Official Power: The Final Season SPOILER Thread

[beenz]

I'm sorry, but if there's a spinoff starring tariq, there's no way in hell I'm watching that horseshyt.

maybe I watch the ghost/tommy prequel. we will see.

the last 5 episodes of power were grade A tho. too many people doublecrossing one another to the point where you cannot keep track of anyone's motives really.

 

[beenz]

Is there any chance the leak is actually an alternate ending and we get something different for the finale?

according to this article, they filmed multiple endings.

"Power" star says he’s receiving death threats over his role as Tariq

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If you have never seen an episode of “Power,” Rainey’s character Tariq is one of the main suspects responsible for killing Ghost, who plays Tariq’s father. An episode leaked where Tariq is the one who pulled the trigger and fans were upset and sent him death threats.

The hate for Tariq’s character really picked up in season four once his sister Raina was killed on the show. Fans felt like Tariq was responsible for the murder. In season five, Tariq was kicked out of private school for selling drugs. He continued to disrespect his mom and dad on the show and fans hated him.

Multiple endings to “Power” have been filmed so fans really won’t know if Tariq killed his father until that episode actually airs. “Power” creator Courtney Kemp talked to Deadline about having multiple endings for the show just in case it got leaked.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

A few reasons:
-The leak.
-The release date of February 9. Had the finale come out last month, there would have been more buzz. Now, it feels like the show is already over even though it technically isn't.
-The obviousness of Tariq being the killer, so the intrigue is lost.

Honestly, they should have scrapped the whole "episode from each character's perspective" concept, or at least reworked it so all the suspects would get their screentime but each episode still adds something to the story. The Paz and Tate episodes were unnecessary in the long run. They didn't really advance anything. They only needed these three episodes:

"Still Dre"
The end of Dre's character arc. He was one of the most important characters on the show and he had been around since season two, so framing a story around him made sense. We see his mother for the first time, see his relationship with his girlfriend/mother of his daughter, all his interactions with other characters, 2-Bit and Spanky's plot, and we find out that Ghost is dead.

"It's All Your Fault"
The end of Tommy's character arc. We also see Elisa Marie make a comeback and how her reappearance ends up affecting the episode's plot. We get more clues that point to Tariq being the killer, and we see Tommy and Ghost's friendship restored in the end, after an entire season of them feuding with each other.

"Exactly How We Planned"
I haven't seen anything from this episode except for the scene where Tariq kills Ghost, but I'll just say that they can keep this as is since it's the series finale.

It didn’t help that the Team Ghost/Tommy beef that they hyped up before the season fell flat and didn’t even really matter in the grand scheme of things except filler to get us to episode 10. They really should have just had him be the one to kill Ghost while still setting up the Tariq spinoff since that’s obviously been there plan for a while now.

Angela was sorely missed this season as well.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

It didn’t help that the Team Ghost/Tommy beef that they hyped up before the season fell flat and didn’t even really matter in the grand scheme of things except filler to get us to episode 10. They really should have just had him be the one to kill Ghost while still setting up the Tariq spinoff since that’s obviously been there plan for a while now.

Angela was sorely missed this season as well.

Man, that trailer was a huge bait and switch. They made it seem like we were about to get the best season of Power and we ended up getting the worst:



I missed Angela too. If that's how they were going to write the Ghost/Tommy feud, they should have just kept her alive somehow. Tommy could have still been upset about Teresi, but they wouldn't have needed to kill her.

Also, I don't know if it's just me, but did you feel like there was something empty about this season? One reason I like Power is because the world always seemed like it was full of life and energy. I feel like this season, especially with the first couple episodes, they took the energy away. Everything felt soulless, like the characters were just existing in the world instead of actually living in it. I didn't get that vibe from any other season.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Man, that trailer was a huge bait and switch. They made it seem like we were about to get the best season of Power and we ended up getting the worst:



I missed Angela too. If that's how they were going to write the Ghost/Tommy feud, they should have just kept her alive somehow. Tommy could have still been upset about Teresi, but they wouldn't have needed to kill her.

