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What does Power look like without Ghost and Angela’s relationship? What does it look like without Felipe Lobos…
Reviews - Power
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“Help Me” concludes the first half of Power’s third season, which historically means the show is about to upshift in…
B+
Power isn’t Power without dramatic irony. It’s the narrative device the show thrives on, and nothing creates tension…
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Ghost and Angela’s relationship is more endearing than it’s ever been in “I Got This On Lock.” For once, they’re…
B+
The title “It’s Never Over” refers to Tasha’s conversation with Tariq and Raina, who are understandably in a state…
B
Power is in an especially precarious position as it begins its third season. After an impressive sophomore year, the…
A
“Welcome to Truth,” says Ghost to Dre as he creeps up behind Dre at the club, locked, loaded, and armed for bear. In…
A
Humiliation is the atom bomb of emotions. So says Evelyn Lindner, a noted social scientist who has done extensive…
B-
Sometimes Power feels delightfully dense, but other times it feels unpleasantly chaotic, like the writers are trying…
B+
“Great sex isn’t going to keep her from thinking for herself.” So says Ghost about Angela in “You’re Not The Man,”…
A
Relationships always look completely different from the outside than they do on the inside. What looks like true…
B+
“When you really love a guy, you stand by him. No matter what he’s done. If Holly really loves Tommy, she’s not…
B
When Power began, its biggest flaw was its insistence on making Ghost a weary kingpin with dreams of abandoning his…
B+
Is Power a love story between an anti-hero and an anti-heroine? If so, bravo, because that’s a pretty brilliant…
B+
Power is about the uncomfortable relationship between fantasy and reality. Ghost feeds his customers’ high-life…
B+
It is often said that television critics get a bum rap, that we’re accused of too harshly evaluating the shows we…
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Contemporary television is chockablock with dramatic characters leading treacherous double lives, which makes…