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Power Book II: Ghost is an American drama television series created by Courtney A. Kemp that premiered on September 6, 2020 on Starz.[1] The series is both a sequel and spin-off to Power.

Power Book II: Ghost
Genre	Crime drama
Created by	Courtney A. Kemp
Based on	Power created by Courtney A. Kemp
Starring	Michael Rainey Jr. Shane Johnson Gianni Paolo Melanie Liburd Lovell Adams-Gray Daniel Bellomy Quincy Tyler Bernstine Paige Hurd Woody McClain Justin Marcel McManus Method Man LaToya Tonodeo Mary J. Blige Naturi Naughton Paton Ashbrook Berto Colon Alix Lapri Daniel Sunjata Larenz Tate Keesha Sharp David Walton Monique Curnen Moriah Brown
Opening theme	"Big Rich Town" by 50 Cent and Joe
Composer	Jeff Russo
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	20
Production
Executive producers	Bart Wenrich Chris Salek Courtney A. Kemp 50 Cent Danielle DeJesus Geoffrey Thorne Mark Canton Shana Stein
Running time	56–68 minutes
Production companies	End of Episode, Inc. G-Unit Film & Television Inc. Atmosphere Television CBS Studios Lionsgate Television
Release
Original network	Starz
Picture format	1080i (16:9 HDTV)
Original release	September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06) – present (present)
Chronology
Preceded by	Power
Followed by	Power Book III: Raising Kanan Power Book IV: Force

In December 2021, the series was renewed for a third season.[2]

Premise

Ghost follows Tariq navigating his new life, in which his desire to shed his father's legacy comes up against the mounting pressure to save his family. Along the way, Tariq gets entangled in the affairs of the cutthroat Tejada family, adding further complications as he tries to balance his drug operations with his education, love life, family affairs, and mounting pressure from Cooper Saxe.

Cast and characters

Character	Portrayed by	Seasons
		1	2	3
Tariq St. Patrick	Michael Rainey Jr.	Main
Cooper Saxe	Shane Johnson	Main
Brayden Weston	Gianni Paolo	Main
Caridad “Carrie” Milgram	Melanie Liburd	Main		Does not appear
Dru Tejada	Lovell Adams-Gray	Main
Ezekiel “Zeke” Cross	Daniel Bellomy	Main		Does not appear
Tameika Washington	Quincy Tyler Bernstine	Main	Guest	Does not appear
Lauren Baldwin	Paige Hurd	Main		Does not appear
Lorenzo “Cane” Tejada	Woody McClain	Main
Jabari Reynolds	Justin Marcel McManus	Main	Guest	Does not appear
Davis MacLean	Method Man	Main
Diana Tejada	LaToya Tonodeo	Main
Monet Stweart Tejada	Mary J. Blige	Main
Tasha St. Patrick	Naturi Naughton	Main	Guest	Does not appear
Dante “Mecca” Spears	Daniel Sunjata	Does not appear	Main	Does not appear
Jenny Sullivan	Paton Ashbrook	Guest	Main
Lorenzo Tejada Sr.	Berto Colon	Recurring	Main
Effie Morales	Alix Lapri	Recurring	Main
Rashad Tate	Larenz Tate	Recurring	Main
Harper Bonet	Keesha Sharp	Does not appear		Main
Lucas Weston	David Walton	Does not appear		Main
Blanca Rodriguez	Monique Curnen	Recurring	Guest	Main
Kiki Travis	Moriah Brown	Does not appear		Main

