Mystery Solved: The Identity of Ghost's Killer Is Revealed in 'Power' Finale
Is Ghost actually useless? In the collection finale of 'Power,' audiences after all in finding out who shot Ghost, and creator Courtney Kemp explains the cause.
The mid-season finale of Power left fanatics (including us) reeling after the sequence ended on a big cliffhanger. In the Nov. 3 episode of the Starz drama, James 'Ghost' St. Patrick (Omari Hardwick) was once left for lifeless after he was shot and fell off the balcony at the nightclub, Truth. We know that Tariq, Paz, Tate, Tasha, Tommy, Saxe, and Dre have been all packing, main up to his conceivable demise, and every had a clear motive in in need of to kill Ghost.
In the highly anticipated sequence finale, audiences in spite of everything be informed who which personality in reality adopted via and pulled the cause. Unfortunately, sure, Ghost is really dead. But, no less than his killer was once after all revealed!
So, who truly shot Ghost?
For weeks leading up to the finale, enthusiasts have been getting nearer to finding out the fact behind who shot Ghost. In the end, it was once Ghost's son Tariq who in truth killed him. However, in a stunning flip of events, it was once Tariq's mom Tasha who took the fall for his murder, and audiences even see her sporting an orange jail jumpsuit at the end of the episode.
"I didn’t feel like it would be satisfying for the audience for Tasha to kill him, given just that Ghost would have seen her coming. She had no love for him at that point, and so I felt like Tariq was the only person who could have gotten close enough… because Ghost did not understand what he had done," Power creator Courtney Kemp advised TVLine.
Adding, "I mean, the ultimate decision to kill Ghost is hers. She is the one who says, 'I’m going to stop him.' ... She gets him in the situation. They’re both guilty of murder in a way, aren’t they? It’s just that because she set it up, she is at least guilty of conspiracy."
So, yes, Ghost is in reality dead.
Twitter went crazy following the occasions that transpired in the mid-season 6 finale episode. “If Ghost in reality dead I’m no longer looking at this s--t no more... POWER higher have the best surgeons out this b—,” tweeted one fan. Another added, “I don’t know who concept it was once a good suggestion to shoot my boy ghost and stay us waiting until January to look if he survives.... ya’ll enjoying games. @Power_STARZ #WhoShotGhost.”
Entertainment Weekly spoke with Courtney about the episode’s shocking cliffhanger and what’s to return in the final five episodes in the collection.
“Obviously we've this large cliffhanger to get to the bottom of.It is a jigsaw puzzle,” she informed EW at the time. “It’s a new way of telling a story for us, and it’s going to push the audience to take a look at the show in a special means. It’s now not the same old Power as you’ve observed it. It will feel other.”
After the episode aired, Omari posted what gave the impression of a farewell message to the sequence.
“Thank you Starz, manufacturers, writers, directors, workforce, teamsters & my cherished cast for trusting each other enough to aid majorly in this line being blurred. That is when programming shifts the culture. My belief is we accomplished that. Thank you lovers for entrusting me with the task of quarterbacking this team of bandits who scored in stealing your hearts week in/week out for six [years],” he wrote in a long message on Instagram.
“[To] EVERY circle of relatives member, pal, colleague & most imperatively... FAN who unearths themselves at an deadlock between that ever provide Real & Fiction at this time of whether or not your ghost has grow to be simply THAT...a ghost...And are in rage because of it....I [perceive] your emotion [sic],” Omari added, concluding, “If Ghost has taught you anything else.....watch the company you keep & stay the company you watch [sic].”
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