*BET+ has released the season 5 trailer for the original series “Ruthless” from Tyler Perry Studios.
The 9-episode season will premiere with two episodes on Thursday, August 8, and continue with one episode dropping weekly until the season finale on Thursday, September 19.
Per the press release, here’s the synopsis: After becoming entangled with a religious cult, Ruth must play along until she can find a way to free herself and her daughter. Starring Melissa L Williams, Matt Cedeno, Baadja-Lyne Odums, Blue Kimble, Colin Mccalla, Nadege August, Michelle Nunez, and Josh Adeyeye, season 5 returns with more suspense and drama at the Rakudushis compound as chaos ensues and order is disrupted, leaving the people of the Raku in for far more of a surprise than they could have imagined.
Watch the new trailer below.
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Here’s more about the new season:
Season five of Tyler Perry’s “Ruthless” returns with more suspense and drama at the Rakudushis compound. The Highest is ready to lead the members of his cult to the Raku, but Ruth intervenes. Ruth’s intervention begins a slow turn in power that will likely end with the succession of her overall plan. Because Ruth is carrying The Highest’s seed, she is able to use the pregnancy as a tool to manipulate obstacles that arise around her. With the infiltration of the FBI, the compound is once again in a state of unrest as they prepare for a huge blood oath wedding. Chaos ensues and order is disrupted. Members are up in arms and some are turning on one another, different agendas are being revealed furthering the gap. It forces The Highest to call for a lockdown to reunite himself and everyone else with the Raku. The people of the Raku are in for far more of a surprise than they could have imagined.
In a 2020 interview with CinemaBlend, Williams (Ruth) admitted it can be difficult to portray characters entangled in a sex cult.
“It’s so opposite of our personalities in our real lives,” she said of her co-stars. “Yvonne Senat who plays Tally, we relied on women who have escaped cults, been in cults, and just really grounding ourselves with the fact that this is a reality for some,” Williams explained
“I watched shows, I have certain music that puts me in a very solemn mood, so I would bring my headphones on set, and especially on scenes that were really heavy, try to separate myself so that I could stay in a moment and remember the meaning behind what I’m doing. Because it’s easy to fall out of the darkness of it all because we’re not generally like that, but for me I definitely use real interviews from cult members or ex-cult members, and that puts you in right away,” Williams said.
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