Before I continue one of the ways, we keep all of our content for you. The listener free of charge is our amazing sponsors, and today anchor is one of those sponsors. If you haven't heard about anchor it's the easiest way to make a podcast. Let me explain it's free. There's creation tools that allow you to record and edit your podcast right from your phone or computer anchors going to distributor podcast for you. So it can be heard on Spotify Apple podcasts and everywhere podcasts are listened to and you can even make money from your podcast with no minimum listenership. It's everything you need to make a podcast in one place download the free anchor app or go to Anchor Dot f m-- to get started. What's up everybody? This is Bam Erickson for Pablo our AfterBuzz TV for season 6 episode 6 title Inside. Man special guest is in the building. Mike dope Ood, I said it, right. Yeah, I'm Maria Menounos and you're tuned in to AfterBuzz TV the ESPN of tv top now let the buzz Bay Bridge time. Hey, Bright like City. Thanks. I gotta make it. This is where it goes down. Well, we're back. We have a special guest concentration. So candle to you to my left children routes. What's up everybody? I'm robbing airs. This your boy Jimmy V and he plays the character of Jason missing, please welcome to AfterBuzz. Mike dope Ood, there it goes. But I will say it's Jason Mitch. That's right. Okay, and he is about his money. Yes. Yeah crying really quick. What do you think about the theme song that you did you like? My new one? You don't know how many people called me or with text me. You gotta change the song they have to keep the original and I couldn't believe even my wife was like it's it doesn't make me like the show as much as you Micah what's up? Yeah, bye-bye. I know it was crazy. Yeah. Well, that's wow interesting. Okay. So top of the show, it's revealed that to replan the entire kidding and the kidnapping Robin. Yeah me and and they are going to split the two million. Are you shocked to read it this what you know, what's funny remember? It wasn't until the probably the latter part of our episode that this Revelation came that he was pulling. This whole thing together. So I think initially I was I would have been shocked but then I think after that Revelation I'm like why wouldn't he, you know, kind of kind of get this whole thing together this whole plan. So yeah, I wasn't shocked. What about you guys? Um, I remember speaking with Michael one trainee at the carpet and he specifically said about his character. It's all about himself this season with that said, I knew he would do some lowball stuff, but I didn't know he was set up his own family. So I was I was hurt but The end of the day Tariq is clearly not the character that we've seen. Did you say you were hurt or yes. I was hurt. I get hurt how you gonna do that to your own parents Man 1, you know, well wait till the finale when he killed his daddy, you know, I mean just about everybody. Yeah, you haven't been killed off yet. He's got he had you're not the only one. Okay, so so ghost and Tommy. So after after has revealed that tariqa and Vincent set this up, so they're outside and they're talking and and and Tommy says let's get one thing straight if I come on board with you. I'm working with you not for you. And then he reveals how me reveals that he knew that Tariq was selling drugs and told him not to do it and He says you're right. We're not boys were brothers. So I'm asking you. Can you help me again? The brothers have come up again? And it's it's been this roller coaster this roller coaster and I said something a couple episodes ago about how Kate mentioned raising a black son and then I thought about it. We don't really know much about ghosts in his past. So this Brother sewing is coming out and making that connection. Yeah. Or you know mrs. Eakins, you know did raise him and maybe you know, she was with the dad like a son. Yeah, but something but something I feel like it's coming from that you think it's bigger than just friendship. I have to agree with you. I do. I mean I know they they grew up together and I think that's the main thing and that's where were the brothers. I don't know if their blood related but there is close to being blood-related as we can be. Yeah, and I liked it. I mean listen, it's ghost and Tommy. Yeah like His power without ghost and Tommy and I understand you have I mean it's power everybody's going to struggle for power and and Pull and all of that stuff. But that's why this episode made me feel so good because everybody came back together, you know, you have the Lakeisha and and Tasha, but they had to come together you had Tommy and goes but they had to come back together. So it felt good even though it may not last long, which is a great example of you. Don't let your emotions get in between when business has to get done which I'm sure you know all about getting The business does right? Right and the one person who does not know how to keep his emotions really quickly is this taken goes so after after it's revealed