Main

• Michael Rainey Jr. as Tariq St. Patrick, the son of James "Ghost" St. Patrick and Tasha Green-St. Patrick, who is slowly following in his father's footsteps as a drug dealer
• Shane Johnson as Cooper Saxe, the attorney protecting Tariq, despite failed attempts to catch Ghost, Tasha, Tommy and Tariq.
• Gianni Paolo as Brayden Weston, Tariq's best friend and business partner from Choate, as well as current roommate at Stansfield
• Melanie Liburd as Caridad "Carrie" Milgram, one of Tariq's professors who had a secret relationship with Zeke (seasons 1-2)
• Lovell Adams-Gray as Dru Tejada, the artistic middle child of Monet and Lorenzo and brother of Cane and Diana who is secretly gay
• Daniel Bellomy as Ezekiel "Zeke" Cross, Monet's hidden son with Mecca and Carrie's new love interest (seasons 1-2)
• Quincy Tyler Bernstine as Tameika Washington, an attorney formerly affiliated with Saxe (season 1; guest season 2)
• Paige Hurd as Lauren Baldwin, Tariq's former classmate and ex-girlfriend (seasons 1-2)
• Woody McClain as Lorenzo "Cane" Tejada Jr., the ruthless eldest child of Monet and Lorenzo, brother of Dru and Diana and Tariq’s main enemy.
• Justin Marcel McManus as Jabari Reynolds, Carrie's ex-boyfriend and Tariq's professor (season 1; guest season 2)
• Method Man as Davis MacLean, Tasha and later Tariq and the Tejada's lawyer who looks to win at all costs
• LaToya Tonodeo as Diana Tejada, the youngest child of Monet and Lorenzo and sister of Dru and Cane who is also in the drug business but has aspirations of going to school and Tariq's love interest.
• Mary J. Blige as Monet Stewart Tejada, queenpin and second-in-command of the Tejada drug cartel, mother of Cane, Dru, Diana, and secretly Zeke
• Naturi Naughton as Tasha St. Patrick, Tariq's mother and Ghost's wife (season 1; guest season 2)
• Daniel Sunjata as Dante "Mecca" Spears, Cane's new business associate, a former associate of Felipe Lobos and Monet's old flame, the father of their secret son, Zeke (season 2)[3]
• Paton Ashbrook as Jenny Sullivan, an attorney working on the Jabari Reynolds case, who's sleeping with Saxe (season 2-present;[4] guest season 1)
• Berto Colon as Lorenzo Tejada Sr., Monet's husband, the leader of the Tejada operation and father to Cane, Dru and Diana (season 2-present;[4] recurring season 1)
• Alix Lapri as Effie Morales, Tariq's drug dealer ex-girlfriend at Choate and his new business partner, the two rekindled their relationship in the process (season 2-present;[4] recurring season 1)
• Larenz Tate as Councilman Rashad Tate, Ghost's former political rival and now, an ethics professor at Stansfield (season 2-present;[5] recurring season 1)
• Keesha Sharp as Professor Harper Bonet (season 3)[6]
• David Walton as Lucas Weston (season 3)[7]
• Monique Curnen as NYPD Detective Blanca Rodriguez, an NYPD officer who investigated Ghost in the past (season 3; recurring season 1, guest season 2)[7]
• Moriah Brown as Kiki Travis (season 3),[7] Tariq's new lover.

Recurring

• Kathleen Garrett as Judge Nina Larkin, the judge presiding over Tasha St. Patrick's case (season 1)
• Debbi Morgan as Estelle Green, Tasha's mother and Tariq and Yas' grandmother
• Paris Morgan as Yasmine St. Patrick, Tariq's little sister and Ghost and Tasha's daughter
• Victor Garber as Simon Stern, Ghost's former business partner
• Mark Feuerstein as Steven Ott, the representative of the political party Ghost was part of
• Sung Kang as John Mak, an attorney formerly involved in the Lobos-Ghost investigation (season 1)
• Sherri Saum as Paula Matarazzo, top investigator and right hand of Davis (season 1; guest season 2)
• Shalim Ortiz as Danilo Ramirez, an NYPD officer stationed in the Tejadas' backyard of Queens, NY, and Monet's ex-boyfriend before Cane killed him (season 1)
• Lightskin Keisha as BruShandria Carmichael, Tariq's classmate
• Brandi Denise Boyd as Epiphany Turner, a stripper single mom, who worked together with Tasha (season 1)
• Cory Jeacoma as Trace Weston, Brayden's entitled brother
• Marcus Anderson Jr. as Lil' Guap, the Tejada's former partner, before Tariq, who frequently worked with Cane before being killed by Dru (seasons 1-2)
• Brittani Tucker as Chelle, Rel's ex-girlfriend now Cane's girlfriend
• Andrea Lee Christensen as Riley Saxe-Merchant, Cooper's niece and Brayden's new love interest (season 1)
• Bradley Gibson as Everett Neal, a member of Zeke's basketball team and Dru's new love interest
• Geoffrey Owens, as Daniel Warren, a lawyer Ghost trusted with the handling of his will and assets
• Michael J. Ferguson as Francis "2-Bit" Johnson, a convicted felon formerly associated with Andre Coleman and Tommy Egan (seasons 1, 3)
• Laz Alonso as Samuel Santana, a detective investigating the death of the GTG assassin on the faculty grounds (season 1)
• Jimmy Saito as Chef Eric Kamura, Mecca's right-hand man and chef (season 2)
• Jeff Hephner as Kevin Whitman, the lead detective investigating Jabari's murder (season 2)
• Lahmard Tate as Kamaal Tate, Rashad's brother who is a police officer (season 2)[4]
• Frank Whaley as Judge Kenneth Lucas, the judge presiding over Tariq's case (season 2)[8]
• Zephani Idoko as Stephanie, Davis MacLean's Stylist (season 2)
• Petey McGee as Salim Ashe Freeman (season 3)[9]
• Gbenga Akinnagbe as Ron Samuel Jenkins aka RSJ (season 3)[10]
• Kyle Vincent Terry as Obi (season 3)[10]
• Caroline Chikezie as Noma (season 3)[10]
• Lauren Vélez as Evelyn Castillo, Frank's wife, who shows up after her husband has gone missing (guest season 2; season 3)
• Greg Serano as Agent Juan Julio Medina (season 3)

