This was a masterful finale which, as the title states, not only pulls out the stops for your immediate gratification in this episode, but has your on the edge of your seat for the next, a difficult balance to find.
Greg invites Mike round to attempt to convince him that Angela is the leak, but while doing so, receives a call confirming that Mike is the leak. Greg stupidly tries to reason with Mike and is murdered in brutal fashion, with Mike expertly managing to frame Greg as the leak. However, Ghost unprofessionally leaves finger prints from his previous break in, and Angela is able to arrest him for the murder. An incredible twist and change in events. To think where Angela and Jamie were for this whole series and even a few episodes ago, now seeing Angela arrest him is not only tragic but was probably seemingly inevitability, and it working was fantasy all along. It is very reminiscent of Walter White and Hank Schrader in Breaking Bad Season 5, where you've been hiding something from someone you love, and when they find out the consequences are colossal, especially when they're both in law enforcement. Tariq has also turned his back on his family and has been unknowingly abducted by Juxebox and Kanan, who Ghost and Tasha still presume is dead. Alongside side that, Ghost's night club deal with the Basset's is inevitably off the table as Ghost was arrested in front of them. Excellent writing which has put Ghost in a corner which is widely unpredictable how he will come out of this with his head held high. It is certainly his biggest obstacle yet in order to reach his goal's, which makes this show even more exciting than previous seasons, which was seemingly difficult to top.
The only slight qualm I have with this episode is the killing of Milan felt a bit too easy. Ghost labelled him as the most dangerous man he's ever met, yet easily executed him by holding him at gunpoint and somehow getting his loyal soldiers to flip. You'd expect a man of his stature to at least be strapped and have soldiers that would not flip on him so easily. Milan exposing himself like that also felt amateur. Lobo's would never be present when trying to take out a competitor directly, it requires far too greater risk. When you think of some of the greatest villians in TV such as Gustavo Fring of Breaking Bad, his exclusivity is what makes him so powerful as it makes him not an easy target, and almost always gets one of his soldiers to kill enemy's. Despite this slight disappointment, Power remains one of the best Drama's of all time up to this point, no doubt.
Greg invites Mike round to attempt to convince him that Angela is the leak, but while doing so, receives a call confirming that Mike is the leak. Greg stupidly tries to reason with Mike and is murdered in brutal fashion, with Mike expertly managing to frame Greg as the leak. However, Ghost unprofessionally leaves finger prints from his previous break in, and Angela is able to arrest him for the murder. An incredible twist and change in events. To think where Angela and Jamie were for this whole series and even a few episodes ago, now seeing Angela arrest him is not only tragic but was probably seemingly inevitability, and it working was fantasy all along. It is very reminiscent of Walter White and Hank Schrader in Breaking Bad Season 5, where you've been hiding something from someone you love, and when they find out the consequences are colossal, especially when they're both in law enforcement. Tariq has also turned his back on his family and has been unknowingly abducted by Juxebox and Kanan, who Ghost and Tasha still presume is dead. Alongside side that, Ghost's night club deal with the Basset's is inevitably off the table as Ghost was arrested in front of them. Excellent writing which has put Ghost in a corner which is widely unpredictable how he will come out of this with his head held high. It is certainly his biggest obstacle yet in order to reach his goal's, which makes this show even more exciting than previous seasons, which was seemingly difficult to top.
The only slight qualm I have with this episode is the killing of Milan felt a bit too easy. Ghost labelled him as the most dangerous man he's ever met, yet easily executed him by holding him at gunpoint and somehow getting his loyal soldiers to flip. You'd expect a man of his stature to at least be strapped and have soldiers that would not flip on him so easily. Milan exposing himself like that also felt amateur. Lobo's would never be present when trying to take out a competitor directly, it requires far too greater risk. When you think of some of the greatest villians in TV such as Gustavo Fring of Breaking Bad, his exclusivity is what makes him so powerful as it makes him not an easy target, and almost always gets one of his soldiers to kill enemy's. Despite this slight disappointment, Power remains one of the best Drama's of all time up to this point, no doubt.