that the two of them are going to start selling drugs and get the 2 million within 24 hours. He goes to Tate and says, hey, I need you to loan me a million dollars and now Rashad 8 is now he's like this child now where he's pouting all the time. Yes. Yes, and for me, it's annoying. Uh, you know, I wish you would have been dead. A couple episodes ago, but it is becoming quite annoying but at you know, the one thing that you have to give go says that ghosts knows always he's always in control even when he's not in control. And so I just like the fact of how he was like no, this is what you're going to do. I have the video from Alphonse and you're basically going to do what I'm going to do and then you see him go to the phone and he makes the call make some calls. Yeah blackmail. Yes. Yeah, but you have leverage in order to make moves. That's all it is. Once again, this is power right speaking of Now let's go to Jason has no pronounce it Jason Mitchell, Michigan. So Tommy brings the check to Jason Jason immediately has red flags. He's asking questions and he plays it cool. He was like, I you know time of year, right? I feel like Jason is too invested who cares you have two million dollars. It's clean take your drugs and go I have to go Tommy says do you really care as long as you get your money to get involved? But Tommy and goes I've always felt that way I agree. But I think he's a psychopath. Yes, I agree. But I agree with Jason and in this instance you have to remember Tommy is a drug dealer. Tommy distributes his drug to treat to two-bit Hustlers, you know I'm saying, Like he's not he's not he's not Distributing his drugs to like, you know, using Hollywood or some but you never know. You never know. Come on. What here's the thing you never they had to start somewhere go started at the exact same place. Tommy did then ghost elevated. He didn't want to use his clubs, but it's I mean, there's all sorts of things. I don't understand why Jason is so upset if ghost and Tommy makeup, okay that I agree with but I do feel like Jason had a right to question. Why is he cleaning out his entire Warehouse? Full of drugs because you don't know where the drugs are going to be distributed to. Well the big thing about that is, you know, if you're selling so much product and then all of a sudden you're asking for triple or quadruple that amount that raises flags. He's a business and that Jason's a very smart businessman. He knows what everything is accounted for so for him and he's got to answer to himself and to the other powers that be as far as we're all this is getting moved and why he has to bring get so much in so much product. And so I think That's why he questions questions Tommy because it's something completely different you just on point. He's always ready for anything now for the writing. I felt some type of way because later on in the episode, obviously you step to them for something. That's old. Yes. Why didn't he confront them at that point saying? Oh this check it should be for what you already owe me. Like, why wait until later on good question Jimmy V because I think he was going to give some Time to it, but then he heard through his Intel that he has that's how he knows where everybody is all the time that ghost and Tommy are together and that's what sets him off. You have to understand. He's from day one. He said I don't want ghost involved and then ghost is involved. He's like fine. I'll try to deal with it. But then this season these sort of turned it around saying wait, let me see if I can use ghost, but he doesn't want to use them together. First day, I think he likes toying with them. Yeah, I to what may be part of them does I think maybe part of Jason enjoys that look he's in the power position. Yes, right. And anybody that's in a power position like that, especially in the criminal World. They they don't mind some that they have that bravado. They have some of that about them. So I think they want, you know, they want to enforce their power so to speak or or being able to put their thumb on them, you know, and I think that's one of the big things that Jason likes to do with them, but He also doesn't like to be lied to yeah, and speaking of powered season for compared to season 5 you you've got a lot more power. Do you approach the character the same way as you did in season 4. Yes the way I mean 6/6. Yeah for me when I first came on that was speaking with Gary Lennon is because he was there my first day and we really discussed where this character was gone. He was a big real decent big. Money guy from day one. He always had this money always had this power, but he's just expanding. So he wanted to get his serves already in New York, but he wanted to expand that on that, you know, all these guys that are in these power positions. So to speak they all want to get bigger and bigger and better and when everything's going well, so I don't think I just think he's more invested in New York now with Ghost and Tommy because he he sees some potential that he want. He wouldn't do Jason