When “All American” returns for its final season, six months will have passed for the characters since Cassius Jeremy revealed he’s the Bakers’ cousin… and it seems six months was not enough for Jordan to process that news.
In TVLine’s exclusive sneak peek above at the Season 8 premiere, which was also shown to fans on Saturday at the American Black Film Festival in Miami, Jordan (Michael Evans Behling) admits to Coop (Bre-Z) that he’s still trying to wrap his head around Cassius (Osy Ikhile) being a blood relative — a relationship that Cassius intentionally hid for quite some time.
The two men have since gotten to know each other better through time spent on the basketball court, but it hasn’t been enough for Jordan just yet.
“I’m trying, Coop, OK? I like the guy,” Jordan tells his friend. “But we haven’t really stress-tested this whole ‘family bond’ thing outside of our basketball bubble. What if I can’t just leave the past in the past?”
More about All American’s final season
As previously reported, the eighth and final “All American” season will span just one week in the characters’ lives. “A week that will have them wondering if everything they’ve been through over the course of their lives has prepared them for this moment,” the logline teases. “A week that will ultimately reunite old with the new, friend with enemy, and alter the course of each of their futures forever.”
The swan song begins with a two-hour season premiere on Monday, July 13, at 8/7c. Prior to that, The CW will air the retrospective special “All American: The Final Season” on Monday, June 22, at 9 p.m., looking back at the show’s legacy and most memorable moments across the seven previous seasons.
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This story originally appeared on TVLine
