Is there a more charismatic actor working today thanDelroy Lindo?
Edwin flashes a smile at his worried parole officer, Mal (Marque Richardson).
“What my daughter doesn’t know is that I’m out forgoodthis time.”
Delroy Lindo and Kerry Washington in ‘UnPrisoned’.Kelsey McNeal/Hulu
Lindo packs a lifetime of backstory in those two words: “forgood.”
Lindo’s pure, uncut magnetism makes Eddie a man we can’t help but follow.
(Sample pep talk: “‘Parent’ and ‘partner’ are just one letter off.
Delroy Lindo and Faly Rakotohavana in ‘UnPrisoned’.Kelsey McNeal/Hulu
How you got parented is how you get partnered.")
“Ultimately, what you really want is a healing.”
“You are the side piece,” he explains.
“A man lies to his main bitch.”
“I need a legit job, son,” Edwin tells Finn.
“And I can’t get that without a social security card.
And I can’t getthatwithout a driver’s license and I can’t getthatwithout a birth certificate.”
