Power Book III: Raising Kanan Season 2, Episode 8 Review

It’s been a pretty long time since a Power Universe episode concluded with a cliffhanger.

So long that when it happened on Power Book III: Raising Kanan, it set up a huge story. Did Marvin and the therapist get shot by the Italians? If they did, which one of them were shot and which one of them would end up dying? The final minutes got me anxious to watch the next episode as I want to find out how this will be resolved!

I thought that the conversation about karma and balance in the universe was a great part of the story, and it also tied very well into the ending of the episode. After a botched invasion that caused a woman to be killed and two people to be killed, Marvin is now sitting on the verge of a second shooting attempt that might result in his therapist being killed as well.

The scenes of Kenya’s church members punishing Jukebox due to her sexual orientation was hard to watch and I felt for Jukebox. Despite the cruel punishment, I thought it was well acted. For historical accuracy, this did used to happen decades ago when churches used to disapprove same-sex relationships. I just wonder if this is needed to push Jukebox’s story forward.

Unique is playing chess with every character and they do not even know it. But one thing is for sure, is that Kanan is really getting on to Raquel’s lies. Especially since he is connecting the dots to Scrappy’s death. Not even a new house that Raq showed Kanan could help her dodge the situation. I will say that the scene at the start between Raq and Palomar stood out to me as I wanted to see both these characters encounter eachother.

The original argument was that Dominick surviving the botched robbery was one of the worst things that could’ve ever happened to him, but Unique was right in the beginning. There were only four people who knew about it, Marco, Dominick, Unique, and Marvin, and now that Dominick has opened his mouth, it does not look good for Marvin. Sal is coming for Raq, Marvin, and probably the rest of the family as well.