wouldn't do anything if you didn't see there was going to be a big man. Value to it Kwame MB in the live chat. He says Jason wants to control Tommy more because he knows Tommy is easier to control than ghost. Is there truth to that someone absolutely I really believe that Jason Jason really likes Tommy. He's got a fondness for him. Maybe she's a bit of himself and and Tommy but with ghost he didn't like them, but now goes to showing that he's realizing wow ghosts. Knows what he's doing as well my house. So I also think because to maybe two episodes ago when he when you confronted him when you came to start when you care to come from the goes to the club and he basically was like kill me. What you going to do like, I'm not doing it. So I felt like Jason I felt like a person of Jason's character always respects the one who stands up to them versus the versus the one who they can bully and I feel like he now respects ghosts more than he does Tommy and that he uses Tommy Kane as his pond. You might it's a tricky relationship right? Because don't forget also, he knows all about Tommy what Tom he's capable of. Yeah. Well and the thing I believe what Jason is that he thinks Tommy's a bit of a loose cannon which Tommy is and I think that's why he sort of feels on an equal level with with ghosts and feels like he can relate with him maybe a little bit better but he's got a fondness for Tommy. So that's where the relationship gets really tricky. Okay, so really quickly, so we're going to move forward and come back again. So ghost gets a drain off on so work together to push the drugs and return and return to get close to potentially be a district distro for Jake for Jason. So now we have Tommy and two-bit Spanky and black Grimace and so did two big Spanky have a right to not want to work for free. Yes. Yeah. Yeah. Absolutely. You're taking you're risking your freedom. You're risking your life. I don't know what you have going on. You don't want to let me in pay me my money. Okay. So do you guys notice how how like grip black Grimace and two-bit are really really I mean, I feel like something's gonna pop off with them just yet. No, but shout out to us to Spanky. He is just hilarious. I mean, I love the comedic relief that he always brings and then we learned I guess when what was that a two episodes three episodes ago when like Grandma's favorite Avery when he came in or when he escaped in that? There's a lot of like what do you call improv and stuff like that? I don't know how much of that was improvisation but it was pretty good. I'm gonna disagree I do understand to bit and I do understand their perspective. But what annoys me about this it was it was cute in the beginning, you know, the the banter but now all of this freaking comic relief, Tommy is not his characters not happy with all of this banter. So it's like sometimes shut the f up and do what your ass when you were in this time. I'm sorry, but when you're you you're this is You're not this is not Fortune 500 where you have health benefits and so forth. Your life is on danger at all times and be exactly why they should get their money. What's right, but but the type of but the type of guy Tommy is like like like black grimaces pay me later. Tommy's built for Tommy's going to look out for them. So it would not have killed them to shut the fuck up. I will say the banter has been very repetitive that I did notice. Yeah, and you don't like it. Yeah. Where it's still funny because I like to always laugh of course. Yeah, but as far as your point about working there in that business to make money, so I'm not going to live it was finger. Yes. I know it was bad. It was 24 hours and I gotta disagree I disagree because I get it. I understand the Dynamics between everybody. Tommy is the head honcho and all of that and he's got his workers. But at the same time that's what this is. I mean, this is a team. This is you know, it's sort of like they put their their lives. The line at times, you know what I'm saying? So it is I understood when BG as they call them where he was like, you know what I'll do it just give me later like I get that type of I mean, that's what it's supposed to be like right before him and Tommy. I feel like they have a different sort of relationship where it's spanking and two-bit are newer to the crew and they've seen a lot of things change up in a short amount of time also as far as the joking I do think it's wearing a little thin but I will say what else are Street guys going to do when they're gathering together? They're not looking at stock tips. They're going to crack on each other. And it does remind me like when I'm just kicking in with my boys. We just joke on each other. Yeah, that's what that's what point. That's why that's why I liked it. And now whether its wearing thin or not, that's why I like it. That's who he is, you know, that's part of this character. So I mean it comes out and I enjoy it. There was a very important line though that I think we do have to address that's where they did mention you need proof of