This year, we got to do an upending that still asks good questions.
What will these three be like working together?
How will that work?
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Like, I won.
I totally won because that was the whole point.
And I love that you said that hes the big bad.
We love parenting stories and I think Dres parents on our show are Ghost and Kanan.
So if Ghost and Kanan had a kid, what would that kid act like?
Tariq is Tasha and Ghosts son, but in some ways, hes also Kanan and Ghosts son.
When did you know you wanted to focus so much of the narrative on him?
Michael Rainey Jr.s talent ended up pulling us in that direction.
Because whatever I gave him, he could do.
It was really more about Michael and his ability than anything else.
That gave us an opportunity to really open it up.
We had this whole story of Tariq selling drugs in his private school that obviously we never did.
We always wanted to tell a father-son story with Ghost.
The answer to your question is, Tashas trying to save her kid.
Its all she wants, so shes going to ask questions later.
Shes been far from innocent over four seasons, but this was her biggest step over the line yet.
Has Angela gone dark?
Do you still see a possible future for Ghost and Angela?
They just seem to keep finding a way back to each other.
The death of Raina is going to change a lot of the way Ghost looks at the world.
Omari said to me, Well, if we kill Raina, Ghost will never be the same.
And I said, Exactly.
How does that eat you inside?
And how do you take your comfort?
How do you stop the pain?
So why do you think some havent been as excited about season 4?
Like yourself, many real fans have been loving this season.
But what I can do is say, Whats fun?
And what do we think people will find enjoyable or have stakes in?
Whenever people respond negatively to something, I always feel like theres two things that go on immediately.
One is Ah, you responded.
As long as youre watching the show, I won.
Thanks for the hour of your time, I super appreciate it.
[Laughs] And also, and I mean this in a real way, every show gets canceled.
Why do shows get canceled?
Because people stop watching them.
So eventually, every show, people are going to stop watching.
But damn, I miss that show.
I know exactly how it ends.
I know the last scene of the show.
It hasnt changed, its always been the same in my head.
No sex, no violence.
Its going to be very calm.
I feel like weve done the excitement, so why not do something different?
Were aiming for the middle of the road with season 5.
Thats really where we are now: What do we want to emphasize?
What do we want to play with?