Also, I don't know if it's just me, but did you feel like there was something empty about this season? One reason I like Power is because the world always seemed like it was full of life and energy. I feel like this season, especially with the first couple episodes, they took the energy away. Everything felt soulless, like the characters were just existing in the world instead of actually living in it. I didn't get that vibe from any other season.

I don’t know if it was because of budgetary issues or what not, but the writers became lazy (even more than previous seasons) and stripped the show of what made it successful in the first place. The great music played on the show, the atmosphere from Club Truth and other aspects of the show disappeared this season. It was like they didn’t have a true ideas of what they wanted to do so they threw shyt at the wall without it making any sense whatsoever.

I read on Reddit a few days ago that someone wrote that if the writing were more consistent, then Ghost would became more of a Simon Stern figure than a Lt. Governor which I totally agree it. The timeline issues totally didn’t help with that either as he all of sudden became a politician in a matter of days?weeks?

 

[Mike the Executioner]

I don’t know if it was because of budgetary issues or what not, but the writers became lazy (even more than previous seasons) and stripped the show of what made it successful in the first place. The great music played on the show, the atmosphere from Club Truth and other aspects of the show disappeared this season. It was like they didn’t have a true ideas of what they wanted to do so they threw shyt at the wall without it making any sense whatsoever.

I read on Reddit a few days ago that someone wrote that if the writing were more consistent, then Ghost would became more of a Simon Stern figure than a Lt. Governor which I totally agree it. The timeline issues totally didn’t help with that either as he all of sudden became a politician in a matter of days?weeks?

Yeah, they definitely took away certain aspects of the show that gave it a reason to exist. I feel like at some point (maybe last season), the writing became more inconsistent and the path that Ghost was on originally kept changing repeatedly. There was a time where Truth actually mattered. It was straightforward too: Ghost is trying to get his nightclub going, but he still has one foot in the streets. By season three, he already had Truth Miami, and he was making deals to get Truth Vegas and Truth Dubai. Then Angela arrested him and the direction of the show shifted.

I like season four, but I think that's when the show started changing from what it was before. Truth no longer mattered after Ghost was arrested and they introduced Tate. Suddenly, all Ghost cared about was the Queens Child Project. This went on for literally two seasons until he decided to become a politician. Tariq became a more important character to the detriment of everything else. And they finally pulled the trigger on Dre becoming the bad guy, but they didn't follow it up well enough in season five.

If you look back at season four, the main characters are all in a good place until Raina gets killed. Ghost was exonerated and started working on the QCP. Tasha fell for Silver and was making plans to divorce Ghost so she could be with him, but their relationship was still more positive than it was this season. Tommy found his father, and was starting to do business in other cities and with the Jimenez Cartel. Angela got a big promotion at work. It felt like the characters were growing up and moving on to better positions in life.

But because they started investing in Tariq long-term, Raina was killed, and whatever growth the characters were getting was stunted for good in seasons five and six.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Yeah, they definitely took away certain aspects of the show that gave it a reason to exist. I feel like at some point (maybe last season), the writing became more inconsistent and the path that Ghost was on originally kept changing repeatedly. There was a time where Truth actually mattered. It was straightforward too: Ghost is trying to get his nightclub going, but he still has one foot in the streets. By season three, he already had Truth Miami, and he was making deals to get Truth Vegas and Truth Dubai. Then Angela arrested him and the direction of the show shifted.

I like season four, but I think that's when the show started changing from what it was before. Truth no longer mattered after Ghost was arrested and they introduced Tate. Suddenly, all Ghost cared about was the Queens Child Project. This went on for literally two seasons until he decided to become a politician. Tariq became a more important character to the detriment of everything else. And they finally pulled the trigger on Dre becoming the bad guy, but they didn't follow it up well enough in season five.

If you look back at season four, the main characters are all in a good place until Raina gets killed. Ghost was exonerated and started working on the QCP. Tasha fell for Silver and was making plans to divorce Ghost so she could be with him, but their relationship was still more positive than it was this season. Tommy found his father, and was starting to do business in other cities and with the Jimenez Cartel. Angela got a big promotion at work. It felt like the characters were growing up and moving on to better positions in life.

But because they started investing in Tariq long-term, Raina was killed, and whatever growth the characters were getting was stunted for good in seasons five and six.

