How “Book II” worked

In one of the final scenes of Starz's hit crime drama “Power,” James “Ghost” St. Patrick stands in his iconic pose in a well-tailored gray suit, staring out over the balcony of Truth nightclub.

His son Tariq comes in and confronts him.

With the weapon in his hand, he is preoccupied with the all-encompassing question: When will Ghost pay for all the pain he has caused? His mother Tasha (Naturi Naughton) tried to stop him, but it was too late. The same bustling New York club that symbolized a life beyond the game for the prominent, once untouchable drug dealer and later politician became the scene of his downfall.

And it was at the hands of his offspring that Ghost (Omari Hardwick) tried, but failed, to keep away from his discreet criminal lifestyle. As the Power Writers Room put it in 2016, Tariq's actions were “the result of parents who over-corrected their children.”