Tommy will lead the ambush on the vehicle carrying Lobos to extract him from custody. Once Lobos was in good hands, Tommy would take a detour, double cross Lobos and with Ghost’s help, they will cancel Christmas on their former Jefe. A plan this intricate seemed flawless, but they ran into a few issues.
Sandoval convinced the authorities to use a civilian undercover van to transport Lobos. Greg Knox, ever the woke one, wanted to ride with Lobos to ensure the transition goes smoothly. Knox’s ulterior motive to get some kind of confirmation about James St. Patrick’s identity as Ghost became another incentive. As Sandoval tipped off Hugo to the route, the ambush commenced and Knox was shot twice. He survives, makes it back to the precinct and exposes the heist as an inside job. Of course, Knox is convinced that Angela set this up, but after returning from the brink of death, Knox will make certain that someone goes down for the Lobos heist.
While Ghost and Tommy finally had Lobos in their grasp, they let Lobos play one more mind game with them. Lobos threatens their loved ones and Ghost begins to balk. In his dispute with Tommy over what to do, they find a phone on Lobos and realize they could be followed soon. Lobos flees on foot and #GhosTommy pursue him. They eventually catch him after a brief struggle between Ghost and Lobos, and that’s when Ghost decides to kill Lobos in the middle of the woods. All decorum and tact were thrown out of the window, as Ghost decided that Lobos had to die immediately.
With Lobos dead, Ghost looks ahead as he proclaims “I’m finally free”. Yet as Power teaches us, when one problem is solved, three more take their place. Discussing the termination of protection services with the head of his security team Dean, Ghost discovers that Dean knows everything about him. In one of the the most poignant reveals in the series, Dean reveals himself to be Milan; The Serbian connect who was feared by Ghost’s former primera Vladimir and had millions of dollars in product destroyed by Tommy and Julito! Milan also was behind that bloody Araña card that Ghost found in his office. Milan and his security have checkpoint around Ghost’s entire life, and killing Milan won’t destroy the cartel in the same way as killing Lobos. Milan wants retribution for his lost product and enlists Ghost to hit the streets once again for proper repayment.
CONTINUED