Life concept was later on in the episode. We do see how crucial that is, and I have a confession I actually Don't agree. I just want to get you started. So there was the sergeant did Blanc of our weakest. She has a new friend detect on the call. I just really quickly. What's your opinion? Do you like her or not detective McCall did what she needed to do. She showed sympathy to Tariq when he ran that Li, you know, you can see it all in her face as a black woman. She related to the story. He's fine. That's not she's there for okay, so it's so so bad. Okay. So after its introduced after they pulled James over basically they're looking for Tariq. So now let's go to goes Tommy Tasha Lakeisha go centers. Keisha says, well, you know, she says please what do you want me to say to him Tommy? This is the same MF who shot your car and thought he killed you notice it look notice it look over to ghost that time he gave and I'm supposed to shut up. So what's your take on Lakeisha and her popping off at the mouth? And speak into ghosts this just give me one. Yeah, go ahead. It's going to take it just like we spoke earlier Lakeisha. So emotional your face. Come on calm down. Y'all notice later in the episode when the cops were about to come through the daycare. She got so emotional and scared. Oh my gosh the cops like calm down. Right? So I just think she really needs to control all that and that extra to bit about her talking to Oh stand I don't I don't mess with y'all bah bah blah relax, let's get the job done. Let's take care of all that after. What was your take on when Tasha comes in completely pissed about not knowing Tariq was kidnapped and then and then she offers she it's so funny to see how the spark and Tasha's eyes when she found out that ghost is back selling drugs, but just to look just the look on her face. But what happens is she offers to She offers the house clean them to wash the money and Keisha has the nerve to step in and say no. Yeah, so here's the thing y'all. Let me know what you think. Okay, Lakeisha is really not about that life know right clearly. She's not about that life. I think she just wants to take her Tommy. She wants to take her cash wants to run away. However, I mean she loves Tommy but he's reeling her in you know, she it but she'll do whatever she needs to do, but it's clear that she's not About that life and I think that's where this whole anger, you know, it's like them ghost and Tasha. They're causing all of these issues and they're causing us not to be able to run, you know to this to this life that we need and that's kind of where it's coming from. I think that she is out of place because she doesn't really belong there. That's not really what she does. So I was wondering how did Tasha know that they were all that tummy spot. I know I'm nit-picking him. But you know, um, well member goes doesn't have a place to stay so You went to probably went to Tommy to two-part question, but she came through my door. Do you do you looking for ghosts? Yeah, she sure did. Do you have what do you think that is really? Good question. I she would have talked to Tariq. Tariq may have had some insight as well. Well, she didn't at that point. She didn't option to reuse can you know what though? But because Vincent told her that ghost and Tommy were in on this so she probably Really new to go to Tommy, you know, even if she went shopping for go even if she didn't realize yeah, probably right? Yeah continuing so with now they were in the daycare and Tasha is watching he should do the books Sookie. She's doing the books wrong. Okay, so she's not putting a certain amount of she knows so she's not doing what she doing and then dig stops in to collect the money and now Keyshia wants to talk and have conversations like their best friend. Everything about that irritates me. So why is she asking questions? And then why is Tasha answering the questions? Like they're not friends anymore. That doesn't have anyone to talk to go ahead. Yeah. I just think that's part of every once in a while when friends, you know a breakup so to speak and then they might have a drink or something will happen and next thing, you know within five minutes of talking as if everything they haven't left each other. Yeah. So I think that's part of that thing. That's what yeah the show yeah. I just want to know so badly and I don't even know if you don't answer this or not. As a viewer as a fan of the show because I'm sure you watch Are You team Tasha or team Lakeisha? That's a good. Yeah. I know. I almost I almost said something. Okay, Tasha and Lakeisha go to the strip club and epiphanies running shine even recognizer. Well, it was recognized Epiphany. I didn't you know, she had new Wiggy I just I mean is she going to look the same picking your child up from daycare that she does when she's going to shoot better at this. Club that she did coming to the daycare with a because she shouldn't get paid for coming to pick up her child daycare. That's not based on how attractive she is at the moment. I'm talking about never