{"id":4449,"date":"2019-08-29T16:39:42","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T16:39:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/?p=4449"},"modified":"2025-01-03T17:21:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T22:21:53","slug":"review-the-power-season-6-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazine.watchjaro.com\/review-the-power-season-6-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: The ‘Power’ Season 6 Premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The premiere of the final season of Power, aptly titled \u201cBetrayal\u201d popped off this week answering the question fans have been fretting over for the last year and some change – \u201cIs Angela dead?\u201d Despite seeing her corpse on the hospital bed and again zipped up in a bag at the morgue, I am still not convinced that the loyal lover of James \u201cGhost\u201d St. Patrick is gone forever.\u00a0 While I am not likening Angela to Tupac, I cannot shake several different pieces of information that suggest otherwise. Firstly, immediately following last year\u2019s season finale, creator Courtney Kemp took to social media to reassure fans that ride-or-die good girl gone bad was not in fact dead. Secondly, as my sister pointed out, the preview for Season 6 featured clips of Angie walking and talking, not stiff in a freezer.\u00a0 Thirdly, homegirl works for the government; it is likely that her death was a way for her to escape and perhaps go into witness protection. And lastly, during the post-premiere talk with the people of <\/span>Power<\/span> Courtney admitted that her intention was to have us think Angela was dead and then have her pop up at the end of the season, a decision she was talked out of.\u00a0 Admittedly, in the post-premiere talk Lela Loren, the actress who plays the government attorney spoke of her character, Angie, as if she was in fact dead. Call it denial, delirium, or desperation, I am still not convinced.\u00a0 However, my preoccupation with the impending resurrection of the slain Angie flails in comparison to the insurmountable grief and regret filled tension it has spawned between brothers Ghost and Tommy.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tommy has committed some horrible acts in the name of loyalty to his oldest and closest friend.\u00a0 He strangled the love of his life while pregnant with their child in order to prevent her from snitching on Ghost.\u00a0 Tommy was even tricked by his so-called brother into killing his own father, who he had just met and begun to bond with, for the same reason as he did his girlfriend.\u00a0 It seems, that unlike Ghost, Tommy has paid the ultimate price for his unflinching loyalty. While Ghost is no stranger to heartache, having buried his innocent teenage daughter, his pain seems to come at his own hands, and at times his selfish devotion to his own causes.\u00a0 Now the bond between the two has been broken and each is savagely seeking the death of one another in an attempt to heal their own wounds. While this fatal feud is at the center of this season I am curious as to how the storylines of some of our other favorite characters will unfold and interact with the fate of the now-estranged brothers.\u00a0 Here are some of my questions, observations, and predictions for the series finale.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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I was underwhelmed by Ghost\u2019s reaction to Angie\u2019s death.\u00a0 <\/span>While she has <\/span>allegedly<\/span> been dead for no more than an estimated 36 hours, I was certain that Ghost would have had more of a breakdown.\u00a0 When she pushes Ghost out the way to take a bullet for him, he turns to see his best friend at the other end of the gun and lets out what my friend calls an odd Simba-like roar.\u00a0 But beyond that he walks around head hanging a bit lower, embodying the guilt he feels that some of her blood is on her hands. Angie\u2019s sister, Paz reminds him that he is the one to blame and she is right; until reuniting with the drug dealer she had a nice life and a great career that she destroyed for him.\u00a0 On the other hand, it seems that he is somewhat elated that her final act, where she sacrifices herself for him, answers a lingering internal question of whether or not she was truly loyal. I bet he never thought a definitive answer would come at the cost of her life. It\u2019s only a matter of time before really feels the weight of her demise, of his loss; It might break him.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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How will Dre\u2019s slimy, yet admirable self, spin his signed testimony to benefit him?\u00a0 <\/span>Dre aka Baby Ghost has agreed, under calculated duress, to testify (aka lie) that Tommy and Ghost had nothing to do with the murder of Felipe Lobos.\u00a0 Initially, he wanted to use the opportunity to take down the duo, something that seems impossible after signing a statement at the end of the last season.\u00a0 However, Dre is clever, and pretty soon, like his mentor, he will find a way to enact his own motives.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Who the hell is Councilman Tate knocking out in his office?\u00a0 <\/span>We always knew this dude (played by the Benjamin Button-ish Larenz Tate) was shady af and have been anxiously awaiting for more of his dark side to reveal itself.\u00a0 In the preview for the season, there is a quick clip of him throwing blows in his office. Who is he checking and why?\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tariq (also know as Tyriq, cause you know – black people, lol) is gonna step to Ghost.\u00a0 <\/span>This is predicted by one of my friends.\u00a0 I am not sure. On one hand, he helps to frame his friend, Kanan, who he liked way more than his father.\u00a0 On the other hand, Ghost is still his dad. But is blood enough? At the very least, as seen in the previews for the next episode, he is about to evolve into Ghost, Jr. and start his own branch of the family business. \u00a0 <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Tasha is plotting how she can divorce Ghost and get half, maybe more.\u00a0 <\/span>In earlier seasons we learn that despite his infidelity, Tasha does not seek a legal divorce from Ghost because she signed a prenup that states if she does she gets nothing.\u00a0 A little \u201cinsurance\u201d from Ghost for Ghost, I\u2019m sure. But seeing how Ghost has more important things to focus on, like killing his former best friend for murdering his lover, Tasha might be able to use his preoccupation to her advantage.\u00a0 Shoot, it seems like she might have a lot to gain from his death. Perhaps she might join Team Tommy.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Terry Silver ain\u2019t dead.\u00a0 <\/span>This needs no explanation or rather I don\u2019t have one.\u00a0 I just feel it in my spirit. Ol\u2019 boy is gonna pop up at just the \u201cright\u201d time aka the most inopportune time for somebody else, lol.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Nothing is certain in the Power Universe except murder, sex, and drama.\u00a0 But rest assured, as predicted by a good friend, it will all work out in the end; Angie and a wheelchair-ridden Ghost will roll off into the sunset shores of Colombia where they will live their lives in peace.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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