Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Merle Dandridge | ... | Grace Greenleaf | |
Kim Hawthorne | ... | Kerissa Greenleaf | |
Desiree Ross | ... | Sophia Greenleaf | |
Lamman Rucker | ... | Jacob Greenleaf | |
Tye White | ... | Kevin Satterlee | |
Lynn Whitfield | ... | Lady Mae Greenleaf | |
Deborah Joy Winans | ... | Charity Greenleaf-Satterlee | |
Keith David | ... | Bishop James Greenleaf | |
Oprah Winfrey | ... | Mavis McCready | |
Anna Diop | ... | Isabel | |
Kristin Erickson | ... | Alexa | |
Terri J. Vaughn | ... | Melisse | |
Gregory Alan Williams | ... | Robert 'Mac' McCready (as GregAlan Williams) | |
Benjamin Patterson | ... | Noah Kendall | |
Lovie Simone | ... | Zora Greenleaf |
"In the season premiere, directed by executive producer Clement Virgo ("The Book of Negroes"), Grace and her teenage daughter Sophia (Desiree Ross, "Falling Skies") are warmly welcomed home by Grace's father, Bishop Greenleaf. Sparked by Grace's return to Memphis, tensions quickly rise. At a family dinner in the Greenleaf mansion, Grace's mother is cold and hostile. Her sister-in-law Kerissa (Kim Hawthorne, "Rake") questions her about her faith and sister Charity (Deborah Joy Winans, "Whitney") erupts with jealousy at the suggestion that Grace might start preaching at Calvary.