Jordon Canada
Staff Writer
SPOILER ALERT: “Previously on Power.” Many fans of the hit crime drama series “Power” came into the weekend believing it may be the last time they would hear those words. What was thought to be the series finale of “Power” actually turned out to be the mid-season finale, which officially aired Sunday, November 3.
For six seasons the Starz series followed the life of James “Ghost” St. Patrick, a wealthy New York night club owner who lived a double life as a drug kingpin. After 57 episodes filled with lust, money, murder, deceit, and betrayal, episode 58 picks up with Ghost on the cusp of the legit life that he had been so desperately striving towards since his reconnection with his now-deceased childhood sweetheart, Angela Valdez.
Although many viewers, were hopeful that Ghost would be able to cross over into a legitimate life, deep down, most fans knew it was impossible. Ghost killed too many people, crossed too many friends, and gained too many enemies.
Throughout the episode, Ghost was visited by three people who had been killed in the previous seasons. The first was the love of his life; Angela Valdez, who assured him that he had become the man she knew he could be. The second was his daughter Raina St. Patrick who showed him he wasn’t perfect, and that he needed to admit and stand up for the wrong he had done.
Lastly, Ghost was visited by Kanan Stark who told him that he was a criminal and a bad guy, and that he deserved handcuffs, and the needle.
With each visit, it seemed as if Ghost was inching closer and closer to death. Moments later as Ghost stood on his balcony thinking about his future, a montage was played as each of Ghost’s enemies who seemed as if they were closing in on Ghost. Except for detective Blanca Rodriguez, each was armed, angry and ready for vengeance.
As detective Rodriguez arrived at Truth to arrest Ghost, she heard a gunshot and the director’s cut to Ghost as he fell in slow motion from the balcony with blood leaking from the gunshot he had just taken to chest.
The show ended and the directors never showed who pulled the trigger. In the after show, Courtney A. Kemp, the creator of the show, assured viewers that it was one of the characters who looked as if they were heading toward the club who pulled the took the shot. So now comes the question who shot Ghost?
After just being told he was going to jail for getting several witnesses killed, it was unclear if the drunken FBI agent Cooper Saxe, who had been duped and evaded by Ghost, since season one, was going to kill himself, kill ghost, or both.
Paz Valdez, the sister of Ghost’s deceased lover, Angela Valdez, had enough of Ghost after he wouldn’t tell her who killed her sister. Paz not only resented Ghost because she felt as if he was the sole reason for Angela’s murder, but also because he ruined her career and sense of morals.
Aubri Cook, a sophomore entrepreneurship major from Jackson, Miss. said, “I believe it was Angela’s sister Paz because she seemed the most determined. I also think that out of everyone else Paz feels like Ghost took the most from her by letting her sister get killed while protecting him.”
Rashad Tate, who had chosen Ghost as his running mate in his race for Governor, never saw eye to eye with him. After the two parted ways and it was clear that Tate would lose the election and Ghost’s boastful rant to Tate gave him the rage he needed for murder.
Andre Coleman, who had just been framed by Ghost for a murder that Ghost himself committed, looked as if he was headed to take justice into his own hands instead of testifying against Ghost.
Tommy Egan, who was once Ghost’s closest friend, had just as many motives as anyone to kill Ghost. Throughout the series, Egan had been manipulated by Ghost, which caused him to lose two lovers and his father.
Ghost’s wife, Tasha St. Patrick, did not look as upset as the rest of the suspects but shared the same emotional vendettas as the other characters. In this episode, Ghost released her from being his wife, after a full series of lying, cheating, and blackmailing; with their emotional roller-coaster, she could have very well been the shooter.
Ghost’s son, Tariq, has not had a good relationship with Ghost since, well, maybe never. Tariq constantly saw his father as a selfish liar, but the final straw was when Ghost broke the promise that he would take the fall for killing Ray-Ray (Raina’s murderer) if it came to it; Tariq, the murderer of Ray-Ray and now accused, had more than enough reason to kill his father.
Lajada James, a junior English education major from Belzoni, Miss. said, “It was most likely that Tariq shot Ghost not only because he was the closest to the club that night, but as ghost fell from the balcony his face was very emotional as if he knew and loved the person who did it.”
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