There’s a LOT I could nitpick about in the penultimate episode of “Power Book II: Ghost,” but I’m going to use my time on stage to introduce considered one of the truest characters in the history of “Power,” Monet Tejada . (One thing price noting is that Monet sort of just about got killed for nothing because the Tejadas were vastly outgunned, but again let’s give attention to the positives.)

But before we try this, let me indicate a couple of quick things: Tariq’s belief that he needs to be understood as a king, to the tune of “I’M TARIQ ST. (SCREECHING) PATRICK!” actually made me laugh so much that my wife could hear me two floors below. Nobody cares, Tariq. Why Cane was so keen on having his mother show up at his mock wedding is also perplexing; like, why would ANYONE care so much about being at a wedding that everyone knows is a pending crime? What’s more, Cane, Dru and Diana suddenly putting “Tejadas” first (to the point where Diana actually turns right into a Colombian, which she claimed she wasn’t a couple of episodes ago) is the purest, rawest nonsense. It’s almost like the writers JUST realized they were running out of episodes and needed to end it, in order that they skipped a couple of steps to make it work. Le sighs and ho-boom, however it’s my program, so I’ll stick to it.

Let’s move on to Monet. Monet is considered one of the more iconic characters in the “Power” universe. He’s there with Ghost, Tommy, and Raquel on Mount Rushmore with the “Power” characters. Although “Ghost” was supposed to be a show about Tariq trying to reunite his family (not less than that is the way it began), it was actually a show of Monet Tejada’s madness. Monet has killed people and is accountable for the deaths of many, many individuals, including her nephew/son, his girlfriend, her nephew/son’s father, and the father of her second child. From the starting of the series, Monet has been a one-woman ball of chaos and manipulation, and I really like that. Even though I spent the entire season trying to work out how this show would end and who could be alive when the curtain fell, I actually didn’t see Monet Tejada get shot. Furthermore, I have not seen anything like this occur in defense of her children, although considering all of her moves overall, it is not entirely surprising.

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Monet is many things and has made loads of questionable decisions as a mother (see “deaths caused by Monet” above), but she has never wavered in her belief that she was doing what was best for her children, so the incontrovertible fact that she went out in a blaze of glory while trying ensuring Cane’s latest in-laws – Noma, her brother and family – didn’t kill Cane is sensible. Cane and Monet, even with their problems, all the time had a bond that did not exist between Monet, Dru, or Diana. Cane and Monet understand one another. They are soldiers front and center to do whatever it takes to achieve the ultimate goal. What broke them apart was the incontrovertible fact that Cane was trying to turn out to be a boss like his mother, and Monet didn’t like losing him to one other woman.

This can also be why the final scene, where Cane explains to Noma and her brother why he won’t ever activate his mother (irrespective of how absurd the issue of what they were doing to black children on the streets), was so sad. Immediately after shooting Monet, Cane kept shouting, “WAIT!!!!!! WAIT!!!(*4*)My children… my children…” It should be admitted that it was difficult to watch, because he was the only son who could all the time deal with every thing, being completely helpless , because he was tied up and couldn’t do anything. There are few scenes in this show that actually rise to iconic levels; this scene is considered one of them.

Fortunately, this episode also featured one other one. Before Monet met her death, she showed up at the wedding trying to kill the entire Noma crew herself, identical to Tupac “Hail Mary” I played and I mean, really, has there ever been a greater placement for music than this? We had to watch Mary J. Blige shoot numerous goons in an attempt to claim Cane as considered one of the most iconic songs that just so happens to have the name “Mary” in the titles. Chef’s kiss.

Look, quite a bit happened in this episode leading up to this. Noma and Carter team up to seek out Tariq and Monet, which led to this death, and it’s easily the most important death in the entire series to date. But really, I just want Monet to know that you simply were the truest of the whole family. You held them back and even once you were incorrect, your intentions were good. So if you happen to would do me the honor of raising a glass of champagne in honor of the life and death of 1 Monet Tejada…

… Hail Mary.