Courtesy of Starz Warning: This post contains spoilers for the season 4 finale ofPower Book III: Raising Kanan. Young Kanan Stark is morphing into the fully-fleshed version of himself fans first met inPower. In the season 4 finale ofPower Book III: Raising Kanan, tensions between Kanan (Mekai Curtis) and his mom Raq (Patina Miller) reached new heights — and Raq might not have made it out alive. The episode started with Kanan having a breakdown after learning thathis girlfriend Krystal (Aliyah Turner) was killed, and despite Jukebox's (Hailey Kilgore) best efforts, she couldn't really calm him down. Meanwhile, Raq confronted Unique (Joey Bada$$), though the latter seemed to be more focused on spilling the details of their short-lived affair to Lou (Malcolm Mays) as a means of underscoring Raq. Kanan was convinced that his mom is behind Krystal's death, given the fact that he's been told she killed Famous and O-Cee too, but Juke doesn't trust Snaps (Wendell Pierce) and Pop (Erika Woods), though her cousin doesn't seem to share her doubts. Courtesy of Starz When Unique told Raq that Kanan came to him asking to team up, that shook her. "The enemy of my enemy is my friend, and I'm the friend," he taunted, which made her "the enemy." The kingpin, whocame back to life in the season 3 finaleafter he was seeminglyleft for dead by his brother Ronnie (Grantham Coleman)mid-season, then delivered a true threat to Raq, one that seemed to allude to her potential fate. "I'm making your whole world fall apart around you, b----," he told her. "And when I'm done, ain't gonna be nothing left." Courtesy of Starz Things were also getting messy for Stefano (Tony Danza). After telling Marvin that getting into business with him and Raq was the "worst decision" he's ever made, given how he's weakened himself in Phil Russo's eyes, he later discovered just how drastic the repercussions are of his teaming up with Raq. Phil (Paul Ben-Victor) stabbed him in the chest and left him bleeding and gasping for air, though the New Jersey mobster later told Unique that Stefano survived the attack, which only sets up the pair up for more drama to come — particularly after he told Unique to "do whatever the f---" he needed to do. As Kanan's anger towards his mom seemed close to hitting a crescendo, he visited his grandma's grave for the first time, and seemed to proactively ask Joyce (Sharon Washington) for forgiveness, hinting at what he was planning on doing. He was also making some other lateral moves, with the help of Snaps and Pop, who told him they wanted to get into business with him and Unique. They also introduced him to their nephew Branford, an introduction that puts some pieces together for Kanan when Branford is revealed to be known in the streets as Breeze. Courtesy of Starz Lou tried his best to bring Kanan back down to Earth, telling him that Raq is more of a man than either he or Marvin is, but a tip from the police that Juke got — a Black woman was seen leaving the apartment where Krystal was found dead — was the final nail in the coffin in Kanan's mind. Juke remained unconvinced, and she'd tried her best to warn Raq about just how angry Kanan was, but instead of heeding that, her aunt opted to warn Juke that what she's said can and will be used against her — prompting Juke to put Raq in her place. "Just 'cause I wasn't saying s----, doesn't mean I wasn't thinking s----," Juke warned. "Just 'cause you didn't see me, didn't mean I didn't see you. I saw you — maybe even better than anybody." Courtesy of Starz As the episode came to an end, Kanan's anger took him over, and he grabbed a gun and left behind a worried Juke. "If you ain't with me, you're against me," he told his cousin before he left, clearly heading to Raq's house. He arrived to find his mom on the phone, and asked simply, "Why'd you kill her?" as he held a gun aimed at Raq, who hung up immediately and turned to face her son, who had a murderous look in his eye. The PEOPLE Appis now available in the Apple App Store! Download it now for the most binge-worthy celeb content, exclusive video clips, astrology updates and more! Despite her insistence that the police got it wrong, and her swearing up and down of her innocence — and she swore on Kanan himself, who she called the "most important" thing in her life — Kanan wouldn't hear it. He was determined, years of anger fueling him and regret that he was "always protecting" Raq. "I'm done making excuses for you and for me," he told her, the gun still aimed at her chest. "Tonight I'm gonna do what I should've done." "I would never hurt you like that. You don't believe me because you're in so much pain," Raq told her grieving son, fear in her eyes. Courtesy of Starz He didn't back down. "You don't want me to have nobody but you. You want me to all to your f------ self. That's why you killed them all. Fame, Krystal, even my own f------ father," Kanan told his mom."That's why I gotta do this right now. So you can't nobody else away from me." Raq closed her eyes and the screen went to black, and the last thing the audience heard before the season concluded was a gunshot. Never miss a story — sign up forPEOPLE's free daily newsletterto stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Power Book III: Raising Kananseason 4 is now streaming on Starz. Read the original article onPeople
