In the next episode of "The Mayor," Courtney Rose (Brandon Michael Hall) and his staff attempt to save a historic music venue from closing down to the public.
The synopsis and promotional photos for the upcoming installment titled "Monuments Man" was just released recently and showed Rose, Valentina Barella (Lea Michele), and Jermaine Leforge (Bernard David Jones) in the streets of the neighborhood spreading flyers about a music festival to save the famous music venue, Tito's Ballroom. Apparently, the club has fallen on hard times due to increasing rent costs. It has to either close down or someone has to come up with the money to pay for the said costs. Rose sees their plight and decides to sponsor the festival in order to save the old establishment. He enlists the help of a Bay Area rap legend named E-40 to headline the upcoming event.
However, Rose's nemesis in the city council, Ed Gunt (David Spade), does not think it is a good idea to keep the place but rather needs to be torn down to make way for other public purposes. Rose understands his concerns but comes up with a plan to win Gunt over to saving the place. Meanwhile, Rose's mom Dina (Yvette Nicole Brown) agrees to become the church's choir director but soon realizes that her teaching style may be the thing that is preventing the group from singing in harmony.
In the previous episode, Rose met with California Governor Fillucci (Tom Wilson) who visited Fort Grey. The mayor played political games with Fillucci to get him to help with an environmental cause in the city. At first, his staff did not approve of his political style but later on, things fell into place and they got what they wanted from the governor.
"The Mayor" season 1 episode 8 will air on Tuesday, Dec. 5 at 10:30 p.m. EST on ABC.
