Another week, one other main participant on “Power Book II: Ghost” meets a tragic destiny — although many viewers in all probability noticed this one coming. This time, the hit “Power” spinoff bid farewell to the nuisance that’s Detective Kevin Whitman (Jeff Hephner) after he overstepped his boundaries one too many occasions with Monet (Mary J. Blige).
Ever for the reason that demise of Monet’s nephew son Zeke (Daniel Bellomy), Whitman has been sizzling on her tracks making an attempt to pin a homicide on her that he thinks she dedicated, aka Carrie Milgram’s (which she dedicated for sleeping round with Zeke). Note: Carrie and Whitman have historical past collectively, too. Whitman, a too-dedicated-to-his-job detective, has additionally been working with federal prosecutor Jenny Sullivan (Paton Ashbrook) and Detective Blanca Rodriguez (Monique Gabriela Curnen) to assist their RICO case that would get Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.), Brayden (Gianni Paolo), and the Tejadas — Cane (Woody McClain), Dru (Lovell Adams-Gray), Diana (LaToya Tonodeo), and Lorenzo (Berto Colon) — all locked up for his or her drug empire. But his newest pursuit has been taking down Monet with yet one more accusation (which occurs to be true): the homicide of Dante, aka Mecca (Daniel Sunjata).
Whitman approaches Monet in season three’s fourth episode, which aired on April 7, claiming to have footage of her going as much as Mecca’s penthouse the night time of his homicide (which occurred in season two’s finale). But with out a correct warrant and a suspension for harassing Monet hanging over his head, Whitman resorts to a low-down scheme to crew up along with her daughter, Diana, to get her to flip on Monet. However, it is the queenpin who will get the final giggle when Diana flips the script on Whitman, tricking him right into a lure that prices him his life.
So, how does Whitman meet his tragic destiny in “Power Book II: Ghost”? Read forward for extra particulars, and discover out why his character’s ending sounds all too acquainted to longtime “Power” followers.
How Does Detective Whitman Die in “Power Book II: Ghost”?
It all begins after Monet’s legal professional, Davis MacLean (Method Man), means that Diana communicate to Whitman and provides him an alibi for Monet. Thinking as a result of she’s a civilian and the one Tejada with out a rap sheet, the detective might be extra inclined to imagine her. Though this implies Monet has to place her anger apart after blaming Diana for Zeke’s demise. But Monet additionally has different plans: breaking into Whitman’s home and taking any police information he has on her.
After paying her money-hungry lawyer, Monet visits Diana in school to ask her daughter for assist to guard their household. However, we later see Diana meet up with Whitman, the place she tells him she desires to take her mother down, not for homicide, however to set Monet’s crooked, legal methods straight as soon as and for all. So she tells the detective that her mother’s been cash laundering. With Whitman hooked on that data, he organizes a plan to sneak into the Tejadas’s dwelling and steal Monet’s fraudulent books when nobody’s there.
Under the impression that he has Diana’s assist, Whitman follows by together with his plan and breaks into the household’s home towards the top of the episode. But the tables activate him when he discovers that Diana remains to be inside — and she or he’s not alone. Monet sneaks behind the detective with a gun in hand as Diana calls 911 to report a break-in. As he pleads for his life, Monet tells Whitman, “Tell that b*tch Carrie I stated, ‘What up,'” and places three bullets in his chest. The feds, together with Blanca and Jenny, later sweep in to analyze the homicide, however they’re, in fact, suspicious of Monet’s self-defense excuse towards their lifeless accomplice.
How Detective Whitman’s Death Connects to “Power”
Whitman would not be the primary detective within the Power Universe to get killed after getting in too deep with the present’s largest criminals. For longtime followers of the unique collection, his demise considerably resembles that of parents like FBI agent Greg Knox, who was shot and killed by Mike Sandoval after studying that his fellow agent was a mole working with criminals; and Sandoval himself, whose neck was sliced by an inmate in jail on the command of Tommy Egan’s father, Tony Teresi (William Sadler). One might even argue Whitman went out equally to federal prosecutor Angela Valdes, who met her demise within the arms of her lover James/Ghost (Omari Hardwick) after seasons of making an attempt to take him down (although she ended up conspiring with him after being implicated in his crime ring).
What do these regulation enforcement brokers all have in frequent? They had been all in over their heads, taking the regulation into their very own palms, and ultimately, the unhealthy guys obtained the ultimate say. Though “Power” is well-known for resurrecting characters considered lifeless, it appears as if Whitman’s deadly arc will stick completely.
New episodes of “Power Book II: Ghost” air on Fridays.