A Critique on the Starz Series Power “season 1”

A Critique on the Starz series Power “Season 1”

A powerful business man by day and the biggest King pin in New York City by night. Some people may think it's a chaotic lifestyle but for James St. Patrick that is an everyday struggle to provide the lavish life for his wife and his children. Power is a series created by Curtis Jackson otherwise known as "50 Cent". The more money James starts to make, he begins to realize that he wants to get out of the drug game for good. With the type of person James is, it certainly will not be a walk in the park. There's drama and action waiting for him around every corner. The show is well known for having surprises in each episode so it's very hard to lose the attention of its viewers. Power the T.V. series is a captivating show because of the “drama” (SideReel), dialogue and always has “multiple surprises” (Hinckley) in each episode.

        Season 1 of Power begins with James St. Patrick, known to other people as “Ghost”, enjoying his life as a club owner of a popular dance club in New York City. Ghost has been a “well-known drug dealer” (Bustle), in the city but wants to leave his life of crime behind him. “Only those on his inner circle are aware that Ghost isn’t as clean as initial appearances would suggest.” (Feldberg). Tasha St. Patrick, Ghost’s wife, is trying her best to convince Ghost that he would be making a mistake if he left the drug game behind. Ghost’s best friend Tommy is running the streets with him but agrees with Tasha about not leaving the lavish lifestyle they made together. But trouble was soon to come James’s way when there was an attack planned against him that almost cost James everything he built. James used this opportunity to talk to an old friend, Angela, who was love of his life at one point in time. Rekindling their friendship was only the beginning of new problems to occur.

As Ghost and Tommy’s reckless side begins to emerge, Ghost starts to realize that things are not what they use to be. So Ghost tries to convince Tommy and Tasha again that putting more effort into the club would be the best option. Once again his wife and best friend turn down his offer and now James begins reaching out to Angela for comfort. Soon Tasha catches on to what Ghost had been doing behind her back. Ghost was taking the drug money they earned and was putting it into the club. While he was doing this, more information about who was targeting his empire was coming out. Once Ghost gets the information he needs, he decided to plan a meeting with all of his leaders to see who has been planning this attack against him. But little did Ghost Angela was working for the US Attorney’s office and was about to make a bust on that exact meeting. Luckily Tommy has been in the streets long enough to know that the cops were on to them so he decided to change the location of the sit down just in time.