The Quad Episode 1
- Feb 3, 2017
- 1 min read
There are a little over 100 historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the U.S. — institutions of higher learning, many created in the wake of the American Civil War, that are made up primarily of African-American students and educators. Add to their number the fictional Georgia A&M University, home of the beloved Marching Mountain Cats band and the setting for BET's energetic and addictive new series, The Quad, of which the two-hour pilot and hourlong second episode were made available for preview.
This is the kind of soapy delight, created by small-screen stalwarts Felicia D. Henderson and Charles D. Holland, in which there's a hysterical dramatic crisis every two minutes or so and resolutions that would normally take dragged-out weeks (if not months) arrive with oft-ridiculous expediency. Realistic it's not, though it's most certainly compelling (and sometimes more) thanks to a game cast and some propulsive, pointed storytelling.
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