Guest stars

• David Zayas as Uncle Frank Castillo, a relative of the Tejadas who tried to set them up (season 1)
• Glynn Turman as Gabriel, uncle to Ghost (season 1)
• Elizabeth Rodriguez as Paz Valdes, Angela Valdes' sister (season 1)
• Jeff Auer as Robert Weston, the patriarch of the Weston family
• Angel Reda as Nicole Weston, wife to Robert and mother to Brayden, Trace and Becca
• Donshea Hopkins as Raina St. Patrick, Tariq's twin sister
• Luenell Campbell as Ms. Richards, Spanky's mother (season 1)
• Jackie Long as Rico Barnes, the man who provides the drugs for the Tejadas to distribute (season 1)
• Joseph Sikora as Tommy Egan, Ghost's best friend, Tariq's godfather and surrogate uncle and Cash's surrogate father (season 1)
• Denim Roberson as Cash Grant, LaKeisha Grant's son and Tommy's surrogate son (season 1)
• Redman as Theo Rollins, Davis' older brother who is in prison (season 2)[11]
• 50 Cent as Kanan Stark, Ghost's old friend and Tariq's mentor of sort, whom he got killed and has nightmares of (season 2)
• Alani "La La" Anthony as LaKeisha Grant, Tommy's ex and Tasha's former best friend, who was murdered by her in order to protect Tariq (season 2)
• Marcus Callender as Raymond "Ray Ray" Walker, the corrupt cop who murdered Raina St. Patrick and became Tariq's first victim (season 2)
• Jerry Ferrara as Joseph Proctor, Ghost and Tommy's former lawyer who was murdered by the latter, after Tariq allowed him access to his penthouse (season 2)
• Emeka Okafor as himself and a basketball trainer for Zeke (season 2)

Episodes

Series overview

Season	Episodes		Originally aired
			First aired	Last aired
1	10		September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06)	January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)
2	10		November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)	February 6, 2022 (2022-02-06)

Season 1 (2020–21)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
1	1	"The Stranger"	Anthony Hemingway	Courtney A. Kemp	September 6, 2020 (2020-09-06)	0.680[12]
2	2	"Exceeding Expectations"	Marisol Adler	Monica Mitchell	September 13, 2020 (2020-09-13)	0.564[13]
3	3	"Play the Game"	Hernan Otaño	Gabriela Uribe & Aixsha Hiciano	September 20, 2020 (2020-09-20)	0.535[14]
4	4	"The Prince"	Shana Stein	Charles Ray Hamilton & Julian Ouanés	September 27, 2020 (2020-09-27)	0.566[15]
5	5	"The Gift of the Magi"	Erica A. Watson	Andre J. Ferguson	October 4, 2020 (2020-10-04)	0.593[16]
6	6	"Good vs. Evil"	Eif Rivera	Geoffrey Thorne	December 6, 2020 (2020-12-06)	0.587[17]
7	7	"Sex Week"	Hernan Otaño	Monica Mitchell & Charles Ray Hamilton	December 13, 2020 (2020-12-13)	0.583[18]
8	8	"Family First"	Stewart Schill	Andre J. Ferguson & Julian Ouanés	December 20, 2020 (2020-12-20)	0.468[19]
9	9	"Monster"	Bart Wenrich	Gabriela Uribe	December 27, 2020 (2020-12-27)	0.560[20]
10	10	"Heart of Darkness"	Rob Hardy	Story by : Aixsha Hiciano Teleplay by : Randy Huggins & Aixsha Hiciano	January 3, 2021 (2021-01-03)	0.617[21]

Season 2 (2021–22)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original air date	U.S. viewers (millions)
11	1	"Free Will is Never Free"	Rob Hardy	Brett Mahoney	November 21, 2021 (2021-11-21)	0.518[22]
12	2	"Selfless Acts?"	Stewart Schill	Monica Mitchell	November 28, 2021 (2021-11-28)	0.526[23]
13	3	"The Greater Good"	Brendan Walsh	Kevin J. Hynes & Oneika Barrett	December 5, 2021 (2021-12-05)	0.477[24]
14	4	"Gettin' These Ends"	Ruben Garcia	Charles Ray Hamilton	December 12, 2021 (2021-12-12)	0.423[25]
15	5	"Coming Home to Roost"	Shana Stein	Aixsha Hiciano	December 19, 2021 (2021-12-19)	0.449[26]
16	6	"What's Free?"	Nefertite Nguvu	Andre J. Ferguson	January 9, 2022 (2022-01-09)	0.555[27]
17	7	"Forced My Hand"	Hernan Otaño	Monica Mitchell & Lacey Herbert	January 16, 2022 (2022-01-16)	0.522[28]
18	8	"Drug Related"	Shana Stein	Julian Ouanes	January 23, 2022 (2022-01-23)	0.566[29]
19	9	"A Fair Fight?"	Bart Wenrich	Sara Rose Feinberg	January 30, 2022 (2022-01-30)	0.533[30]
20	10	"Love and War"	Rob Hardy	Gabriela Uribe	February 6, 2022 (2022-02-06)	0.801[31]

