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Ghost copes with Raina’s death by drinking which clouds his normal judgment. The ill effects have slowly crept up in his personality throughout the season, and the grief finally explodes in his face. During the Truth fundraiser for the Queens Child Project, Ghost botches his speech to the crowd after seeing a mirage of Raina in the audience. He couldn’t complete the speech had to leave, forcing Councilman Tate to look towards other options for public representation of the QCP. Tate recruits Dre to elevate his public persona and join the QCP as the stick-up-kid-turned-entrepreneur success story the board touts to the investors. Dre refuses but later reconsiders after figuring out that intertwining public business with Ghost would preclude his former boss from killing him. So Dre decides to keep his enemies closer and foil any revenge plan Ghost devised by joining the project as a co-face of the brand.
Ghost’s unresolved grief leads to resentment towards Tasha. She couldn’t make the event and was supposed to give the speech Ghost delivered. Ghost claims Tasha is selfish and doesn’t truly care about the family, and Tasha has had enough. She wants freedom from Ghost, the house and even “the life”. Tasha’s mother sees her ulterior motive for leaving as an escape towards Terry Silver, who craves to be Tasha’s designer suited savior. Tasha moves in with Silver, leaving Ghost alone and without anyone to blame but himself.
Angela can breathe a quick sigh of relief after receiving the files on Raymond Jones’ death, halting Blanca Rodriguez investigation into her cover-up. Now it’s time to make a move on the Jimenez. Angela and Media arrest Arturo and get him to snitch on the Jimenez. The Feds roll on Diego and Alicia at the airport and capture them on a laundry list of charges. The AUSA’s office celebrated the major victory but their triumph was short-lived. Steve Tampio from the DEA arrived to reveal an order to speak with the Jimenez and ultimately release them from custody. It seems the cartel is “too big to fail” by upper level U.S. Government standards and cannot be captured. Even more shocking, Alicia planted evidence to lead the DEA to them in order for Diego to be captured. Alicia feels Diego is too unstable and needs to be removed. Since Diego is the face of the cartel, Tampio won’t do Alicia’s dirty work. Angela suffers a crushing defeat in business and in love. Let’s just say Steve and Angela won’t be meeting for late night cocktails anytime soon.
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