Powerverse Lesson #1: You by no means wish to have unfinished enterprise with Tommy Egan.
So whereas Power Book II: Ghost audiences may need been stunned when Joseph Sikora‘s murderous character popped up in last week’s episode, Egan’s former household/present foes Tariq and Tasha most likely ought to’ve seen it coming.
“Tommy, he doesn’t forget, nor does he really forgive,” stated Sikora, who originated the character on Power and now performs him because the central character in Book IV: Force. The actor chatted with TVLine on Tuesday. “I mean, he has a hard time with both of those things, but I feel like Tommy’s smart enough to know that it usually ‘forgetting’ means you gotta tie up these loose ends.”
In case you missed Season 3’s penultimate hour: Before his loss of life, lawyer-turned-federal-informant Cooper Saxe despatched a bunch of letters to make sure that Tariq would go down within the occasion of Saxe’s demise. By the tip of the episode, Tariq realized that his mom, Tasha (Power participant Naturi Naughton, additionally an sudden visitor star) and Yaz had been at risk consequently, and he raced to the place they’d been residing in protecting custody. But Tommy bought there first, and Tariq stepped between his mom and his “uncle” to guard her from his gun.
Tommy stated he was there to get revenge on Tasha for killing his fianceé LaKeisha in Power‘s sixth season, Tariq said he wouldn’t let that occur, after which issues bought loopy and Tariq took a blow to the pinnacle, knocking him out. When he awakened on the hospital, each Tommy and his mom had been lacking.
Egan confirmed that the incident takes place not lengthy after the occasions of Force‘s Season 1 finale. (Ghost‘s Season 3 finale, meanwhile, airs Friday at 9/8c). “As anybody knows, as soon as you get off [Interstate] 90 and turn onto [Interstate] 80, it’s a couple of 10.5-hour straight shot to New York,” Sikora stated, chuckling. So when Tommy bought phrase of Tasha’s whereabouts, “he might’ve been like, ‘I got that news, I gotta do it now.’ Put it on pause. Tell Diamond to maintain his nostril clear and keep on the straight and slim, to deal with enterprise and go do that.’
After all, he added: “We understand what a priority the St. Patricks are, whether it’s to help them, needing them, loving them or to kill them. I mean, they are Tommy’s world, right?”
TVLine additionally plumbed Sikora for some scoop on Force‘s upcoming Season 2, which is able to premiere in September. (Watch a teaser trailer.)
“I really wanted to bring a sense of what is happening to Tommy now. I’m really excited about his adventure,” he stated. I feel we are able to actually get again to the grassroots.” He cited the involvement of Season 2 showrunner Gary Lennon, who was an government producer on Power and who takes over for collection creator Robert Munic, as a driving… properly, pressure behind the present’s rejuvenated vitality.
Lennon’s “leadership really has anchored us back into the world that everybody’s gonna love,” Sikora stated. “People are going to flip over Season 2.”
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