But the final scene reveals the episode’s true twist. (from the original Power ) is shown at a precinct computer. She’s watching surveillance footage. It’s the video of Tariq and Cane at the stash house. The audio is garbled, but the image is clear: Tariq holding a gun.
Tariq hesitates. The camera holds on his face—sweat, tears, rage. He raises the gun. Then he lowers it. He walks away, leaving Cane to kill the man. This is Tariq’s moral line: he will not execute a defenseless person. Cane respects him less for it, but the audience sees the ghost of James St. Patrick—who also hated executions—in Tariq. Back at the Tejada penthouse, Monet calls a family meeting. She announces that Tariq will now run the campus distribution network solo. Cane explodes. He accuses Tariq of being a cop or a snitch. Tariq, showing his father’s icy charisma, fires back: “I’m the only one here who hasn’t gone to jail. I’m the only one who got into Choate and Stansfield. You need my brain. You need my face. You don’t have to like me.” power book ii: ghost s01e06 webrip
She picks up her phone. “I know who killed James St. Patrick,” she says. “And he’s not in jail. He’s in a dorm room at Stansfield University.” But the final scene reveals the episode’s true twist