mind. We have a lot of heat for talking about Epiphany last week. I mean, does she look better right? I mean you still not gonna say nothing. She's a character. Save yourself. Yeah my still against the character if you know it was better. You know, like I said, I just the way that she presented herself at the daycare also to it for me the way they presented a her and the way she was in the scene now. I didn't know she was one of the top girls calling all the shots at the club. I thought she was just one of the workers just barely getting by so then why you so broke right here if you're calling the shots, and you haven't already Okay, do all these moves? Okay. Okay enough. Give me the other one. Let's not the strip club culture. If you know a nice trip just because you might get a thousand dollars in one night the next I might you might get 200 sucks it up and down. So why is she wrote it could have been a slow week, you know in addition to that. I mean she is now in a position where she's selling drugs exactly. So she has the world in a position where she's like we can all get more money. And so that's why if I think she was shown in that light. To you know, because it's a community because nobody Epiphany Community, you know, and she's putting her co-workers and friends on so everybody makes money together. That's how you uplift a community and we see this Montage of everybody is selling the drug. Yeah. Yeah. Which what was the background song? Don't go. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, that was so good. I just I thought it was a cool Montage. Yes MacLeod. I thought it was a cool Montage up until up until dredgers goes and stabs the boy. What's that? What's that? What's up with that? It would it would not go down like that. It wouldn't go down and you know what made me mad too. Well, I mean, I understand. Okay, we have to shoot for the shot. We had to understand which way was doing so you have to pull the switch blade out ahead of time. So we knew what was up. The dude is looking at Dre like it. Oh you about to stab me. Um, actually I did want to burn because if you stab somebody on the corner, can you go back there and sell products? And now it's hot right now not a Block is Hot before we continue one of the ways we keep all these shows for you free is by our amazing sponsors. And today Spotify is one of our sponsors on Spotify. You can listen to all of your favorite artists and podcasts in one place for free. You don't even need a premium account Spotify is a huge catalogue of podcasts. Every topic including the one you're listening to right now on Spotify. You can follow your favorite podcast. So you don't miss an episode premium users can even download episodes to listen to offline wherever they are and you can easily share what you're listening to with all your friends and following on Instagram. You haven't done so already be sure to download the Spotify app and search for AfterBuzz TV on Spotify or browse podcasts in the your library tab. Also, make sure you follow us you never miss an episode of AfterBuzz TV, but I'm real quick. They do that did get stabbed. He looked very familiar of His name is TJ Adams. He he actually plays ODB on whoo tanks. Okay, so I was like moving on up in the game. I see you. Okay, and just it just and a quick thing in a montage when Tasha was writing the book. She wrote the name Kimberly Jones. Let's Little Kim and she played Lil Kim a notorious. So I just thought that was cool that she wrote the name even after Little Kim was mean to her but it's super super mean ghost towns. I did hear that. Yeah. She didn't like how she like depicted her. And so yeah. Okay. So now let's Back to the drop-off so they get the two million dollars. Okay, they get the two million dollars and now there's they're getting ready to do the drop off to two events and who comes swooping and before that we had to go into the conversation with so yeah. So what are we so he said he says he asks he asks whose whose truck that he copped. He said it was grams. He says some asshole total. My car goes gives them kind of like that big brother look and then He's decided to ask. What are we doing Tommy? Do you think we should talk about it? What happens once we gets to read Tommy says we don't need to talk about it. I know the answer he was like, okay, you want to lighten ego says and then Tommy says don't play innocent are you packing and then they're going to deliver the money to Penton event and pick up the kid and do what we do. Do you feel like at that moment that that was the time where they should have had the conversation or do you think that do you think at this point? Tommy should just not trust ghosts and just keep doing what he's doing. One I think it was a good time to have the conversation because I think they need to actually know you know, what goes down after that. I think the vibe of the conversation was pretty funny to me not to make a joke out of it, but it was like if it's like one of those conversations you had kind of messing with a girl and