The series finale of Power was always going to hit fans hard as they awaited to discover who shot leading man James ‘Ghost’ St Patrick (played by Omari Hardwick). Starz viewers were left stunned when it was revealed to be Tariq St Patrick (Michael Rainey Jr), Ghost’s son, who shot his own father after season upon season of emotional turmoil. The reveal didn’t exactly sit well with a lot of fans, however, but now showrunner Courtney Kemp has addressed exactly why Tariq decided to take such drastic action.

Power writer Courtney decided to finally explain Tariq’s reasoning on Instagram earlier this month.

During a near-hour-long Q&A, the showrunner went into detail about what was going through Tariq’s head as he pulled the trigger as well as what lays ahead for him in spin-off series, Power Book II: Ghost.

Reading the comments on her social media page, Courtney said to camera: “‘Why did I write Tariq to be so unredeemable? That boy’s a monster, he committed patricide.'”

Courtney explained: “He killed someone who beat him up, I’m confused.”

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She continued: “It’s so interesting though, Tariq is not unredeemable to me.

“I think it’s very easy to make that – to go there. But if you don’t understand what he was thinking about, when Ghost had roughed up his mother, when Ghost had threatened him…

“Remember kids learn what we teach them, what had Tariq been taught? Who were Tariq’s parents?

“Tasha (Naturi Naughton), murderer. Ghost, murderer. Tommy (Joseph Sikora), murderer. Kanan (50 Cent), murderer.

“Those are his four parents. So, I don’t know, nobody had a problem taking a life when the life he took was Ray Ray’s (Marcus Callender), I just wanna point that out.”

It appears, therefore, Tariq’s action stemmed from a deep-seated hatred for his father’s behaviour toward him and his mother.

And the physical side of things appeared to be the final straw in Courtney’s mind.

The Power creator also opened up on why Ghost had to die in the first place, explaining it was always part of the plan.

Later in the Instagram video, she said: “I will talk to you guys about [season] six, [episode] 10, and the decision to kill Ghost.

“There are a lot of people who have given me so much heat about killing Ghost and for a lot of them – like I understand he’s a part of the family for them after 6 years, and I wrote him to be someone to look up to – but, in the beginning of the show, I always promised that Ghost would end up dead or in jail.

“He didn’t get out in time. Ghost had a lot of opportunities to get out, he didn’t, he made a lot of choices that were antithetical to his stated purpose.

“Part of what I was telling, part of the story I was telling, was if you don’t know yourself, if you can’t see yourself for, you can’t save yourself.

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“And Ghost never really had a clear idea of who he was when it came down to it. He always thought he was James St Patrick and he was playing Ghost, but Ghost was Ghost.

“He was playing James St Patrick, and that tension with him always going back and forth is really interesting. 50 [Cent] always talks about how Tommy is a compelling character because he knows who he is, and I think that is really the tension between Ghost and Tommy which is Ghost had a misapprehension of who he was.

“He thought he was a great father, he thought he was a great husband and he never actually saw himself clearly, which is something that is very difficult to do.

“Ghost made a lot of mistakes and he made a ton of mistakes right as he was about to reach his goal. I know a lot of people had problems with it but for me, it was the only way to end it.”

Power seasons 1-6 are available to stream on Netflix UK now.

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