They still could have given Tariq his spinoff without sacrificing the essence of the show.

Even now they know he can’t carry a show on his own and that’s why they are surrounding him with likeable notable actors in hopes that people will still watch the spinoff.

 

[Suleiman Bey]

They still could have given Tariq his spinoff without sacrificing the essence of the show.

Even now they know he can’t carry a show on his own and that’s why they are surrounding him with likeable notable actors in hopes that people will still watch the spinoff.

"Power" has no likeable characters. Don't know who is going to book II that anyone fives a fukk about.

my bad I thought you said characters

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

"Power" has no likeable characters. Don't know who is going to book II that anyone fives a fukk about.

my bad I thought you said characters

People like Mary J and Method Man so I could see people initially tuning in just to see them. The problem is everyone else from the original Power that have been wrote horribly to the point that no one cares about them.

I don’t even see how they can bring back Saxe, Blanca or even the police aspect of the show with how corrupt and inept that the writers made them.

 

[BXKingPin82]

"And stop selling drugs."




Succulent ass titties.

 

[Isaiah Bradley]

I'm satisfied how it ended with the exception of Tasha's plan with the gun...not sure why she didn't just get rid of it instead of planting it to frame, when they had the perfect person to blame for James' death
Maybe if Tariq would've told her how he secured their W with the Sacks deal, then maybe she wouldn't have taken those actions...either way the show maintains replay value and allows any future spinoffs worthy of a check out

 

[Switch]

I don’t get why they still couldn’t pin it on dre even when he died? he was seen walking out of truth after Ghost was killed and he hit Blanca afterwards

Or am I just being a idiot? Been a couple of weeks since I watched the last ep

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I don’t get why they still couldn’t pin it on dre even when he died? he was seen walking out of truth after Ghost was killed and he hit Blanca afterwards

Or am I just being a idiot? Been a couple of weeks since I watched the last ep

She didn’t even think to question what Saxe was doing there outside the club that night eventhough he was going to be charged the next morning pertaining to the St. Patrick case. Saxe arguably had more motive and more to gain by killing Ghost, yet she didn’t think to question him being there. It was like they forgot that scene even happened.

Trying to pin it all on Dre felt more like their way of trying to make up for the loopholes that they put into their writing.

 

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

I'm satisfied how it ended with the exception of Tasha's plan with the gun...not sure why she didn't just get rid of it instead of planting it to frame, when they had the perfect person to blame for James' death
Maybe if Tariq would've told her how he secured their W with the Sacks deal, then maybe she wouldn't have taken those actions...either way the show maintains replay value and allows any future spinoffs worthy of a check out

The Saxe deal wouldn’t/shouldn’t have worked if the writers actually remembered the Blanca/Saxe interaction the night of the murder after he helped her up.

Even then, Saxe nor Blanca should have never even been able to interview them because of conflict of interest from previous cases.

 

[Mike the Executioner]

They still could have given Tariq his spinoff without sacrificing the essence of the show.

Even now they know he can’t carry a show on his own and that’s why they are surrounding him with likeable notable actors in hopes that people will still watch the spinoff.

That spinoff will fail. They think that Tariq is some kind of Tony Soprano/Walter White antihero when he's really an underdeveloped side character that should have stopped being important after season four. Not to mention that they have done everything in their power to make him as stupid and irritating and antagonistic as possible. He's not even funny like other villains on the show (Dre, Kanan, Lobos, Saxe). He's just an awkward kid trying to be a street criminal, and he comes off as inauthentic in 95% of the scenes he gets.

The sad thing is that if they really wanted to tell this story, they could have made it work with more effort. Tariq being more likable, sympathetic, and vulnerable would have helped. But instead, they had him do things like get his sister killed, fake a ransom, disrespect and lie to his parents at every turn, get kicked out of school for selling drugs (despite the fact that he enrolled in that same school to escape from a life of crime), get his surrogate father figure killed, help Tommy kill someone and destroy his own house, kill his own father, get his mother imprisoned, and never take responsibility for any of his actions. To add to that, they made sure he had no self-awareness or reflection on anything that ever happened to him.