she's like so you know, where are we exactly? You know, I felt like it was like one of those type of conversations but it didn't need to actually go down it definitely I felt like a relationship Converse, you know you got but they're like they're like brothers Wright brothers Robin and you know and sometimes guys have a hard time expressing some wrestling the examples. I've heard what we doing out here man, but I think that's what it is. And I think finally ghost is trying to get through Tommy has a just trying to figure it out and I think Tommy realizes that maybe it's past that point. I don't know but it seems like that's the way I felt. Out there in the cars. I'm like, yeah, I still love you, but It's done. Yeah, well bothers me. I think which is always bothered me is the fact that there's so much that there's so much that they haven't said to one another it's like if they cleared up so much they just sat and had a you know a whole day where they were like, well this hap this is actually what happened you thought this but this is what happened and you know so much could be cleared up. But to me that was them talking, you know, there was they left with the mutual understanding it felt like and I do feel like ghost wants this a little bit more he wants to you know, he's the one who brought up the conversation. He said man, what are we doing? You know what? I mean? So I think he wants to squash it a little bit more but like like Mike was saying, you know, Tommy I think maybe feels like okay. Well, what can we do from here and a couple episodes ago? Remember ghost? Call Tommy and said we should come together. Jason is playing us both and we should get together and kill Jason. So I you know, they're trying as best they can to communicate I felt I felt Tommy was playing the spoiled little My brother and ghost is trying to you know be the adult or the older brother and try to you know ration with him and Tommy was kind of you know, pouting speaking of pouting. So once the Jason and his crew pulls up Jason to me was in a pouty way. He says I can't believe you two are working together again. I can't fucking believe and I said to myself. Okay, this is the moment where I actually don't like the Jason character anymore because at this point now I'm now, GL now, let's walk together Jason. It's it's more than just a control thing. Now. It's something else. It's weird that he's so invested into these two people and if he if he knows so much about the history. Does he not know that ghost and Tommy kill all their distro head distros? I mean, they take everybody it's just there's something weird about Jason and that scene and he was very I think and I have a well I just I have a question too because Jason got the million dollars for the other things but he's still no further in the knowledge of what they needed the money for I mean what they need the drugs for to begin with and where they're going. So that's why I was just kind of like might be something deeper there because he still didn't get the information at least two what we saw. Yeah, he didn't get the information but the fact it's one of those things that it always works them that they work together. And the reason being it's not that he just doesn't like go so he doesn't like them together because there are powerful together. Okay, right if you think about it that way he knows if they're together in cahoots and everything's going well. It's tougher for Jason to take over. He's got to break these guys down try to break them down. They did take out one of his best guys. Yeah. Yeah, and and I think at the end of the end lucky he does have a lot to lose because if these guys screw around and make mistakes his whole empire It takes a big hit it if all of this throws it all these guys that have Tommy gets killed a ghost gets killed. It's going to take time to get other people in there. He doesn't want to kill them right now. He wants to make money. He's a businessman. He really wants to get his money. But there's going to be a point where you know, we're goes a little too far or he gets angry and that was one of the points where he got angry because he was he felt like he was lied to hmm. Okay. Okay after that they go to drop the money off to To Vinson, they only had a half a million dollars. So Vince and decides to get a bag of oranges and put them into a pillowcase and beat the shit out of Tarik. This isn't a gangster movie Man Wright says stronger download perfect. Definitely. Were you were you happy? That's a ra finally got some kind of yes. Yes. You are hand over your head. Yes. Well up until that point he thought he was in control come to find out now you're slipping brother. So yeah, but you know this whole will obviously the show is all about power but I felt like in this in this specific episode, everything was about power, you know, you have to Jason character where he felt when Tommy when he asked Tommy that question and he knew that Tommy was lying. He was like, okay, I got you. I got you. Yeah. Sure. Everything's okay. Cool. Wing grab