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Like most of us who religiously watch the “Power” universe of television shows, I am stressed about whether Unique is dead. I mean, he sure looked dead rolling down that hill, and Ronnie definitely looked like he believed he made Unique dead while rolling Unique’s bludgeoned body down that hill. What a cliffhanger, right? But then the powers that be — pun intended — went and skipped a week and had many of us concerned that they got to five episodes and selfishly decided to make us wait until, like, March, to find out. As it turns out, they just skipped a week so we’ll all know more when the next episode drops. I am doing a relief-ful sigh.
Since we have a little time to ponder life and its many intricacies while waiting on some conclusive evidence about Unique, I thought it time to discuss another important matter that only exists within this realm: Raquel — Kanan’s mother — has really stepped up her bad mothering game and it begs the question: Is she a worse mother than Monet Tejada?
Hmmm. Relax, relax. I’m not suggesting that Monet isn’t a bad mother. Au contraire, I’m the fellow who wrote this (and for the sake of brevity, I will assume you’re familiar with the Tejadas from “Power Book II: Ghost”):
“So she brings her secret son to New York, ends up killing his boo and then ends up getting him killed. Sure, there’s some nuance here and ways we can just blame other people like Tariq, but the truth is Monet is the problem. Let’s dig deeper.
Monet and Lorenzo have three other kids. She finds out that Lorenzo accidentally killed Zeke and manipulates her son Dru’s boyfriend, Gordo, into killing Lorenzo. Lorenzo had Gordo’s father Frank killed because he was a snitch. Anyway, Monet gets Gordo to kill Lorenzo. So she has her OTHER children’s FATHER KILLED. By the way,…
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