Critics’ rating: 4.3 / 5.0
4.3
Anyone else think everyone is making too good now?
This season is everyone figuring out what will happen next for them, and despite the optimism it starts to feel like the calm before the storm.
In Power Book III: Improve Kanan Season 4 Episode 2, there is a lot of highlights that, as we know, in Power Universe, these moments won’t last.
After the flashback of Electric Book III: Raising Canan Season 4 Episode 1, this hour is about infiltrating the deaths of Ronnie and Howard, and for Lark, her main focus is to make sure she and her family are no longer on the Fed radar.
Part of the reason why Lark killed Howard was because he was never the person she would be able to fully trust. He might want to protect her and Kanan, she might even want to believe that, but at the end of the day, Howard is not someone she can rely on.
He had too many Marvin’s name in his mouth, and even though he helped her somehow, his threat was more important than what he did to her.
But she did pull the trigger, not even thinking about what it means for Canan. She made another decision to influence Kanan and didn’t care or think about it.
Kanan asks his mother if she knows the difference between right and wrong like he tells her that she has lost her damn mind and someone he no longer knows.
Apparently, he had been watching his mother strangely for a long time, but her actions continued to push him further and further, and even worst of all, they made him question her entire survival.
Ultimately, we know that Kanan will end up being a person with no right or wrong, focusing only on protecting himself, so he will basically be Lark. But at some point in this origin story, did he stop hating his mother and embracing her misleading mindset?
I won’t lie; I forgot where snapshots and pop-ups fit everything, but they’re not ready to let Kanan go with Ronnie. It’s still possible to make money, even if they aren’t a follower of Kanan, they will do it.
The meeting between the three and Lark is interesting how many back seats Lark has.
Now, she is eliminated most of the time, but when did she stop her? At the beginning of the season, she adopted this attitude to reduce moms and more business partners, which created an interesting layer of their dynamics.
Regardless, Lark usually makes Canan’s back back, but she more or less lets him fight his own battles, and then almost scares his current fragile partnership with snapshots and pops his own words.
If she can’t believe Kanan will be loyal, as snapshots and pop music suggest, why would she work with him?
Kanan needs Raq more than Raq, and if the only way she can have Kanan in her life is through business, Raq will certainly do everything in her power to make sure she can control him there.
Dealing with Kanan might be a full-time job, but Raq also made her and the Feds’ ongoing threats raise prices, and they supported her more or less but played a role for Stefano.
The whole opening of Stefano is a throwaway line, you have to assume Andre is dead (more on that soon!), but poor communication has always been a common theme in the Power Universe.
The news came back to Stefano, with a price on his head, and he discovered that Raq knew and never told him. Maybe it was because of the rewards that came back to her, and some hiring arrangements were made with Marvin?
Yes, that won’t be great for everyone.
But when this news finally comes out, Raq may be the supplier!
I don’t know how Lark became a supplier to the entire city, but I think she can. Of course, it may ultimately depend on unique opportunities that didn’t mess up her life before she got it.
The unique situation is not good, and it does feel like your body is fed with pure adrenaline and revenge.
He couldn’t think clearly that his mind might be physically hurt, but also damaged by what happened. He was almost dead, lost everything, and now he was back, his old life was erased.
On the one hand, you can’t even blame his anger on the uniqueness, but he is also just an emotional storm, without even any information, to make a decision.
He follows Lark, sees her and Andrey embrace, and thus decides that he must die.
Is this just his plan to move forward? Kill everyone associated with Lark until one day you can pop out of the shadow and say, “I’m back!”
Old Unique would find a way to ruin her operations, but it’s easy to see that this is not the same as the Unique’s only way.
Speaking of people changing, jukeboxes and Lou-Lou go into the hour one way and then leave another way.
For the jukebox, she is undergoing basic training and working on the military, which she has shown us over time. Ultimately, we know that Jukebox will be a policeman, which is not what you expect from her, especially after this hour, but her story is still developing.
Her decision to withdraw from the army was not because she couldn’t handle it (actually, she was killing it), but because she always had to hide her identity. This is something she had experienced when she was young and didn’t want to go back.
I’m sure there would be consequences just to abscond from basic training, but the jukebox doesn’t need to carry all the abominable remarks in the army, killing her until she becomes her own shell.
Even if we know the ending of the jukebox, her story is still interesting because of how far she feels in the business of things related to her family.
Could this be the season when she began to fit into her own?
I always think that part of the reason why Jukebox ended up being a police officer was that she could be an intermediary for the family and the police department. Be the new Howard if you want, but with greater loyalty.
Breaking things with Iesha, no Butta or the Army makes Jukebox’s storyline even more unclear this season. But now is a perfect moment to start laughing at who she ends up being in the future.
Lou-Lou stands out from his recovery, having a new lease on life and a deep appreciation for it. He realized he had received the gift, and so far, he was not content to waste it.
The musical aspect of raising Canan has never been the most eye-catching, and this B-rilla thing isn’t particularly clutched. But that’s not to say I wouldn’t have roots for Lou-Lou and wonder how Joyce’s illness affects him and his other siblings.
Lou-Lou made great progress, but it was emotionally challenging to learn that his mother was dying, and Raq’s continued alienation.
The sibling experience will undoubtedly scar them and it will be fascinating to see how they browse them along with the rest of the season’s achievements.
Picking up on an old wound will only cause you new scars.
Everything else you need to know
- Marvin has a well-documented growth, but he is still a major lad. I’m worried that Gerald’s betrayal will only help push him into the habits of the past.
- Baptist should reduce losses. Why he tried to carry out some crusades for everyone’s Howard, it was meaningless. He is not the one who risked his life or career.
- Did the conversation between Krystal and Kanan herald her pregnancy again and let the baby go against Kanan’s wishes?
If the premiere feels like an appetizer, then this hour at least feels like we went to the soup or salad section.
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You can watch Power Book III: Raising Kanan on Starz on Friday 8/7C.
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