“Tariq St. Patrick’s going to jail.”
COURTNEY KEMP:I’m so grateful for it.
It’s been hugely exciting.
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That’s been really huge, and I’m so grateful to our fans.
Our fans are the best fans ever.
Yeah, I think there has been, which is great.
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People going, “Man, are theyreallymaking me root for this kid?!”
I think that’s the best work he’s done in his career.
Absolutely, I agree 100 percent.
He’s stepped up on every level and I’m really thrilled with him.
50 has done such a great job supporting him.
When deciding how to rollout the show, why did this feel like a natural split point?
It’s always where the show will be different from that point forward in the season.
So if you think you about season 4 ofPower, episode 5 is where Ghost got out of jail.
And the episode kicks off with the 18th birthday-theme and Tasha’s dream sequence.
Why did this feel like the right time and place to bring Raina back again?
So it’s important to underscore that for the audience.
I mentioned earlier how great Michael was in that scene at Raina and Ghosts grave.
The things he says to both of them say so much about where he is right now.
I had to do it.
Youre the only one who understands.
I did what you would have done.
I think he doesn’t want it to admit it fully.
He’s hoping there’s a part of him that’s not.
I think that where Ghost and Tariq really differ is that Tariq makes his mistakes in defense of others.
It’s not as clean and as adult and as cold as some of Ghost’s choices.
Ghost’s choices are about himself a lot of time and Tariq makes choices about others.
But are they the same choice?
Is it taking a life?
So does he know that he’s the same as his father?
I still think he would say, “But no, I did it for a different reason!”
Will he get there?
If you think about why he was there, his mom told him to go.
So I don’t know what he would have done.
I think he probably would have pulled the trigger, to be honest with you.
Because she was getting real close.
But it feels like through five episodes ofGhostwe’ve learned more about him than in the entire run ofPower.
So what have you liked about diving deeper into Saxe?
Saxe holds that, Tate holds that to some extent, Blanca holds it.
So having these people around who are part of that history is really fun.
This episode ends with Saxe and Davis agreeing to team up to take down Tariq.
What was appealing about pairing them up, and why did that make sense for both of those characters?
Oh my god, well, as a fan of the show, how did that make you feel?
I was into it.
So I wanted to team them up and also those two actors are great together.
Davis Maclean is super fun, we’re going to have way more fun with him.
I know what you would have even more fun with: Casting Redman.
[Laughs] Don’t we need Redman?
That would be magic.
I think any show could use Redman, but definitely this one specifically.
So hopefully that will come to fruition soon.
Oh, it gets so much more intense.
All of the relationships get much more complicated.
Tariq has to make some decisions, some familiar faces fromPowershow back up.
I know you’re not going to be able to answer this question, but I have to ask.
So will we see Tommy this season?
Especially when I know who did do it!
I feel like there would be a whole bunch 0f conversations I’d want to have.
TheTommy-centric seriesForcerecently got moved up a little bit fromBook VtoBook IV.
It’s interesting because I spent my morning reading some of the outlines for it.
InForce, Tommy is coming out of having lost almost all the relationships that define him.
So he has to become a new man, but that’s a slow process.
