'Power Book II: Ghost' Season 2: Release date, plot, cast and all you need to know about the StarZ series
And with a sultry bang, 'Power Book II: Ghost' Season 1 came to an end. The series is a spinoff of the popular show 'Power', which started in June 2014 and ended in February 2020. The series picks up the story where the original 'Power' series concluded, with Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr) killing his father Ghost and the consequences he has had to face since then. Power Book 2 Ghost follows the story of Tariq St Patrick, and his travails of juggling college life and trying to release his mother Tasha (Naturie Naughton), who took the fall on his behalf. Tariq gets entwined in the doings with the notorious Tejada family and finds himself becoming the man he once hated: his own father.
Here's what we know about the second season of 'Power Book II: Ghost'.
Release date
There has been no official announcement of 'Power Book II: Ghost' Season 2 yet, but in all likelihood, it will release in September 2021 on StarZ.
Plot
Here's what has been happening in Season 1. In the premiere, Tariq finds the expensive lawyer Davis McClean to fight Tasha's case, after she fires her lawyer Tamieka, who is suspicious about Tariq's role in his father's death. At first, Davis writes him off, but Tariq knows how to get his way. He works with Epiphany (the dancer from the daycare who ran Tasha’s drugs through her club) and tries to earn some of the money that is required to get a lawyer of Davis's stature. Tariq does an Instagram live, where he thanks Davis for taking the case, even though he obviously hasn't. Word spreads like wildfire and Davis realizes that he would get immense fame and publicity if he fights the case and even wins it. And so, Davis accepts.
In the middle of all this, Tariq is trying to finish up a quick degree at college. His new roommate is Zeke, who brings him home to introduce him to his family. Zeke has a huge family, and he has been living with his aunts and cousins for a while. It's not as hunky-dory as it sounds, because this is a family full of hardened gangsters. We are introduced to Monet (Mary J Bilge), whose husband Lorenzo is a drug dealer and is in jail. Monet has three kids: Cane, Diana and Drew. In the first episode itself, we see Cane killing a guy at a stairwell, and slipping into the car with Monet driving away.
Tariq wants to frame Dre for the murder, instead, but Davis doesn't believe him, because of lack of evidence. He tells Tasha that she's got to take names. Instead, Tasha drops the bombshell in the premiere that Ghost's close friend Tommy Egan murdered Ghost. She plays right into Cooper Saxe's hands because this means they can hunt Tasha on the kingpin dispute. The local charges are dropped, and Saxe arrests on her federal charges. Davis is confused as to where he has ended up and demands that Tariq pays his $450,000.
And so, during the rest of the season, Tariq gets entwined in the Tejada family and does their dirty drug business for them, in the hope to pay Davis. Unfortunately, Davis learns from Saxe that Tariq killed his father and turns against him. Davis joins hands with Saxe, but neither of them is able to trust each other completely, and Tariq gets one step ahead of them. At the end of the season, Tariq shows that he is just a monster like his father, and even kills Professor Jabari, who was on his case from the beginning. Tariq becomes an adopted son in the Tejada family and even stopped Monet from pulling the gun on Tommy Egan. Tommy makes his return, and Tariq saves his mother from him.
The next season promises to be just as wild and chaotic because we'll see what Tariq has planned and whether he can escape Davis and Saxe, who have decided to team up for good.
Cast
Michael Rainey Jr as Tariq
Rainey Jr has acted in 'Power' and is the lead protagonist in the sequel. He has also starred in 'Orange Is The New Black', along with films such as 'Amateur' and '211'.
Mary J Blige as Monet Tejada
Mary Jane Blige's career began in 1991 when she was signed to Uptown Records. She went on to release 13 studio albums, eight of which have achieved multi-platinum worldwide sales. Blige has sold 50M albums in the United States and 80M records worldwide. Blige has won nine Grammy Awards, four American Music Awards, twelve Billboard Music Awards and has also received three Golden Globe Award nominations, including one for her supporting role in the film 'Mudbound' (2017) and another for its original song 'Mighty River'.
Method Man as Davis
Clifford Smith Jr, better known as Method Man, is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer and actor. He is known as a member of the East Coast hip hop collective Wu-Tang Clan. He is also one half of the hip hop duo Method Man & Redman. Smith has appeared in films such as '187', 'Belly', 'How High', 'Garden State', 'The Wackness', 'Venom' and 'The Cobbler'.
The rest of the cast includes Naturie Naughton as Tasha, Shane Johnson as Cooper Saxe, Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Tameika Washington and Alix Lapri as Effi.
Trailer
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