Is Diana Tejada okay?
That was the central query lingering on our minds when the credit rolled on Energy Guide II: Ghost Season 4 Episode 6, and Diana was mendacity on the pavement with a panicked Tariq calling out for assist.
We’ll have to attend for solutions about what comes subsequent for Diana and Tariq, besides, we needed to go proper to the supply to try to get some solutions.
Tariq and Diana’s portrayers, Michael Rainey Jr. and LaToya Tonodeo, have been type sufficient to spend a couple of minutes with me reacting to the newest episode and waiting for what’s coming from the ultimate few episodes.
Diana discovered herself in a difficult state of affairs when one in every of Carter’s underlings, Felicia, tasked her with killing drug supplier Zion after he made a possible mess for her and her fellow soiled cops.
Diana and Tariq have a prolonged and complex historical past, made all of the extra complicated now that they’re anticipating a toddler collectively. However she went straight to Tariq when she wanted somebody to assist her.
Tonodeo believes Tariq will all the time have her again even with their belief so eroded.
“With that specific episode, I went again, and I used to be pondering, effectively, Monet isn’t out there; she’s additionally unpredictable,” Tonodeo defined. “Cane is, to start with, he’s not effing with me proper now, so I can’t. After which, Drew additionally has his personal factor.
“Regardless that Tariq and Diana have that push-and-pull, on the finish of the day, Diana actually believes that she will be able to belief Tariq to assist her by way of any state of affairs. Even again in, I feel it was Season 1 or Season 2 the place Monet killed, I can’t keep in mind the character’s title, Tariq got here when Cane wasn’t out there.
“It was Tariq who got here and helped with the physique and every thing.
“So whatever the state of affairs, I consider that Diana believes Tariq will all the time be there for her. They usually share a child collectively, regardless if folks don’t consider it’s his or not, they share a child. For now, it’s within the stomach.”
Tariq does present up for Diana, even whereas he’s within the midst of his personal plans, which contain him ascending to heights he’s by no means reached earlier than since we’ve seen him on Energy Guide: II Ghost.
“I feel a very powerful factor for Tariq transferring ahead is staying within the driver’s seat,” Rainey Jr. defined when requested about what’s necessary to Tariq at present.
“Proper now, like he says, he’s the apex predator, so he’s simply calling pictures on everyone. Earlier than, folks referred to as the pictures on him, and he needed to play protection. He’s taking part in offense. He’s going for every thing he needs.
“And I feel that’s the largest pivot that he’s skilled so far as his character goes as a result of he often is simply used to doing him, and no matter’s taking place, he’ll do harm management, or he’ll determine a technique to get out of no matter state of affairs he’s in.
“However now, he’s placing different folks in conditions they don’t need to be in. He’s calling the pictures now, in order that’s what he’s doing.”
It’s a brand new place for Tariq, and it makes you marvel simply how lengthy he’ll be capable of keep in it and what it may imply for his future—a future Rainey Jr. isn’t certain Tariq is trying too intently at.
“I don’t suppose he actually is aware of what his future seems like at this second,” Rainey Jr. defined. “I really feel he’s so current, he’ll simply be fearful about what’s happening on the time, like, within the second.
“He’s so centered on the second, I don’t even suppose he is aware of what he needs for his future.
“Proper now, what I do know is that he needs to be prime shot proper now. He needs to be prime shot, and he’s placing targets on everyone’s again, and that’s the place he’s at. He’s not even fearful about his future; he’s fearful about proper now.”
The identical can’t be mentioned for Diana, who’s in a a lot completely different place from Tariq. She’s led a sheltered life in some methods whereas additionally being shackled by her household’s sins.
As an expectant mom, you need to take into consideration the longer term. As Tonodeo instructed us, Diana is aware of what she needs. However after all that’s assuming every thing is all good together with her after that devastating conclusion.
“Independence and breaking the chains of household,” Tonodeo mentioned about Diana’s future. “As a result of I all the time say, household for her is her power and her weak point. Her final objective can be to have the ability to belief herself and her personal instincts and never lean on household however be capable of maintain them at bay.
“At all times maintain household first, however on the finish of the day, it’s about her and her independence and what she needs. That might presumably be what her targets are.”
Leaving on such a heavy cliffhanger, with Diana’s well being and her child’s well being hanging within the steadiness, left viewers on the sting of their seats.
It was arduous for the 2 stars to say a lot with out giving issues away, however Rainey Jr. summed up what we will anticipate from the finale 4 episodes fairly merely.
“A variety of ups, numerous downs, numerous plot twists, numerous issues that you simply all wouldn’t anticipate. So, with out spoiling it, I’d say that a lot. It’s a really tremendous line.”
The ultimate season of Energy Guide II: Ghost Season 4 airs on Friday at 8/7c on Starz.