Production

Development

On July 26, 2019, Starz announced the straight-to-series order with the news that Mary J. Blige would star.[32] On February 9, 2020, Starz announced the premise of the series.[33] On September 22, 2020, Starz renewed the series for a second season which premiered on November 21, 2021.[34][35] On December 7, 2021, Starz renewed the series for a third season with Brett Mahoney taking over as the showrunner.[2]

Casting

Mary J. Blige was cast on July 26, 2019, with the initial news. On January 14, 2020, Method Man was cast in a main role.[36] The remainder of the main cast was entirely announced on February 9, 2020.[37] On July 21, 2020, Sherri Saum was cast for the series.[38] Two days later, Shalim Ortiz was cast in a recurring role.[39] On February 24, Daniel Sunjata was cast as a new series regular for the second season.[3] On April 27, 2021, Redman joined the cast in a guest starring role for the second season.[11] On June 21, 2021, Paton Ashbrook, Berto Colon, and Alix Lapri were promoted to series regulars while Lahmard Tate joined the cast in a recurring role, reprising his role as Kamaal Tate from the sixth season of Power.[4] On October 1, 2021, Frank Whaley joined the cast in a recurring role for the second season.[8] In January 2022, Keesha Sharp, David Walton, Monique Curnen, and Moriah Brown were cast as series regulars while Petey McGee joined the cast in a recurring role for the third season.[6][7][9] In March 2022, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Kyle Vincent Terry, and Caroline Chikezie were cast in recurring roles for the third season.[10]

Release

The series premiered on September 6, 2020.[1] The series' official trailer was released on August 4, 2020.[40]

Reception

Season 1

Viewership and ratings per episode of Power Book II: Ghost

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)
1	"The Stranger"	September 6, 2020	0.2	0.680[12]
2	"Exceeding Expectations"	September 13, 2020	0.2	0.564[13]
3	"Play the Game"	September 20, 2020	0.2	0.535[14]
4	"The Prince"	September 27, 2020	0.2	0.566[15]
5	"The Gift of Magi"	October 4, 2020	0.2	0.593[16]
6	"Good vs. Evil"	December 6, 2020	0.2	0.587[17]
7	"Sex Week"	December 13, 2020	0.2	0.583[18]
8	"Family First"	December 20, 2020	0.1	0.468[19]
9	"Monster"	December 27, 2020	0.2	0.560[20]
10	"Heart of Darkness"	January 3, 2021	0.2	0.617[21]

Season 2

Viewership and ratings per episode of Power Book II: Ghost

No.	Title	Air date	Rating (18–49)	Viewers (millions)	DVR (18–49)	DVR viewers (millions)	Total (18–49)	Total viewers (millions)
1	"Free Will is Never Free"	November 21, 2021	0.1	0.518[22]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
2	"Selfless Acts?"	November 28, 2021	0.2	0.526[23]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
3	"The Greater Good"	December 5, 2021	0.1	0.477[24]	0.1	0.243	0.2	0.720[41]
4	"Gettin' These Ends"	December 12, 2021	0.1	0.423[25]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
5	"Coming Home to Roost"	December 19, 2021	0.1	0.449[26]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
6	"What's Free?"	January 9, 2022	0.1	0.555[27]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
7	"Forced My Hand"	January 16, 2022	0.2	0.522[28]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
8	"Drug Related"	January 23, 2022	0.2	0.566[29]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
9	"A Fair Fight?"	January 30, 2022	0.1	0.533[30]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD
10	"Love and War"	February 6, 2022	0.3	0.801[31]	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD

Accolades

List of Accolades
Award / Film Festival	Year	Recipient	Nomination	Result	Ref.
NAACP Image Awards	2021	Power Book II: Ghost	Outstanding Drama Series	Won	[42]
		Clifford 'Method Man' Smith Jr	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Won
		Mary J. Blige	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Won
	2022	Clifford 'Method Man' Smith Jr	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series	Won	[43]
		Mary J. Blige	Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series	Won

References

External links

• Official website
• Power Book II: Ghost at IMDb 

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