promises to enter into the Congressional record the name of one Italian numbers operator each week. ![]() Meanwhile, Rev Powell decides to use the Italian lottery issue to further cement his image as a champion of the black people. This week's episode of Godfather of Harlem, It's All in the Game, begins with the "Previously on" bit which quickly recaps the important portions from the previous episodes: Chin Giante's daughter Stella and her love affair with up-and-coming black singer Teddy Greene, whose mother strongly objects to their relationship Bumpy's men taking out Chin's people and retrieving a tape that incriminates Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Clay Chin threatening another, more senior member of the Italian mob, Joe Bonanno, about selling dope directly to Bumpy Bumpy telling Amy Vanderbilt that he cannot continue their affair anymore Guapo (Bumpy's Latino associate) complaining to Rev Powell about the Italian lottery aka numbers game and how it affects the Black and Latino communities Bumpy's daughter, Elise, telling him off for being a 'sh*tty' father, and Malcolm X telling her to get clean and get alright and finally, Cassius Clay winning his fight in defiance of Chin's threats thanks to Bumpy's assistance, clearly upsetting Chin.
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