Tyler Perry’s House of Payne | Should Jazmine Give Jaxon A Second Chance?

…of being harsh, Jasmine had every right to stand her ground. And honestly, the audacity of the episode to pretend like the previous events never happened is insulting to the viewers’ intelligence.

Let’s be real here—Jackson wasn’t just a kid who made a mistake. He was manipulative. He tried to throw Jasmine under the bus twice: once by asking her to lie for him and again by publicly smearing her reputation to save his own skin. That wasn’t just immaturity. That was calculated self-preservation at someone else’s expense.

So now we’re expected to believe that a conversation with a professor and his parents suddenly turns Jackson into someone worthy of a second chance? A redemption arc doesn’t start with a quiet apology behind closed doors—it starts with accountability, and nothing in this episode showed that Jackson has truly taken any. The professor says he’s remorseful, but if Jackson can’t even pick up the phone or send an email to the person he harmed, how sincere is that remorse?

And then there’s CJ’s sudden 180. Just episodes ago, he was calling Jackson out for his behavior. Now he’s pushing Jasmine to “be the bigger person” like none of that ever happened? That inconsistency makes it feel like the writers want to force a moral lesson at the expense of the show’s own continuity. You don’t teach a young woman to be strong and self-assured only to undermine her sense of justice when it becomes inconvenient.

Let’s also not ignore that Jasmine already did everything right. She didn’t retaliate. She didn’t stoop to Jackson’s level. She handled it with maturity and composure. Why does she have to “grow” by working with someone who actively tried to ruin her future? That’s not growth—that’s punishment for having boundaries.

So if fans are divided on this, it makes sense. But the ones saying Jasmine should forgive and move on are forgetting that forgiveness isn’t the same as reinstating trust. Jasmine can forgive Jackson in her own time, on her own terms, and still say, “I don’t want to work with you.” That’s valid. That’s powerful. And honestly, that’s what more stories should show.

In conclusion: this isn’t just about one “bad decision.” It’s about the ripple effect of repeated actions, lack of accountability, and forced redemption narratives that don’t respect the harm done to victims. Jasmine stood on her principles—and that should have been the real lesson of the episode.