Why is darwin and melanie leaving the game

Jason and Chardonnay ended on a damn good high note, Derwin and Melanie settled their differences, Malik was back on top, and Tasha finally found love through Pookie Rockmond Dunbar and was happy for it.

Then at about the 16min mark on my DVR everything went to hell quickly, shattering any semblance of closure I might have expected to come. Love the actress, but the character needs to stay gone for good after that act of disrespect. Along with winning the championship game for the Sabers, the split sent Malik back to his old ways: fast cars and equally fast women. I hope not. And what about that Rick Fox appearance? He had unfinished business of his own and that whole speech he gave to Mel was really about him and Tasha.

However, it pains me to say that for one reason and one reason only: Kelly Pitts sounds like a thing of the past, yall. News U. Politics Joe Biden Congress Extremism. Special Projects Highline.

HuffPost Personal Video Horoscopes. Follow Us. In the premiere episode of season 5, Melanie admits that she had an abortion. Derwin originally believes that it was when he and Melanie were in college; however, she tells him that it was actually from her affair with Trey Wiggs. She confesses that the reason she had the abortion was to spare Derwin from living with a reminder of her affair, which is the way she feels about DJ. Even though she makes it seem as though the abortion has not affected her, she seems to show feelings of guilt when she is alone.

Feeling a void in her life, Melanie opts to continue trying to have a child, and later finds a surrogate in Tasha. Tasha eventually reneges on their arrangement to be with Pookie. Melanie later realizes that having a baby is not what she wants and leaves to attend Johns Hopkins on the day of the Championship Game, much to Derwin's dismay. At the end of the episode, however, he surprises her at the airport, telling her that he is flying there, with her.

Derwin meets singer Drew Sidora at a party he attends with Malik, and Drew asks Derwin to be in her new video, which he accepts not knowing he will play her love interest.

Derwin and Drew get close and end up having sex. Dionne tells Derwin she knows he slept with Drew, and Melanie over-hears and calls off the engagement, and their relationship.

In season 2, Derwin starts becoming more of a playboy jock rather than his humble church ways. After a few "hookups" Derwin starts dating Janay. Although Melanie begins dating Jerome, she is jealous of Derwin and Janay. Janay finds "Dr. Grizzly", the stuffed bear Derwin bought Melanie, and Derwin throws the bear into a waste basket, but later recovers it and hides it in a drawer. Derwin hurts his knee in a Sabers' playoff game and can not play in the Super Bowl, so he decides not to go to Miami with the team.

Melanie misses Derwin and decides to pay him a visit, and they share a passionate kiss, but Melanie goes to L. An intoxicated Derwin goes with Malik to L. Derwin tells her, "You look me in my eyes and you tell me you don't love me? Melanie goes to Derwin's apartment, but Derwin finds out that Janay is pregnant with his baby. In season 3, Derwin and Melanie get back together, but Melanie is jealous when Derwin goes with Janay to her first pregnancy appointment. After Melanie and Derwin break up again, Derwin decides to get back together with Janay since he is the father of her baby.