“Don’t Worry Baby”: Power Recap: Season 3 Ep. 4 - Page 2
We never know about the better life we can have until we experience it for ourselves. Magazines, gossip blogs, and reality TV give us a window into the lavish lifestyles of celebrities.
While the imagery we see may be embellished, we all can dream right? The closer we get to that dream, and any taste from the cup of success that we partake in, we won’t wan’t to go back. Holly has these street dreams, and in the latest episode of Power, her visions of a better life cause her to make drastic decisions.
Holly has craved that better life ever since she met Tasha and looked behind the veil at Ghost’s real profession. She loves Tommy, but wants to be the Tasha to his Ghost. Holly strives to make Tommy better and won’t let anything stand in the way of their happiness. Holly’s motives have been the most straight forward of any character on this show, and while she may not know the ins and outs of the drug business, she learn quickly and can read people, using their weaknesses to her advantage.
Tasha discovers that Holly is pregnant after seeing Holly suspiciously avoiding wine. Their conversation about raising the child of a drug dealer strikes a chord with Holly. Tommy could leave the house and never return and the onus to raise a child would fall on Holly. Was she ready for that, and when would she let Tommy know about the child? Tommy’s reluctance to kill Ghost puts Holly and her unborn child in danger, and she takes action.
Hiring the Jamaicans to kill Ghost boldly shows that Holly will do whatever it takes to achieve that better life for herself and Tommy, even if Tommy isn’t willing to make the tough decisions.
The clock on Ghost and Angela’s relationship comes closer to striking midnight. Their beautiful dreams of a happily ever after morph into a pumpkin shaped nightmare with constant reality checks into the true nature of their affair.
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This week’s episode highlights Ghost’s marriage…as in he’s STILL married! Paz acknowledges this during dinner at Angela’s place, when asking about Ghost’s marriage. Trust also continues to wane between Ghost and Angela. Angela calls in a favor to get Tariq’s record expunged, and she visits Tasha to deliver the good news, without telling Ghost. Tasha appreciates the gesture but still won’t have her kids at Angela’s house. Ghost chastises Angela for not telling him before visiting Tasha.
Angela says she doesn’t need Ghost’s permission for that, and Ghost disagrees “Especially when it comes to my wife.”
Freudian slip or real talk? The difference between separating and divorce may be a legal proceeding, but you cannot fully commit to someone while technically remaining wed to your estranged partner. How can that relationship truly progress if Ghost won’t fully commit to Angela and end things with Tasha completely?
The characters on this show have major blind spots, which put them in positions of peril. With Ghost, it’s his nightlife mogul ambition. Karen Bassett urges him to increase his social media profile and become more publicly visible in order to strengthen his brand. Ghost works best when operating in the shadows, and we know that almost nothing good happens when celebrities want to take risks on the Internet!
Tommy’s conflict with Ghost continues to leave him vulnerable. When you seek advice from a drug and arms dealing priest during Confession, you know your situation sucks. His business with Jae Shin and the Koreans reach a boiling point when Dylan Shin wants Tommy dead for exposing his product theft. If it wasn’t for Dre getting tipped off by 2Bit that the Koreans put a hit on Tommy, he wouldn’t have survived. Ghost secretly rescuing Tommy will complicate matters even more. If Tommy doesn’t make a decision soon, his life and everyone he loves will be in jeopardy.
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Kanan’s thirst for revenge resulted in third degree burns and extradition to DC. Kanan’s solves his problem using a Muder-Death-Kill strategy (see: Dirt) and a scorched Earth tactic doesn’t fit every situation. Jukebox continues to rehabilitate Kanan physically and mentally, because she wants him to use better critical thinking skills.
She sends Candie to ensure that he’s fit for their pending jewelry heist, and she uses every resource to make that possible. During their strip club excursion, Jukebox urges Kanan to think strategically about what he really wants from Ghost and the best way to attain it. Jukebox playing Rocky Balboa to Kanan’s Adonis Creed, refining him into a more calculated individual won’t bode well for Ghost, but I wonder if this life coach role serves any ulterior motive.
As Sandoval and Knox have Ruiz ready to flip on the entire organization, which will include Ghost, it looks like the problems will continue to mount for Truth’s owner, Angela and anyone associated with them.