is money. So like as far as Jason is goes a half we'll have fun. But as he said as he says your character says something like, you know, this million dollars is for like your debt is cleared for the weak or the months like you like your debt is cleared up to present. So I felt like that was his power position. So he won in that in that instance and then Vinson one over to wreak and that instance. However, go ahead. Oh, no. I was just going to give another example There was a conversation between go stay in Rome Ramona. Yeah earlier in the episode and that was another struggle of power there. And then ghost one that that one as well. Yeah. So what I've noticed throughout all seasons is ghost is supposed to be that guy right ghost is always in control James, you know, whomever whoever steps up whatever whatever guy steps up moving the first iteration however challenge, however, but he's always he's always Sort of empowered and even if temporarily he loses that power he knows what to do to get back on top. And since we are looking at to recore I you know, so many people have called them, you know goes 2.0 or whatever since we're looking at that in though. It may look like he has lost power and temporarily he has there is because he's little ghost. I feel like and I don't know what's coming up. I mean, we'll get to our predictions and everything but I feel like there's gonna be how does a Person remain in power in never have never fall unless somebody comes to challenge that and they show you why they're in power. I think that's sort of what we're going to see from Tariq. He's gonna yeah, you may have lost this one right now, but I'm going to figure out a way to come back on top. I think that that's coming. What are your thoughts? So they need more product. So they need more product because they already got so so they're missing - Jason you some more so, okay, so they need a million dollars and so now He's just feels about Tasha's connect. What's your thoughts on goes upset in and says basically that Tasha's file. We will all cease to mind his business that's once again the control issue. You don't want to be with this woman. You're not giving her any money. Why are you at bothered by what she's doing? Because as black Grimace so eloquently put it he says that with the drug money that they got from Zig it was only forty five thousand dollars and and that heat and the line that he said was he said, hold on one second. He said that that was not good. If you notice Tasha even warmed Zig about Tommy the reason that Tasha was found in this instance because Sighs Tommy and ghost does need to vet and make sure that this guy is legit. I she don't he is legit. His product was just low quality and all that but she didn't know that but here's the thing she didn't care because it's in the streets and they were still moving it that's not impacting her and it really didn't impact ghosts in them until they needed to re-up. They wouldn't have been using Tasha's connect otherwise know but I still feel like the fact that she is doing this all by herself. She should surrounded by ghosts who doesn't even want her to come upstairs in the penthouse. Why when it y-you sound by the way light ghost and then we take the y-yeah. I'll tell you why that's cool Ghost has a thing about him that almost wants to put Tasha in her place. He wants her to stay there. He's like you should be happy with what you have to be happy with the lifestyle and does not want her to do anything outside of him. So everything he turns everything on her anything that is not in the line of ghosts and things that he think is right. He always turns on Tasha think about that situation. There's a power struggle between the two of them. So it may be but right now we are talking about ghosts. And also we're talking about him on her in the fact that he always has this tendency to say if something does if he doesn't like something it's your fault. It's why did you do this? How come you didn't come to me it like he needs to pull that power play all the time. So, yes, you do sound like those three point. Oh, yeah. That is that is quite fine. And I'm going to keep moving on. Yeah, so fundraiser also the fundraiser so They don't got the money so they got they need another option. But hey, look, he sure came in handy, right? Lakeisha said listen, why you know it what what if something happens to trick you guys aren't thinking about that. So I gave them the bright idea to fold plan actually. Yeah, so they go in they go and kidnap Dancin skydivin since guy. I forget his name they go and they get him and hold him as Ransom. And so now they come up with this thing basically to rob the one of the residents are at truth. Yeah. really liked so there we go. We're shot as James. How did he get the money back and goes look surprised. How did the money I was confused? I was also confused established. Yeah. How was the money? Do? You know my I don't okay to be honest though. So that's something we can look forward find out. Okay. So Easter eggs, we love them. So he