Power Book III: Raising Kanan
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Remember inPaid in Fullwhen Rico kills Mitch?
Well, at the beginning of Dont Sleep, Unique is like Rico, full of rage and ruthlessness.
The episode begins with him torturing his childhood best friendslashright-hand man, Trez-G, because of the failed delivery.
By now, we should all know that within thePoweruniverse, relationships are fragile.
The main characters are more than capable of hurting those they love.
After piercing Trez-Gs ear with pliers, Unique kills him execution-style.
The murders in this story so far feel more vicious than those in the previousPowerseries.
Maybe its the single shot to the head many of the victims received.
The police raid and Deens pausing his supply have ignited a monster inside him.
With only a limited supply left, he puts pressure on his team to stretch the product.
He suspects Raquel is the cause of his current troubles and begins pondering how hell retaliate.
Hes definitely big mad!
Symphony and Raq make a run at play it cool by pretending they havent eaten just yet.
Kanan plays along, but he doesnt really buy it.
This is kinda surprising.
Most hood dudes I know barely know how to whip up Oodles of Noodles.
Kanan gets pulled from the stash house in exchange for after-school and weekend tutoring.
Her message is clear no good grades, no selling drugs.
Nicoles parents interrupt the secret lovers right as they are about to engage in a passionate kiss.
Jukebox thinks nothing of their exchange and, from her interaction, determines that Nicoles parents are cool.
Nicole halfway agrees and acknowledges that they are cool about some things, but not everything.
It wouldnt be far-fetched to assume that not everything refers to her sexuality or dating outside of her race.
We leave one almost-sex scene to transition into Marvin and Toni having wild, aggressive sex.
Toni attempts to cuddle with an emotionally unavailable Marvin and gets rejected.
The shows theme of differences, specifically in romantic relationships, reappears.
Marvin points out his and Tonis racial differences and their distinct upbringings to justify his outburst.
Hes from the hood, and Toni is from where the fuck shes from that aint the hood.
Speaking of hood, Famous is in the studio with local producer Crown Camacho rapping about hood shit.
Impressed by his flow, Crown critiques Famouss not-believable shoot-em-up lyrics.
He directs him to instead rap about the truth … street shit … dope boy realness.
Whether Famouss lyrics are believable isnt the only problem in the studio.
The new stash is up and running!
Raquel, Lou-Lou, and Marvin now have a more secure, secretive stash house Papis bodega.
In this episode, Kanan and Davinas relationship is also apparently official now.
He vents to her about the interrupted spaghetti night and his tutoring sentence.
Motherless and without a family structure, Davina admires Kanans family life.
She expresses her desire for a mother who cares about her well-being as much as Raq cares about Kanan.
Despite living in the same neighborhood and attending the same school, the two teenagers have contrasting backgrounds.
Davinas mother is on drugs; Kanans mother is a dominating force in the drug game.
As I predicted, Unique approaches Davina, questioning her about Kanan.
She folds and gives up the location of Raqs original stash house.
Money clearly makes the world go round in thePoweruniverse.
Of course, things go left!
When he returns, he realizes something is off theyve been ambushed!
As they attempt to protect the product, a shoot-out begins.
Meanwhile, inside, Kanan is being held at gunpoint.
Marvin shoots the masked gunman yup, you guessed it, execution-style.
The gunman is revealed to be P-We, Uniques mans.
The two try their best to cover it up, but they fail.
In the closing scene, Raquel finds Kanans bloody shirt under his bed.
Judging by the unsettling look on her face, we know there will be hell to pay.
The episode leaves us with many questions to consider.
Will Kanan find out it was Davina who outed the stash house?
Will Marvin be reprimanded for putting Kanans life in danger?
Will Raq get her product back from Unique?
Will Unique want a body in return for his mans life?
One thing is for certain, this episode has had the most suspenseful ending thus far.
I appreciate the development of Jessicas character.
Her go-getting tendencies may get her into some trouble, though.
And one of Uniques men is rocking an Avirex leather jacket.
The writers are clearly well versed in New York 90s culture.
Their acknowledgment of the importance of the Stretch and Bobbito show is dope!
