Lyons Maxson

I saw Terrance Howard as the character of Lyons.   He’s smooth, mild-mannered and goes with the flow.  Lyons is the smooth talking, talented jazz playing older son of Troy.  He was raised by his mother, as Troy was not around.  He was born while Troy was in jail.  He lives with his girlfriend Bonnie who is a nurse.  He comes by usually on Fridays to see Troy and Rose.  Troy on the other hand, says it’s because he knows its payday.   "Yeah, well, look hear, Pop. . . let me have that ten dollars. I'll give it back to you. bonnie got a job working at the hospital."  Lyons is always asking for his father to come and see him play, but Troy constantly puts his music down saying it sounds like “Chinese music”.  All Lyons would like to do is just play music and have his father one-day listen to him.