(Spoiler alert: Please do not read on if you haven’t watched Sunday’s episode of “Power”)
Even though we’ve seen a different (bad) side of Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) since Kanan (50 Cent) took him under his wing, what mini St. Patrick did on the “Power” Season 4 finale was beyond anything we thought he was capable of.
On Sunday night’s episode of “Power,” Tariq tracks down Ray Ray (Marcus Callender), confronts him in his hideaway apartment and ends up shooting and killing him as retribution for murdering his sister Raina in cold blood. Once his father and mother, Tasha St. Patrick (Naturi Naughton) find him, they immediately help him cover up the crime. Tasha takes him home and instructs him to burn his clothes and make sure he meticulously and carefully washes up so that there’s no remnants of the murder left on him.
Now, Tariq isn’t exactly super innocent. He’s been hanging out with criminals and engaging in criminal activities. He recently witnessed two murders (well three, counting his sister), but now he’s actually killed someone, and that’s quite a lot to take in as a kid.
“Tariq is going to be a different kid because he’s not a kid anymore. I mean talk about your innocence being fractured,” Courtney Kemp, creator of “Power” tells TheWrap. “He’s going to just be in a different place, just a completely different headspace.”
“He’s going to have two things going on at once, one of which is this idea of ‘did I do the right thing?’ and the second thing is ‘this is all my fault my sister’s dead.’ And so you have those two things, which is actually a lot to think about,” Kemp explains.
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Killing Ray Ray is something we all expected James “Ghost” St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) to do, and he was actually on his way to probably do just that. The fact that it was his son that pulled the trigger indicates a big shift in Tariq — now he’s legitimately a part of his family’s criminal activities, his hands are dirty and he witnessed first-hand how his parents and uncle helped him cover up a murder.
“For Ghost or Tommy to do it is very different than for Tariq to do it because he’s a kid,” Kemp says. “His life could’ve gone a whole different direction than this, but now he’s a murderer and that could change his view going forward.”
'Power': 7 Main Characters Ranked by How Shady They Are (Photos)
OK, so we get that "Power" is basically based on a shady premise, but there are levels to this.
In anticipation of Season 4, how about a reminder of which remaining (alive) characters are the shadiest of them all?
1. Kanan (50 Cent)
Do. Not. Trust. This. Man.
We don't really need to explain this, but if a man is capable of killing his own son for not carrying out his vengeful wrath, then there's very little we can put past Kanan.
2. Angela Valdes (Lela Loren)
OK, so home girl was in a relationship with James (knowing he was married) and once she found out he was Ghost she tried to play double agent and bring him down?
Yeah, definitely shady.
3. James "Ghost" St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick)
Ghost will always be bae, but even our love for him can't blind us from how shady he can be.
I mean, it's not like he cheated on his wife, killed people working for him, manipulated Angela, Holly and practically everybody else.
He's in it for himself and himself only and doesn't really seem too concerned with what happens to anyone else -- except Tasha or Angela (depending on which one he loves at the time).
4. Josh Kantos (Adam Huss)
No, no, no, no.
There isn't one good quality about Kantos. He's a snake at heart.
5. Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora)
Tommy is a ride or die friend, but that doesn't mean he isn't a little bit (a lot bit) shady.
He fell out with Ghost (his apparent bff for life) because he wanted to keep the drug business going while the latter wanted to shut it down.
Oh and there's also that time he killed his girlfriend Holly.
6. Tasha St. Patrick (Naturi Naughton)
Even though Tasha has her sketchy moments (having an affair with Shawn), she can hold her own.
Tasha could've easily taken down Ghost's entire empire once she found out about Angela and all the other sketchy things he's been doing, but instead she understood that there was a bigger picture and ended up doing what was best for her and her family.
Go Tasha!
7. Lakeisha (La La Anthony)
Keisha was nothing but a good friend and even after she found out that Tasha was lying to her, she still tried to make the situation right.
It's too bad she's probably dead. Maybe. We don't know yet.
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OK, so everyone is at least a little bit sketchy
OK, so we get that "Power" is basically based on a shady premise, but there are levels to this.
In anticipation of Season 4, how about a reminder of which remaining (alive) characters are the shadiest of them all?
