They definitely used up a lot of their energy on the first episode. This one was typical Power BS that they always give you at the start of the season.
-Someone predicted that they would have Tariq, Effie, and Diana in the same class staring daggers at each other. And then it happened.
-The Empire-esque flashbacks took me out completely. Not even esque, that was straight up Empire on Power. When the hell has there ever been anything like this on Power? Brett Mahoney's showing us his full arsenal with Courtney Kemp completely gone.
Young Monet felt like a kid pretending to be their parent and wearing their clothes. Young Sheldon spoiled me on stuff like this, they could have done better.
-Effie's a fukking moron. Seriously. The writers have it out for her and I don't know why. She didn't think Tariq would get killed after she told Noma about the plan, even though her dumb ass was standing there smug as hell while Cane was setting up to murder Tariq? She thinks her and Tariq are even now because her pea brain keeps playing both ends against the middle? She missed her Stanford interview for Cane, even though she sold him out in the last episode and the only thing she's been consistent about is preserving her future? No. No, no, no, no, no. No. Biggest idiot on the show now, and I need everybody to see that. Please kill her off, her character is already dead to me.