The Energy Universe loves to sometimes sprinkle in Easter eggs, and within the fourth episode of “Energy Ebook II: Ghost”‘s third season, longtime “Energy” viewers noticed a well-known face — somebody who may develop into a sport changer later within the sequence.
Within the episode, titled “The Land of Alternative,” we meet a DEA agent named Angel “Junior” Younger (Kevin Rodriguez), who’s aiding Detective Blanca’s (Monique Gabriela Curnen) newest investigation. The 2 are proven at a crime-scene aftermath of a motel shootout between the Tejada clan — Lorenzo (Berto Colon), Cane (Woody McClain), and Dru (Lovell Adams-Grey) — and a few arms sellers, considered one of whom occurs to be a prison informant for Blanca. Junior makes a short look as he explains to Blanca that her C.I. has been shot and transported to a hospital and is in crucial situation. Junior’s small scene could seem insignificant, however it could possibly be a touch at one thing larger down the road for “Energy” followers who know who he is associated to: the federal prosecutor Angela Valdes (Lela Loren).
That is proper, the identical Angela who was wrapped up in James/Ghost’s (Omari Hardwick) net of lies, deceit, and crime within the authentic “Energy” sequence — the place Blanca’s character was additionally launched — and obtained killed for it by Tommy Egan (Joseph Sikora). Angela met her demise in the beginning of season six by the hands of Ghost’s greatest friend-turned-enemy, all as a result of he feared the ADA would get them despatched to jail for his or her many crimes. It additionally did not assist that Blanca was relentlessly pursuing the trio to implicate all of them in a case.
Angela is survived by her sister, Paz Valdes (Elizabeth Rodriguez), and her nephew Junior. The latter first seems within the second episode of “Energy”‘s sixth season, as he and his mother, Paz, mourn Angela’s dying at a church. It is there that they are knowledgeable Ghost paid for all of Angela’s funeral bills.
Paz blamed Ghost for getting her sister killed and vowed to hunt revenge on him in Angela’s title. She even consented to an post-mortem for Angela and dug up Angela’s grave to safe proof that Paz hoped would show Ghost’s guilt. However it all blows up in Paz’s face when Angela’s personal crimes come to gentle — and sabotage any likelihood of her sister or nephew getting her pension (which might’ve paid for Junior to return to highschool and preserve his sick grandfather in a nursing house).
After a number of foiled plans from Paz to destroy Ghost, Junior decides to take issues into his personal palms: he needs to kill Ghost himself for ruining his household. When his mother realizes what he plans to do, nonetheless, Paz rushes to cease him and says, “I already misplaced Angela, and I’m not going to lose you, too.” Paz then tries to homicide Ghost at his nightclub however adjustments her thoughts on the final minute.
The final we see of Junior in “Energy” is when he and Paz be taught that Ghost is truly murdered in his membership, per a TV information broadcast. They later meet with Ghost’s legal professional, who informs Paz that he left her cash in his will. Due to that, she tells Junior that he can lastly return to highschool.
It is unclear what function Junior will play in “Energy Ebook II: Ghost,” however it’s no coincidence that he is now a DEA agent working with the identical detective who tried to take down each Ghost and his aunt. The truth that the investigation Junior’s wanting into may lead again to the Tejadas (who’re additionally working with Ghost’s son, Tariq) possible solely means extra hassle up forward.
New episodes of “Energy Ebook II: Ghost” air on Fridays on Starz.
