This, as it happens, gives her a bright idea, but we’ll address it later.Ĭomplex mother-daughter relationships are something of a recurring theme in P-Valley episode 5 since when Autumn approaches Andre about the pictures, they end up having a nasty argument and he brings up her own child, which is a sore spot, to put things mildly. Speaking of which, when Mercedes’s mother, Patrice, gets up singing at church, Pastor Gilford has to forcefully remind her that women have no place in the pulpit. They see her moving on to pastures new as conveniently jumping ship, and also a bit condescending. News of the casino plans is beginning to spread among the girls in “The Trap”, and not all of them have been putting pennies away as Mercedes has. It’s also funny to see her framing Andre’s picture of her in his presentation as though he’s in love with her when he also has pictures of Uncle Clifford – something that Clifford is quick to remind her about. It’s funny to see her give a blasé explanation of how strip club punters love the new girls and then immediately be given pole lessons from Gidget. One of the characters who is particularly reticent to keep anything to themselves is Mercedes, which is probably why she’s relying on her mother to babysit a cheque for twenty grand that she needs to use as a down-payment on her new gym she has twenty-four hours – tick, tock – to gather the funds, and isn’t taken particularly seriously by the owner of the lot when she proposes a subscription model for the classes.Īutumn is carelessly bandying money around in P-Valley episode 4, too, but she’s doing it under a fake ID at least. Sometimes, folks, it’s best to keep your opinion to yourself, which is advice that many characters in this show would do well to follow. We open with a tight-fisted customer worrying about the girls degrading themselves, but he’s quick to pony up the dough when he’s grasped by the gullet.