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Here’s a snippet of the conversation I had with Raising Kanan showrunner Sascha Penn and powerful actress Patina Miller who plays series matriarch Raq about the season and of course the cliffhanger! It’s not a SPOILER if you watch the show! Plus it’s the conversation that counts so read this by clicking on the photo or here.
Okay, we’ve been alluding to the very last scene of this season when Kanan confronts Raq at gunpoint and they argue and it seems like he shot his mother. Did Kanan kill Raq at the end of this season? And what is this thing that Power a la Tariq and Ghost have about the kids killing off their parents?
PENN I can’t speak to all of Power. What I would say in general is that we all have complicated relationships with our parents. Not nearly as complicated as Kanan’s relationship with Raq, but we do have complicated relationships, and it’s a very, very… how should I put it… fraught dynamic that exists between parent and child and child and parent. That’s one of the things we work out across these four seasons of Raising Kanan. As far as [the question of] “Does Kanan kill Raq?” We all heard the gunshot. That’s all that I’ll say.
But look, whether Raq is in the next season or not, I think her presence will always be felt across this series in season five as much as it was felt in season one. Raq has left her mark on these characters and these stories in a way that even if she isn’t there, she’s there. And that’s, frankly, part of the fun of season five. Part of what’s interesting about season five is really seeing Raq’s impact across every character in this series, and I’m excited for people to see it.
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