New ‘Greenleaf’ trailer shows epic battle for the church and scandalous new love triangles

Jul 25, 2018

The new trailer for the third season of Greenleaf has been released and it promises to be one sinful and turbulent time for the church folks in Memphis.

—Odell Beckham Jr. caught up in another scandal after former friend claims he paid woman $1,000 for sex—

The season premiere will air Tuesday, August 28 and Wednesday, August 29 at 10 p.m. Lady Mae’s (Lynn Whitfield) got a new attitude after last season’s fallout and finding out about Bishop (Keith David) has eyes for another woman. Now she’s reconnecting with her old friend Maxine Patterson, being played by singer Patti LaBelle, who is a welcomed new addition to the Greenleaf cast.

According to Shadow and Act, below is an official synopsis for season three of Greenleaf:

“In season three of Greenleaf, all the turbulent forces that Grace’s (Merle Dandridge) return to Memphis unleashed threaten to destroy not just the church her family built, but the family itself. Fallout from last season’s shocking revelation of Bishop’s (Keith David) infidelities with Lady Mae’s (Lynn Whitfield) sister, as well as reverberations from his current dalliance with that insidious Jezebel, Rochelle Cross (LeToya Luckett) lead to all-out war in the Greenleaf home, setting the Bishop and Lady Mae on a collision course that, unless God or Grace intervenes, can only end one way: divorce.

In the wake of the marital mayhem, Lady Mae rushes to reconnect with Maxine Patterson (Patti LaBelle), an old friend and now a world-famous Christian motivational speaker, in an attempt to reclaim her forsaken call to preach and thus do what no First Lady has done before – survive as the sole head pastor of a megachurch after a major rift between its founding couple. Grace, meanwhile, works undercover in the company of Rochelle, hoping to discover Rochelle’s motives and true identity before the Bishop is swept away on a raging river of vanity and desire.

—Food truck worker caught on video spewing racial slurs at Black woman to pay $1000 fine—

Across town at Triumph, Jacob (Lamman Rucker) and Kerissa (Kim Hawthorne) try not to make the same mistakes Bishop and Lady Mae made as they work to build their own evangelical empire and manage parenting their teenage daughter Zora (Lovie Simone), but the roots of sin delve deep and old habits die hard. Sophia’s (Desiree Ross) faith is tested when an unforeseen medical issue arises; Charity (Deborah Joy Winans) struggles to make peace with Kevin (Tye White) and find her place in the world; and Grace works to keep an abused woman from death row for the crime of defending her own life. Meanwhile, Darius (Rick Fox) finds himself in conflict due to being entangled in an increasingly strained relationship with Grace.”