After Season 4 earned the lowest ratings in the show's past, albeit the best ones for the network still, 'Greenleaf' is pulling out all the big guns with reunions aplenty and plots twisted enough to keep the brain occupied.

The Season 5 premiere borrows all the timeless tropes to lay down the dynamics right at the beginning; there's Phil (Sean Blakemore) confirming with Charity (Deborah Joy Winans) if they are cool, while Karissa (Kim Hawthorne) threatened Jacob (Lammar Rucker) if he doesn't take care of her through this divorce, she'd expose his parents.

Maybe Bishop (Keith David) and First Lady Mae (Lynn Whitfield) did cover up a murder to move into the lavish mansion they are currently staring at.

We get a momentary distraction from AJ's spiral in terms of Sophia's ever twisting love life that sees her beau with his ex on their date night.

And no matter how "demented" or "crazy" it might sound, the shock value of their decision is balanced by the way Charity returns Phil's engagement ring with ample poise and subtle snark to make one whistle and cheer for her.

Once again, the beauty of 'Greenleaf' lies in how interconnected everything is, and soon Grace's request to hunt down intel on the man taking the blame leads them to the very reason Phil leaves Charity — Bob.