Sunday night’s episode “Deal With The Devil” was appropriately titled and can be seen two ways. There is the obvious interpretation, Keisha made a deal with the Feds aka The Devil. Saxe made a deal with Warner aka The Devil. Then of course there is the metaphorical interpretation. Dealing or reckoning with the devil is an overarching theme of the entire Power series. It is a warning for any of our characters. Based on their actions there will be consequences, and “dealing” with the varying degrees of “The Devil” are said consequences. The episode was full of action and the pacing was quick, but it was one of the better episodes of the first part of this final season. Yes, the midseason finale is next Sunday and the remaining episodes will air sometime in 2020. Let’s get into this recap!
We begin with Saxe, who’s on administrative leave for being exposed as what? Being a crooked member of the justice department, who’s also bad at his job? If you’re gonna break the law my guy, be good at it! He’s approached by Dre as he’s coming out of his apartment. Dre’s had enough of the monitor around his ankle, wants to sever ties with Saxe, and exact a little payback for Saxe putting his daughter in danger.
Saxe then pays a visit to Tameika Robinson, his former boss and now his attorney? Tameika appears to have landed on her feet in the private sector after being scapegoated for the death of Angela. After some good natured ribbing at Saxe’s expense, she flat out tells him he needs to prove his theories about Ghost and Tommy or he’s going to jail. Sounds simple enough.
Since he’s already on leave, and once you break bad you might as well continue, Saxe shows up at Tariq’s new school Callister Prep (sp?) Unlike Choate, this isn’t a real school. Couldn’t find any school in NYC with that name, unless I got the spelling wrong. There are so many NYC prep schools, they couldn’t get the rights to use any? But I digress…
The scene with ‘Riq shows how ridiculous of a character Saxe is. He thinks he can show up at ‘Riq’s school and scare him into talking? This dude was trained at the feet of Ghost, Kanan, Tommy and Tasha! Try again Saxe.
Saxe makes his way out to Long Island to confront Keisha about Tommy killing Angela and Proctor and her role in the criminal conspiracy. Damn he logged the miles in this episode, and we’re not even done with him yet!
He visits Blanca Rodriguez and thinks he can get her to help him stay out of jail. Rodriguez, who is smarter than Saxe, uses him to get the information she needs but keeps her promise to Warner and gets Saxe officially fired.