Power Recap ÔÇô I Got This On Lock, Season 3, Episode 3

Tonight’s underlying theme for this Power episode is responsibility. Jamie has to take responsibility for Tariq stealing Angela’s gun. Tommy has to take responsibility for not killing Jamie. Hopefully, Julio was being responsible before having sex with his prostitute from Fort Lee.

The episode begins in Washington DC. Two kids are robbing a store for drugs. One of the kids gets greedy and demands the money from the register as well. During the robbery, the store owner manages to trip the silent alarm. Moments later, a lone female police officer shows up. She questions if the store owner tripped the silent alarm. When the store owner admits he triggered the alarm, the officer commands the robber to kill the store owner. The officer yells at both kids and then kills the overzealous robber. When the officer comes home, we discover she is a dirty cop and is helping Kanan recover from the injuries he received from Ghost.

Last episode ended with Holly bringing in Tasha to help Tommy clean the dirty money. Tasha comes up with a plan to clean up the money by purchasing hair weave in bulk and selling it at a lower price.

Julio has sex with Ms. Fort Lee, one of the Chinese Cartels prostitutes. Afterwards, he notices Ms. Lee is sniffing coke again and warns her to go easy. She tells Julio the coke is weak. Julio questions where she gets the coke and she states Dylan, the Chinese Cartel’s son. Dylan gives it to all the prostitutes. This alarms Julio and he immediately calls Tommy.

Back in DC, we learn Kanan and the officer, Jukebox, are cousins. Jukebox refuses to give Kanan any pain medication until he tells her how he got beat up.

Jamie disrupts a dinner meeting with his new competitors Andy and Alby and a potential investor, Karen Bassett. Immediately wooing her, Jamie shows Karen he has done his homework oN her, making Andy and Alby look like amateurs. Later, an impressed Karen drops by Truth to discuss putting a club in a new hotel she is opening. As a side note, Karen also implies she wants to get to know Jamie better.

While Jukebox is out, Jukebox’s girlfriend Candie teases Kanan to find out what happened to Kanan. After some heavy ‘petting’ and some sips of Texas Tea, Kanan tells Candie about his past with Jukebox and tells her about getting back at ghosts. Kanan seems very delusional at this point.

The police pull over Holly and Tasha for an illegal lane change. When the police ask to see Tasha’s license and registration, Holly quickly refers to Tasha as her nanny and says it was her fault for rushing Tasha. Tasha jumps into role play and puts on a fake Jamaican accent. The officer lets Tasha off with a warning. Once they get home, Holly and Tasha bond like a modern day Thelma and Louise.

Tommy and Julio confront Jae Shin, the head of the Chinese Cartel about the weak coke Ms. Fort Lee was sniffing. Jae states what he does with the coke is none of their concern. Tommy showing more diplomatic approach gives Jae two reasons why he should be concerned. First, if someone dies from the weak coke and the police will trace the drugs back to Jin and then back to Tommy. Second, it means someone in Jae’s camp is stealing from him. Jae says he will look into it – right after he does some Karaoke.

When Jukebox comes home from work she immediately asks if Candie had sex with Kanan. Jukebox hoped having sex with Candie would coerce Kanan to confess what really happened to him. Candie recants to Jukebox that Kanan uttered something about getting back at ‘ghost’. Jukebox figures out Ghost is responsible for what happened to Kanan. She also refers to Ghost as being ‘book smart’ and is intrigued how Kanan let Ghost get the best if him. As a reward for her efforts, Jukebox gives Candie the finger and tells Candie next time she’d better have sex with Kanan.

As Angela is telling Jamie about her apartment hunt, she notices Greg stalking her. After she ditches Jamie, Angela confronts Greg in the alleyway, she tells Greg Jamie is clean. Greg shows Angela a recent picture of Jamie leaving Tommy’s house placing doubt in Angela’s mind about Jamie’s whereabouts.

Tariq gets caught with the gun he stole from Angela’s house in school. Jamie and Tasha are called into school and question where Tariq would get a gun. Jamie believes the gun is Tasha’s until the principal reveals the gun is registered to Angela Valdez. Despite the gun belonging to Jamie’s jumpoff, Tasha keeps her cool. The principal is looking to expulsed Tariq from school however Tasha flips the script. Tasha brings up past cases where other major offenses in the school were over looked. After they leave the school, Tasha wants to know how Tariq stole the gun from Angela’s house. Jamie admits to Tasha he was not in the house the entire night which angers Tasha even more.

Out of the entire episode, this was the most POWERful scene. This scene deals with how American schools treat children differently depending on their race. We aren’t sure if this message is intended by Courtney but it hit home for us.

Greg meets up with Agent Medina. Greg wants to find Lobos to see if Lobos will roll over on Jamie. Greg warns Medina to stay away from Angela. Angela is known throughout the department for being a toxic bitch.

Kanan, looking like the cover of 50’s Before I Self Destruct, is rummaging thru the bathroom looking for medication. Despite the staples in his stomach and the burn marks all over his arms, his waves are still fresh.

Jamie and Angela argue about Tariq stealing Angela’s gun. The two exchange harsh barbs. Jamie questions why Angela is carrying a gun and Angela questions if Jamie has seen Tommy lately. Jamie admits that he’s gone to see Tommy but Tommy wasn’t there. Before the whole evening goes out the window, Jamie goes into this whole song and dance about how he picked Angela over Tommy. Oh boo hoo. Jamie also states that he will see his kids on his own without Angela present. Heartbroken, Angela discards the real estate paperwork for the bigger apartment for Jamie and his pre-existing family.

Back in DC, Dirk, the surviving robber from earlier in the episode, confronts Jukebox about the shooting. Kanan overhears the conversation and calls Dirk a bitch ass nigger. Dirk calls Kanan Two-Face (a villain of Batman). [This insult is interesting because it’s referring to how Kanan’s face currently looks and Two-Face carries a coin (sometimes a 50 cent piece) to make important decisions.] After Dirk leaves, Jukebox and Kanan finally talk. Jukebox demands to know what happened between Ghost and Kanan and how Shawn died. Seeing Kanan kill Shawn last season was evil but hearing Kanan take full responsibility and pleasure in admitting he killed Shawn is just awesome. Jukebox claims she understands and agrees with Kanan’s decision to kill his only son.

“You sacrifice pawns for the greater good.” – Jukebox

Kanan looks slightly suspicious at Jukebox and the two vow to have no more secrets between them.

After doing some due diligence, Jae determines his son Dylan has been stealing from him and forces him to cut off his own finger.

Now THAT is how you teach your son to be responsible!

Holly discovers she is pregnant and now she wants to know what Tommy is doing about Ghost. In the midst of their argument, Tariq texts Tommy and tells him to meet him. Despite being mad at Jamie, Uncle Tommy goes to meet Tariq but instead finds Jamie. Jamie tells Tommy Lobos wants him dead. Ghost attempts to convince Tommy to help him kill Lobos. During the ‘convincing’ conversation, Jamie implies Tommy is going to make a mistake which angers Tommy and Tommy walks away with Jamie unsure if Lobos is after him or not.

What did you think about tonight’s episode? Was Anika Noni Rose believable as a crooked lesbian police officer? How long with this new relationship between Tasha and Holly last? And what about Tommy? Is he finally going to kill Ghost or will Lobos kill Holly first?

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