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[This story contains MAJOR spoilers from the season five premiere of Power Book III: Raising Kanan.]
Power Book III: Raising Kanan shocked viewers with an explosive start to the premiere episode of the fifth and final season of the hit Starz series. Kanan (Mekai Curtis) had ended last season with a bang when the gun he was holding on his mother Raq (Patina Miller) went off just as the screen went black. He was there to confront her on misinformation that she killed his best friend Famous (Antonio Ortiz) and girlfriend Krystal (Aliyah Turner).
As he ran down the list of those close to him that he believed she had killed — including two murders she actually had a major hand in with D-Wiz (Nile Bullock) and his father, Detective Malcolm Howard (Omar Epps) — things got irreversibly out of control to kick off the show’s return with season five.
Trying to prevent Ruben, Raq’s henchman, from shooting Kanan as he played peacemaker, Lou-Lou (Malcolm Mays), Raq’s baby brother and loyal soldier, caught the bullet instead, dying in dramatic fashion with eyes locked in on Raq. Though there were many times throughout the series where Lou could have died, how it happened is hitting fans super hard. That reaction what showrunner Sascha Penn and his team were banking on.
