One thing about “All the Queen's Men” is that no matter how much murder and mayhem the staff of Club Eden finds themselves at the center of, they always return to the stage like nothing happened. Let's compare how the show began to where it is at the end of season three. 

Marilyn "Madam" Deville

The show opens with Madam, a powerful figure who owns Club Eden and manages a troupe of male exotic dancers. We see her ruthlessness and vulnerability over her father's care. Her softness over James is a running thread in the show, and he is constantly used against her by her enemies. 

After faking dementia and death, James Deville is still a target for Madam's biggest threat, The Concierge. 

Doc is Madam's senior dancer. He starts out having an affair with Tina, who is married to Alan, a part-owner of Eden. When Alan finds out about the affair, he assaults his wife and threatens Madam. At the end of the pilot, Madam quickly dispatches Alan.

Now Doc is in the middle of another misguided affair, this time with Detective Davis, who is working with the DA to take Madam down. What started out as a way for Doc to collect intel seems to have blossomed into an actual love affair, so much that Madam has forbidden the hookups to continue. But not so fast—Det. Davis is seen with a bloody shirt retrieved from Doc's place and plans to turn it in as evidence. 

Babyface

Babyface loves the allure of powerful, forbidden women. In the pilot, he's called to family court over child support payments. In the same episode, the judge herself appears in the VIP room with an offer. If she likes his "performance," she'll be lenient in court.

Now Babyface is involved with mayoral candidate Tandy Watson, who also works with the DA to take Madam down. He's a boy toy and a hobosexual, using Tandy for financial favors. The more things change, as they say.

Trouble

Trouble is introduced hanging outside the club begging for a job. Madam doesn't hire female performers and tells her to get lost, but she is eventually hired. Trouble spends most of the show trying to prove her loyalty to Madam upon learning of the club's criminal activities. Most recently, she was kidnapped after trying to rob a gang. 

Madam believes Trouble has been a liability since she joined and may decide to finally cut her loose.

As Madam worries about her father's care and wrestles with her own demons, she gets a call — "Auntie, I'm out." This is her nephew, Amp, who has just been released from prison for the accidental death of his girlfriend. When he meets Eden's DJ, Dime, he says he doesn't want to be around all the alcohol and craziness of the club. Only a couple of seasons later, Amp is the alcohol and the craziness. His character took a turn after being on the receiving end of his aunt's ruthlessness, disrupting the possibility of romance with DJ Dime. 

A triangle is formed when new dancer Big D is introduced, and when we last see Amp and Big D brawling on the main stage!

With a renewal on the horizon, we hope to see the show push its characters in new and interesting directions. Let Amp and Dime have some romance, only to find they can't stand each other. Bring Midnight back into the fold as something other than an errand boy and sounding board. And, most importantly, let's give Madam a personal life again!

All episodes of “All the Queen's Men” are streaming on BET+.