Power Book III: Raising Kanan
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At the beginning of episode five, Kanan is still in clean-up mode after P-Wes murder.
And as expected, Kanan quickly responds by telling a story.
By now its clear that lying comes easy to him.
Raq is in full-mom mode while Kanan is in dope boy mode.
When working and living in the hood, there are few things to be phased by.
Detective Howard and his partner take a visit to the now-abandoned stash house.
Meanwhile, Raq doesnt hesitate to look further into Marvins story about the stash house.
And like Kanan, he begins to lie.
With little time to invest in Marvin, Raq shares her plans to get ahead of Unique.
She has no intention of going to war but seeks to make a statement by outsmarting him.
Out of sight, out of mind.
Lou-Lou and Marvin end up going to war with each other both a verbal and physical war.
They get into a tussle which is interrupted by the police outside of Raqs house.
Episode five has a few plot twists scattered throughout.
Who wouldve thought that Kanan would actually grow to like Symphony?
Or that Raqs most loyal employee would turn on her?
Or does he really turn on her?
Or that Detective Howard is Kanans father??
(In myrecap of episode two, I halfway predicted that).
He also low-key admires Symphonys intellectual alpha-male personality.
Instead, Kanan places the blame on Scrappy.
The two get into a rather brief tussle thats interrupted by the police.
I havent decided if its brilliant because it unifies the storyline, or annoying because its redundant.
Kanans decision to fight Scrappy appears to have long-term consequences.
And he triggers jealous emotions in Scrappy, which ultimately leads him to switch sides.
His doctor then places his name on the bone-marrow registry.
Nearly halfway through the episode, I notice the violent scenes are all physical, absent of any weapons.
But mouthing off to the Queen is a heavy offense.
For now, Raquels biggest problem is her son.
The development of Jukeboxs character continues in episode 5.
As Lou-Lou expected, Jukebox wowed everyone in the studio.
Both Nicole and Jukebox are devastated as Jukebox is kicked out of the Upper Eastside apartment.
Black Sheeps 1991 hit The Choice is Yours plays in the background as the episode closes out.
Each character ultimately has been presented with difficult decisions.
For whatever ulterior motives, Scrappy chooses Unique, and Detective Howard chooses to confront Raq about Kanans paternity.
The detective doesnt back down, though, and claims Kanan as his Kanan is my son!
Which leaves us with a somewhat predictable yet still jaw-dropping storyline.
