'Power' Season 5, Episode 8 Recap: WTF Just Happened?!!

We’ve been seeing “get the strap” from Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson for so long now on the ‘gram, who would expect that the time we finally HEAR him say it would be the episode where his character Kanan takes his final bow. (SMH)

We lost a real one. 🙏🏾 #RIPKanan #PowerTV pic.twitter.com/3I2nwf8M1l

— Power (@Power_STARZ) August 27, 2018

Where do we even begin?

Let’s start with the plan that got us here in the first place.

Someone has to take the fall for the death of Raymond Jones and Tasha (Naturi Naughton), Ghost (Omari Hardwick) and even Angela (Lela Loren) have been going back and forth with different plans to try to keep the actual killer –Tariq, off the hook.

I watched #Power at 2AM last night because I already know you niggas can’t hold water and y’all was itching to spoil it for everyone without the Starz app and boy was I right……

— Charlamagne Tha God (@cthagod) August 26, 2018

Get rid of the gun. Report it stolen. No, keep the gun and hide it just in case they get to the point where we are now and someone has to be framed for a murder they didn’t commit. But who should take the fall?

Naturally, Ghost wants to frame Dre (Rotimi) for the murder. It sounds like the most logical plan. It will ultimately get Dre out of Ghost and Tommy’s (Joseph Sikora) way. Plus, Ghost manages to find some video surveillance of Dre and Ray Ray together that will corroborate the story of him being the shooter. But, Tasha has other plans. She wants to frame someone who has nothing to lose. No family or friends who will miss him. And at the end of the day, she just can’t stand his a** anyway.

Kanan will officially go down as one of the greatest Villans ever, he made you love and hate him at the same time. Great job @50cent 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @Power_STARZ #PowerStarz⁠ ⁠ #PowerTv⁠ ⁠ #PowerSunday #Kanan #RIPKanan

— Cache Perez (@cache1123) August 26, 2018

So, while Ghost is busy putting things in order to frame Dre, Tasha is busy putting things in order to frame Kanan. She gets her girl Keisha, (Alani “La La” Anthony), who’s just been subpoenad to testify in the Raymond Jones case, to say Kanan was at the St. Patrick’s apartment the night Jones was murdered. Placing him in the apartment gives him access to the safe where Tasha locks her gun, so he could’ve taken it. Then she brings in Tariq (Michael Rainey, Jr.) to do all the work in setting Kanan up for the murder.

OFFICER: ARE YOU BEING HELD AGAINST YOUR WILL ?

KANAN: GAH HEAD TELL HIM LIL N***A

TARIQ: I DONT KNOW WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT

US:#powertv #Powerstarz pic.twitter.com/ZTsiTI4Ldo

— Baby Grl💙 (@Blkconnoisseur2) August 26, 2018

It almost makes you feel like Tariq betrayed Kanan who honestly had genuine love for Tariq. But, then you remember that Kanan is the most sadistic of them all, and his body count is through the roof. Not to mention, Kanan’s own son Sean, is at the top of that list.

Anyway, let’s get back to what happens that brings Kanan down. Tariq and Kanan spend the day together like real father and son but, with a Training Day type of vibe.

Kanan schools Tariq on the art of drug dealing to get him ready for his day of graduation into the real game. He gives Tariq some product and sends him into the streets around his old neighborhood to make a sell. He tells him not to come back until all the product is sold. Tariq does it but gets swindled in the process. The money he gets for the drugs turns out to be counterfeit, so now he has to fix the problem.

How I watched @Power_STARZ pic.twitter.com/DrkGdRfaCb

— iGoByJOSH (@MystroGreene) August 27, 2018

They “spin the block” and drive up on the guys that Tariq got the fake money from and without hesitation Kanan hands him the strap, he jumps out of the car and at gunpoint demands his product back. #SituationHandled

Kanan is impressed and feels like Tariq is like the son he never had. But, Tariq has other plans in mind for Kanan after his mother gets in his ear and reminds him of how grimey Kanan really is. Kanan killed Sean who was Tariq’s friend so he’s all the way on board to set Kanan up.

Tariq plants the gun that he used to kill Raymond Jones in the trunk of Kanan’s car. Meanwhile, Tasha is home calling the police and reporting that Tariq has been kidnapped by Kanan. The police roll up on Kanan and Tariq as they’re driving and pull him over. They search the car and find the gun in the trunk. Then they ask Tariq if he’s being held against his will. When he responds “yes”, that’s when all hell breaks loose.

The police try to put Kanan in handcuffs but he’s not going back to prison. He grabs one officer’s gun and starts shooting at every other officer on the scene. He kills all of them, but not without taking a couple of fatal shots himself. Though Kanan has a clear shot on Tariq who’s locked in the back seat of one of the squad cars, he doesn’t take it. (Applause for the bad guy!)

Instead, he walks by Tariq who’s sitting in the car like a shook one, and gets in one of the police vehicles to drive away. He doesn’t get far. The scene ends with Kanan coughing up blood as he’s slumped over the steering wheel.

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So, let’s talk about those who are still walking around this big rich town.

DRE! Dre is still being a mini, yet more successful, Ghost, in these streets. Even Tommy sees how Dre and Cristobal (Matt Cedeno) look like the new dynamic duo version of him and Ghost. Now that Diego is out of the way, Dre has plans to become Alicia’s (Ana de la Reguera) number one guy. But, Ghost still has it out for Dre. He may have not been able to frame Dre for the murder of Raymond Jones but he and Tommy still decide to set him up for Diego’s murder.

Kanan kills Diego (Maurice Compte) in the last episode and kept a keepsake of his head that Ghost and Tommy put in the freezer of the night club that Dre manages. This won’t end well for Dre or Cristobal since Dre took the liberty of introducing Cristobal as Diego. You can’t be alive and dead at the same damn time.

Mak (Sung Kang) and Saxe (Shane Johnson) still have Proctor (Jerry Ferrara) by the balls and need him to bring Ghost down. Saxe helps Proctor get his license back but Proctor feels like it won’t last long if he doesn’t find out something on Ghost. He feels like he can’t keep being loyal to people who are not loyal to him. So, he tells them that Angela  is the one who’s been helping out Ghost and his crew this whole time.

In other family business, Tommy has Keisha cook a family dinner with Teresi (William Sadler) and Connie(Mercedes Ruehl). But it probably won’t be long before Tommy finds out about Teresi’s deal with the U.S. Attorneys.

#PowerStarz #PowerTV Goat🐐 pic.twitter.com/anDdibE6bQ

— Justin Rolling (@rollaknows) August 26, 2018

QUOTABLE: “Get the strap?” –Kanan

 KILL LIST:  Dre, Tariq, Teresi

Wanda J. Coppage is a full -time Music Director at an Urban AC radio station, journalist and proud Virginia State University alum – Go Trojans! As a music enthusiast who can’t go a day without hearing R&B/Soul or Classic Hip Hop as well as a TV passionista, why not live a life that covers both?  

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