The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
WARNING ! spoiler in front forBel - Airepisode 4 .
Uncle Phil and Geoffrey have certainly been dramatized inBel - Air , as the reboot ’s twist give them a far more dangerous felonious edge . Just as expected , Bel - Airseason 1is give the Banks family much higher stakes in their story , and not just in term of Will ’s arriver . Bel - Airhas introduce several twist onFresh Prince ’s iconic type , with their spectacular reimaginings cursorily go away from the light - hearted motivations and comedic character of their situation comedy similitude .
Bel - Airhas truly leaned into the result of Will ’s legal trouble , Uncle Phil ’s power and position as a notable Bel - Air attorney , and Carlton ’s lordliness surrounding what charge Will to California . WhileFresh Princesaw Will and the Banks family fly the coop into difficulty with the law a few times , it was nothing compared to Uncle Phil ’s illegal influence on the Department of Justice organization and his own reprehensible activities that are portrayed inBel - Air . In a strange twist , Bel - Airis beginning to turn the Banks family into a unstinting version ofThe Godfather ’s Corleones .
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InFresh Prince , Uncle Philwas just a lawyer who was talented enough in his craft to get Will and Carlton out of trouble . InBel - Air , Uncle Phil ’s position and exponent in Los Angeles have given him much more influence than just being a attorney , as it appears he ’s in reality a secret crime boss . InBel - Airepisode 4 , Geoffrey state Will that he ’ll take care of Rashaad , who has fall upon where Will go after Philadelphia . In the episode , Will catch a mysterious Isle of Man in a car watching him at school , withBel - Airlater revealing that Geoffrey has been working with him and that Uncle Phil is their “ genus Bos . ” This Apocalypse hit more horse sense when considering whyUncle Phil is prevent Will ’s legal troubles a secret , because if someone like Fred Wilkes , LA ’s police headman , started dig into how Phil get him out and afterwards how Rashaad was “ accept care of , ” the fellowship would be in a world of trouble .
Unlike in the original serial , Geoffrey is no ordinary butler inBel - Air , as he rather seems to be a sort of consigliere for the Banks category , which essentially makes him Phil ’s Tom Hagan . Bel - Airepisode 4 ends with Geoffrey telling Uncle Phil they have some “ certificate matter ” to talk over , with Will then getting a call from Tray that Rashaad was down at a strip lodge . Even before the news show of Rashaad ’s last , Geoffrey had differentiate Phil ’s other hired man that Rashaad was trying to extort them for more money after the kinfolk had already offered him $ 10,000 to keep silent . Since the matter in whichUncle Phil helped Willget out of effectual trouble inBel - Airepisode 1 was never revealed , it seems he and Geoffrey had likely give off or threatened Philly ’s officials rather than using his legal art .
Since Uncle Phil is also in the middle of his safari for Los Angeles District Attorney , the estimation that he also runs a type of crime ring - or at least hire others in the Los Angeles criminal underground to stage such activites - piddle hisBel - Airrole all the more dangerous . If the details of him arranging Rashaad ’s dying are exposed , not only will Uncle Phil ’s drive be over , but the Banks family could also face up legal problem far worse than if Will had been prove for rive an unregistered gun in a fighting . The Banks mansion may have seemed like a hold open seemliness forBel - Air ’s Will Smith , but Uncle Phil and Geoffrey ’s criminal bodily function are potentially spend a penny it far more unsafe than if he had just stayed in Philadelphia . WhileBel - Air ’s crook is an exciting development for Uncle Phil and especially Geoffrey , who was just the sardonic Samuel Butler inFresh Prince , it signals far more trouble for the family in the serial publication ’ future tense .
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Bel - Airreleases new episodes Thursdays on Peacock .
