The characters are forced to examine life without football as they prepare for the strike to hit full force. Malik desperately clings to his teammates’ respect while feeling the pressure of the unrest. Tasha receives the Mogul of the Year award while still reeling from the loss of her agency. And Brittany, Jamison, Raquel and Garret decide to take a couples’ camping trip to clear their minds and unplug as they get ready for the grueling fight ahead.

Malik struggles to keep the Fury Strike Fund solvent while paying teammates out of his own pocket. Tasha’s career is grounded, but a little push from Malik might entice her back in The Game. Brittany and Jamison grow closer but a big-time opportunity threatens to pull them apart.

After the owners hire replacement players to break up the union, Malik suffers a crisis of leadership when Garret challenges his strategy. Back on the job market, Tasha discovers she’s a hot commodity but her talents are still needed with the family business. Jamison incurs the rage of his teammates when he crosses the picket line, and Brittany tries to impress her new boss, but a former foe threatens momentum.

Brittany teams up with Raquel to gain leverage over an old enemy. Jamison, homeless and jobless continues his downward spiral. Dead set on working some of her mogul magic, Tasha goes all-in as CEO of Malik Wright Enterprises. And Malik, with Garret firmly on his side, makes a grand gesture to bring the owners to the negotiating table.

Tasha negotiates with the new football league, all while dealing with an intense mystery pain. Malik hosts a Make-A-Wish kid with leukemia, who brings him closer to his first love, Shannon. Garret tries to get his father to approve of Raquel, who hits a speed bump in her career. Brittany learns an explosive secret about Jamison.

On the morning of Tee Tee's wedding, Jamison takes a laced pill that causes him to see the world as a musical. Malik launches an apology tour to women he's disrespected in the past. Garret debates reading the background check his father ran on Raquel. Brittany ponders telling Jamison he has a son with Allison.

Tasha struggles to overcome looming fears about surgery, her secret with Shannon, and the possibility of a new professional journey. Raquel finds information that drives a wedge between her and Garret. And, for Brittany, reality hits hard in the form of a phone call about Jamison.

Dealing with the fallout from Tasha's betrayal, Malik discovers his new league in jeopardy when Chance and Eugene negotiate a covert deal. However, with Brittany's help, Tasha scrambles to save the day. Finally, Jamison's fate is revealed, while Garret and Raquel desperately try to move on from one another.