Ghost is out of jail, everyone rejoice…not so fast my friends. Power wouldn’t be one of the best television dramas if they freed Ghost and didn’t give us something to go crazy over. Last night’s episode, New Man, brings us back to the roots of the show. Power is the story about a man and the people around him in the drug game. A game built and sustained on violence. In the series’ pilot episode we see Ghost execute a man that stole from him. All the deeds done over the past four years are converging; and as much as he wants to be a new man, he’s never been further away from achieving it.
It’s not the “A story” in this episode but we talked about paying attention to the Stern/Ghost dynamic and its undertones. Victor Garber and Omari Hardwick are amazing in that scene at Truth. The back and forth is really good work. Ghost has a brief moment of elation the moment he steps back into the club only to have Stern’s presence poison it. Stern’s reference of Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray was a great touch. All the subtle and not so subtle machinations and movements by Stern pay homage to the titular character.
Stern’s obsession with Ghost is rooted in hedonism and now that Tasha has allowed him back into Ghost’s life, what trouble lies ahead? Several questions need to be answered. How much money did Tasha borrow from Stern? What happened to the seven-figure check that was supposed to be used for Ghost’s bail? Is the St. Patrick’s lifestyle so extravagant that Tasha went through it? Or did Tasha do something with that money? She looked really coy when Ghost asked her about it. Is Tasha still stacking chips for her ultimate escape?
Speaking of Ghost and Tasha’s financial situation are they going to start securing some hard assets? They don’t own the penthouse and he doesn’t own any of the buildings the clubs are in (shouts to the Peach Pit After Dark, another famous club in TV land where the owners didn’t own the building).
I never thought I’d say Ghost is delusional, but thinking everybody will just show up and live happily ever after? Nah bruh. That’s not how this game’s going to work. Ghost wants to start over with Tasha? Come on man. She’s not down with that. Did you notice Tasha referring to Silver as Terry? Those two are going to smash. Silver might do it just to spite Ghost because he hates him.