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Sneak Peek To Episode 5\u00a0of Underground Season 2<\/strong>Posted by Wilson Morales<\/p>\n

March 31, 2017<\/p>\n

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Blackfilm.com has been provided with a clip to the fifth episode to Season 2\u00a0of WGN America’s hit series\u00a0\u201cUnderground\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0 which will air on\u00a0April 5<\/strong>, 2017 at 10:00 p.m. ET\/PT<\/b><\/p>\n

In \u201cWhiteface,\u201d Cato tempts fate; Ernestine takes on a new apprentice. Meanwhile, August is back and out for blood and Grammy, Golden Globe and Academy Award winning artist John Legend will make his first appearance as renowned abolitionist Frederick Douglass.<\/p>\n

Season two of the 10-episode, hour-long series follows an unremitting struggle for freedom within a divided America on the brink of civil war, each side vying to enact their own justice. In the premiere, a desperate Rosalee (Jurnee Smollett-Bell), anxiously awaits Noah\u2019s (Aldis Hodge) release from prison, and joins forces with Harriet Tubman (Aisha Hinds) to fend off slave catchers and secure the safe passage of runaways. As John (Marc Blucas) battles for Noah\u2019s freedom in the courtroom, Elizabeth\u2019s (Jessica de Gouw) take a more subversive path to abolitionism, entering into a secret society known as \u201cthe sewing circle.\u201d Meanwhile, Ernestine (Amirah Vann) struggles with personal demons and seductive vices at a new plantation. The fight for freedom continues, even as tragedy strikes.<\/p>\n

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The celebrated \u201cUnderground\u201d cast includes: Jurnee Smollett-Bell<\/strong> as Rosalee, Aldis Hodge<\/strong> as Noah, Jessica de Gouw<\/strong> as Elizabeth Hawkes, Alano Miller<\/strong> as Cato, Christopher Meloni<\/strong> as August Pullman, Amirah Vann<\/strong> as Ernestine and Marc Blucas<\/strong> as John Hawkes. Season two newcomers include Aisha Hinds<\/strong> in the pioneering role of Harriet Tubman, as well as Jasika Nicole<\/strong> as Georgia, DeWanda Wise<\/strong> as Clara, Bokeem Woodbine<\/strong> as Daniel, Michael Trotter<\/strong> as Biographer, Jesse Luken<\/strong> as Smoke, \u00a0Sadie Stratton<\/strong> as Patty Cannon and Robert Christopher Riley<\/strong> as Hicks.<\/p>\n

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Ernestine Guides Clara<\/strong><\/p>\n