Pamela Clayborne, Saints & Sinners

Pamela Clayborne (Gloria Reuben)

Pamela Clayborne was the mayor of a small town in Georgia. On the premiere of the show, the corrupt Pastor Johnson was murdered. His wife, councilwoman Lady Ella Johnson was not only running for mayor herself, but also having an affair with Pamela.

Pamela and Ella’s relationship was revealed, without proof, during a live TV interview. That automatically made Ella a suspect in her husband’s murder, which she denied several times. It was also implied that Ella and Pamela had conspired to murder him.

In the Season 1 finale, “Revelations”, Pamela’s husband, Travis, returned home just in time for an intruder tied to the man wrongfully accused to break in, and threaten to kill both Pamela and Travis, and the truth was revealed: Travis was the one who killed the Pastor because he thought that was who Pamela was sleeping with. He never dreamed it would be a woman. “You had the right affair but the wrong spouse!? That’s hilarious. Sad but hilarious.” – and the intruder shot and killed both Travis and Pamela.

Appearances:

• 8 episodes.

Female love interests:

• Ella Johnson (Vanessa Bell Calloway, regular)

Relationship story arc with a woman: Yes

Male love interests:

• Travis Ford (Chris Gann, recurring, husband)

Relationship story arc with a man: Yes

Filter Relationship Arc:

• Female (Regular), Male (Recurring)

Storyline during sweeps? No

[1] A relationship story arc is defined as explicit, developed on screen, and lasting more than 3 episodes. It is listed as questionable or subtext if romance is only implied, mentioned instead of shown on screen, part of a dream sequence, or otherwise not explicit for the viewer.
[2] Sweeps episodes air in February, May, July and November, the periods when advertising rates are set. A character is marked as "sweeps" when there is a very limited number of episodes that address their sexuality, all air during sweeps period, and the storyline is otherwise ignore/dropped.