Sophia Michaels
The end of an era has come for “Snowfall” fans and the journeys of some of the series’s pivotal characters. Over the past six seasons, the 1980s-set crime drama has followed the dramatic tale of ambitious drug dealer Franklin (Damson Idris) and the rise and fall of his drug organization during the crack epidemic in South Central Los Angeles. In the show’s sixth and final season, one of the biggest shocks was watching Amin Joseph’s beloved Jammin’ Jerome Saint, aka Uncle Jerome, meet a tragic fate.
In episode six, titled “Concrete Jungle,” Jerome, Franklin, and his wife Louie (Angela Lewis) find themselves stuck in a warehouse shoot-out. After several betrayals in season six — including robberies, shoot-outs, death threats, and secret deals — tensions finally reach a breaking point when Jerome and Franklin are forced to put their beef to the side and rescue Louie, who has been kidnapped. Unfortunately, the rescue mission results in Jerome’s death.
Immediately following episode six, the “Snowfall” cast shared their sad reactions to Jerome’s death. Gail Bean, who plays Wanda, celebrated her costar by quote-tweeting his message, writing, “You were phenomenal. Always are! Thank you for allowing us to love you x Jerome for 6 seasons.” Lewis followed suit as well, tweeting, “You did the damn thing!!!! Thank you for being the best scene partner ever!! Thank you for holding us down. on all the layers.”
In a March 29 interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Joseph reflected on his character’s demise, telling the outlet that that storyline has been in the cards since “Snowfall” season five. “I talked to our showrunner Dave Andron,” the actor explained. “Over hiatus sometimes we’ll meet up before we get back into production, and I was told that, yeah, that was the road we were going down and that Jerome would meet his demise in the final season.” Joseph added that he initially didn’t know how Jerome would die in the show, nor who — or what — would be the cause of his death. However, considering “Snowfall”‘s overall story, he wasn’t surprised about his fate.
The end of episode seven shows Franklin, Louie, and their family burying Jerome, as the latter still blames Franklin entirely for his death.
