Is Lauren Really Dead on “Power Book II: Ghost”?

The newest episode of “Energy Guide II: Ghost” picks again up on the extraordinary motion that follows Professor Milgram’s (Melanie Liburd) demise and the Tejada household’s secrets and techniques being revealed. And in one other surprising flip of occasions, the present might have eradicated one more main character near Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) and his drama.

Throughout episode 9, “A Truthful Combat?,” Tariq learns that there is extra to the story of his ex-girlfriend Lauren (Paige Hurd) catching him on a wire — she caught Brayden (Gianni Paolo) and Cane (Woody McClain) as effectively. In episode 5, Lauren will get launched to Cane as “Lorenzo” when she stops by Brayden and Tariq’s dorm room on the lookout for the latter. She will get intel on the wire that ADA Jenny Sullivan (Paton Ashbrook) — the prosecutor gunning for Tariq — hopes to make use of in court docket on account of an affidavit from Brayden. And as soon as Tariq informs Effie (Alix Lapri) that Lauren’s been working with Sullivan on the case, the knowledge sends her on a mission to get Tariq’s ex out of the image for good.

After talking with Tariq, Effie relays their dialog again to Cane, they usually give you a plan with Brayden to kill Lauren. Brayden later takes Lauren out to the woods, the place we imagine he will shoot her, however Effie exhibits up and finishes the job — or so we predict. Though we see Effie punch Lauren within the face and put her unconscious physique in her automotive, it is unclear what occurs afterward.

“Energy” is infamous for killing off its most crucial characters, however the present sometimes writes in loopholes the place they do not really die. Prime instance: Tommy (Joseph Sikora) faking his personal demise within the season one finale of “Energy Guide II: Ghost,” leaving the door vast open for his personal spinoff in a brand new metropolis. In instances like his and Effie’s, typically characters get pushed to make sacrifices they usually would not for the sake of surviving.

“Lots of people are making the final word sacrifices,” sequence creator Courtney Kemp beforehand advised POPSUGAR of season two’s plot. “There are some people who find themselves going to push themselves into areas that they by no means would’ve anticipated.” Episode 9 leaves off on an enormous cliffhanger surrounding Lauren’s whereabouts, however the finale is certain to reply the remainder of followers’ looming questions.

“Energy Guide II: Ghost”‘s season two finale airs on Sunday, Feb. 6.