Power Book III: Raising Kanan
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In Raqs world, shit never goes as planned.
Lets start from the end and work our way back to the top.
Raqs vengeance towards Detective Howard even almost gets Marvin shot by the police.
Because of the police attack, the streets of Southside flood with cops performing random car searches.
After disrespecting Symphony, Raq needs his assistance, so she calls him to pick up Kanan.
Symphony is a good guy who genuinely loves both Raq and Kanan.
He comes without hesitation.
With Symphonys help, Kanan makes it out of Queens and is heading down I-95.
For some reason, Kanan has a hard time following directions or, better yet, not fucking up.
It really boils down to the fact that he is not as ready as he thinks he is.
Two shots to the body, one to the head were the directions his mother gave him.
Did he follow them or finish the job?
When it came time to look Howard in the eye and shoot him in the head, he choked.
Out of all people, Scrappy is there to pick him up.
The two former enemies, for the first time, see and respect each other.
Theyre playing Famouss song.
For Lou-Lou, this solidifies that there is more for him than the drug game.
Lou-Lou also says she went too far when she had him kill D-Wiz.
Raq threatens her brothers life as she explains that there is no way out of the game.
Although Raq understands his vision, she is not ready to leave the game.
Like Lou-Lou, Detective Burke, Howards partner, is equally eager to find out what is going on.
She storms into the hospital only to be greeted by the 117th precincts newest captain, Captain Batiste.
It was Raq who prepared Jukebox to plant the faux intel to the cops to set Unique up.
Jukebox beats the two officers to Julianas bodega and spends time with Kanan hiding in the former stash room.
She knows hes scared and reminds him how much of a fuck up he is.
But Burke is more interested in questioning Juliana, who is also playing as an innocent, scared eyewitness.
Garcia, however, notices the locked room where Kanan and Jukebox are hiding.
Luckily for the teens, the officers inform Juliana they will search the store upon their return.
Meanwhile, Marvin is on the mission to frame Unique for detective Howards murder.
But Unique catches on that Raq is framing him.
Though he manages to get his guys off the street, he doesnt escape from the NYPD.
It looks like Raq scores a major point and is leading the war, but not for long.
With a few minutes left in the episode, it is revealed that Detective Howard is alive and kicking.
I was expecting a bit more from the season finale, with past episodes having consistent jaw-dropping endings.
Will Raq and her brothers all go to jail?
How long will Kanan stay away?
What will Howard say when he finally speaks?
Will Raq and Symphony reconnect?
Will Lou-Lou turn against Raq and pivot to the music industry?
We will have to wait until next season to find out.
Byrnes murder caused the NYPD to swarm Queens like never before.
Jessica talks too much (Ive probably said this before).
Im surprised Lou-Lou hasnt gotten rid of her just yet.
Raquel has officially gone off the deep end, and theres no coming back.
Jukebox is a wise teen.
I do wish we were able to see how she and Marvin would interact after he attacked her.
