There’s a relatively new show in town that is gaining lots of buzz, and I can guarantee you, this show is going to be the next big thing on your screens in a couple of years.

Jada Pinkett Smith’s Red Table Talk is one of the realest talk shows streaming today. Together with the help of her 17-year-old daughter, Willow, and her mother, Adrienne Banfield-Jones, Pinkett Smith tackles uncomfortable subjects—even for a modern audience surrounded by seemingly constant raw and unfiltered moments from sex, love, to family while also interviewing celebrities.It’s a no hold barred conversation, literally around a table covering different topics that relate to our daily lives.

Since its premiere in 2018, Red Table Talk has earned millions of views on Facebook, an Emmy nomination for Best Outstanding Informative Talk Show, along with an NAACP Image Award, officially marking its cultural significance.

Part of the show’s charm, notes the show producer while on an interview with Harper’s Bazaar, is that instead of a bunch of unfamiliar women cast and screen-tested together, Red Table invites viewers into the home of the notoriously private Smiths—and into their most intimate dialogues, of which internal reflection is a cornerstone. “It’s more like an extension of our conversations when we’re alone and just how we are with each other naturally,” says Willow.

In a positive review, USA Today‘s Maeve McDermott praised the series for its “insightful guests, no-holds-barred topics and Smith’s magnetic hosting presence” and favorably compared to other television series saying, “Unlike the web of other celebrity TV shows featuring manufactured family drama and few moments of actual clarity, though, the revealing conversations on Red Table Talk have authentic, difficult lessons at their center.

If you haven’t caught on to the show, worry not. Sit back and relax and we share 7 must watch episodes from the show.

1. Confronting Mental Illness

Jada reveals her struggles with depression and suicidal thoughts. Grammy-winning rapper Kid Cudi joins the Table and talks about his mental health problems and battle with addiction.

 

2. Unpacking White Privilege and Prejudice

Three women from diverse backgrounds join the Red Table to discuss the concept of white privilege, and how it affects the relationships between white women and women of color.

 

3. Let’s Talk About SEX!

This week at The Table we’re talking sex. Jada Pinkett Smith reveals everything from losing her virginity to embracing abstinence, and her addiction to sex toys. Willow Smith shares how she first learned about sex, and Adrienne Banfield Norris explains how her introduction to sex created shame in her life.

 

4. Black and Gay in America with Don Lemon

The Red Table makes a special trip to New York for an exclusive interview with CNN anchor Don Lemon about the horrific hate crime against “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett. Lemon reveals the obstacles he faced being a gay, black man in a high-profile job, and the challenges facing gay men in the African American community.

 

5. Domestic Abuse: When Love Turns Violent

Heartbreaking stories of domestic abuse are revealed when Adrienne shares her traumatic experiences at the hands of Jada’s father, the life-threatening event that finally made her leave him and the effect it had on Jada. Willow sits down with a 14-year-old girl who witnessed her mother’s abuse.

 

6. Surviving R. Kelly: The Aftermath (Part 1)

In this two-part Red Table Talk special, Jada Pinkett Smith, Adrienne Banfield-Norris and Willow sit down with R. Kelly accuser Lisa Vanallen as she shares details of her decade-long ordeal with the R&B singer.

 

7. What Men Really Think About Love

Award-winning rapper Wale and Jane the Virgin star Justin Baldoni come to the Red Table for a vulnerable, eye-opening, and honest conversation about what men want and need in the search for true love.

 

8. Facing Addiction: Jada & Adrienne Share Their Family’s Story

For the first time ever, Jada’s mom Adrienne Banfield Norris shares details of her 20-year heroin addiction, and how it affected a young Jada Pinkett Smith. Also joining the family is special guest August Alsina, and Will Smith’s youngest sister, Ashley Marie, both of whom have faced addiction.

 

Season Two is here. Watch it on Facebook/ Red Table Talk.