Courtney Kemp also teases season 3.
Warning: This article contains spoilers for the season 2 finale of Power Book II: Ghost.
“This s— is all my f—ing fault.”
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That betrayal along with Brayden’s testimony led to the murder case against Tariq being dismissed.
“It would take time.
I need money and power to do it, but I promise I would do whatever it takes.”
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And that’s not even everything that happened!
(For morePower, check outour previewof the highly-anticipatedPower Book IV: Forcewith starJoseph Sikora.)
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Courtney, this feels like the end of an era!
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And I’m very grateful to everyone who’s been part of the process.
I’m just ready to do something else.
But I’m really excited about the next time we talk about a Netflix show.
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Well, until then, let’s go out in style with one last greatPowerchat!
You finally did in ourseries finale interview.
We’ll start with Zeke: Confirmed dead?
[Laughs] Yeah, he’s dead.
Next up, Lauren: Dead?
For Zeke, since we did confirm he’s dead, did that demise feel inevitable?
To me, Zeke’s death is inevitable based on Zeke’s growth over the series.
He became the escape plan for everyone.
And his own desires and his own needs took a backseat.
I think there’s actually a serious story there about what happens when you take away someone’s guardrails.
And the repercussions from what he’s done by going behind everyone’s back to Det.
Whitman (Jeff Hephner) will reverberate through season 3.
It’s a mess, for sure.
So, would I say it was inevitable that Zeke would die?
You’ve definitely earned that reputation!
What intrigued you about setting up that dynamic moving forward?
She’d figured out a way to handle everything without him.
She could have gone with Dante, the problem is she and Dante are evenly matched.
They’re both liars, they’re both manipulators, they’re both criminals.
Blanca was always our Columbo.
And this is an old reference that many millennials will not understand.
I just, I don’t understand why."
He would kind of annoy the person into confessing.
She is definitely going to venture to get Tariq.
He didn’t do it.
One of the few murders he didn’t do.
What’s the update there?
Is that next up for him, or is there more Tate story to be told first onGhost?
There are more stories to be told with him onGhostfirst.
What was it like putting that together and getting all of these people in the same room?
I know it’s going to sound funny, but it comes down to a scheduling thing.
They’re all working on other projects, so how do you get everybody in the room?
How do you verify that you have the time to shoot something like that with so much coverage?
Those are the kind of logistical things.
But, in terms of the story, you know I’ve always been obsessed withRichard III.
I have always been obsessed with the idea of the people haunting you.
And so that’s what’s happened, is Tariq feels guilty, Tariq feels his culpability.
Of course, Tariq did kill Ray Ray (Marcus Callender), right?
That’s his first kill.
But from the audience’s perspective, Ray Ray deserved that bullet, so why would Tariq feel guilty?
They’re not the real characters, it’s your mind expressing your biggest fear around everyone.
So that idea is still in there.
I mean, Tariq has done a lot of stuff.
The sympathy for him is still there.
Okay, I promise, just one lastPoweralum topic!
After last being seen in theseason 1 finale, we find Tasha in witness protection down in West Virginia.
Do you view Tasha’s story as complete, at least for the time being?
I feel like it’s not complete.
The most important thing when you set up a series is, what does the character want?
And Tariq wants his family back.
So we’ll see.
At the end of the day, you saw he still needed Tameika.
Monet gives him his out after he helps her with Mecca, but he doesn’t take it.
At this point, do you think Tariq ever truly could walk away from the life?
And would he actually want to?
I’ll give you a bit of an exclusive.
You know I love a goodPowerexclusive!
The quote that I just gave you is for the seriesGhost, it’s not for the next season.
And then those will affect some fault lines that will be drawn within the Tejada family.
That’s season 3.
This interview has been edited and condensed for length and clarity.