gives us so James gives him the drive with Alphonse then jury brings product to Alphonse then says that he's going to get paid either way Dre questions in snoops around he sees to bit and Spanky. And then so did rate so did Ray leave because two-bit saw him and even want to be killed. He didn't know I he just knew something was up. He saw a very confused. My opinion is that he he's working for the feds, but he hasn't come across Dre Etc and to bit Draya's and come across stupid and Spanky so he doesn't know what they know that he's on board with James any of that stuff. So to him he thinking I could get caught up in something. Do you guys think that girls should have told Oh Dre. What was going on? No, no, okay, you know I know but so I think that's it. So he got out of there. So the good thing though is that Dre doesn't know whether it was a setup or a setup. He doesn't know who the setup came from. Yeah, and if he knows because he's still dangerous and I do agree that it was good that he was that he was out of there and what you know, so Alphonse now was selling drugs to security guard. I didn't understand that I was going through it. I was confused as well. He did say I'm gonna get my money that I so yeah, maybe that's what he was referring to. He could still give money give more money and then get more money. Yeah, so, okay. So what would you guys is take on the whole shamanda whole thing? I mean it was a fun Caper Heist, you know, it was like I felt like oh, we're getting a little Ocean's Eleven in the middle of power. I yeah, that was it was fun. It was really fun. But I do think that they should have had someone else. I mean, I understand for the storyline that Alphonse needed to die in this episode, but I think they should have had like someone who's never come in contact with councilman Tate as the frontman wouldn't that would have made much more sense and then Alphonse definitely pissed me off so they could have gotten out of there. He was wrong, don't you? You from somewhere. I want it. What does that matter? Get out of the time. It was almost like his weed was laced or something. I wasn't mad that councilman take recognize Alphonse because I also think that even though he knows that that's James is Guy. Now it still leaves a layer of well, maybe this is a stick-up kid from the hood. Maybe just, you know, just all types of things that could have played into it, but It turned out well for him. So do you think that well obviously ghost wanted Rashad A to be that to be the hero. Do you think that go set this up just to kill off on snow? That's a great question. I don't think so Mike. What do you think? I don't think so too. Many things go wrong. Yeah, I think for him too, but that's a great way to put it. I thought L bombs went off script and James gave the gun to take I didn't think that he even thought that tape was going to have to use it. I thought that he was thinking that he was going to talk to him like I'm Talking to a part but I'm talking to you, you know, so that may be a click man like into his high but it didn't and we found out a lot of backstory about taking this episode that I was just about to mention. Yeah, that's why I goes even passed the gun off to him because he knew if somebody has to shoot him. Why not make it Tate who is a former cop so he knows he's going to hit his Mark and and can possibly Missouri right? Don't forget right ghost is always on point here. He's stinking one step ahead of everybody else. He's really good in a bad situation even figures out how to get out of it. And so I think that's exactly what happened. I think he said oh and opportunity just came up if I give him the gun. Oh if he does shoot him or what if he does talk him down either way. He wins. Yeah, Kate looks like the here and things like that. That's exactly what goes wanted. Yeah. I've I like that part. I just thought that it was a waste of a murder for Alfonso like just it was it was a waste they could have used that to kill Tater like a bigger character. You just I don't want to be a reason for tainted. I don't know why you're pushing for that for so much having a governor in somebody's pocket seems to be a pretty valuable chest piece on the board. That's a good card. Right, you know, shout out to Tasha James. Please give me some money and jobs because she peeped games. I liked when they were when he was being interviewed and she peep game. I'm not sure she thinks I know she believes that ghost is involved and possibly set it up. Not sure. She thinks they're together. But I like that she's peeping what's going on and she might be another one that is getting sucked in by. Well, we know she sucked in with James's charm but getting caught up and he has a plan. I'm gonna follow this man. Just leaking super quickly. You guys still don't think that Ramona and Tate have something going on? No. Okay. All right. I'm gonna leave it alone. Tate is trying to holler but I think ghost is in the way of that. Okay, so you think he's trying to upcoming Yeah, I don't know. Yeah, speaking of peeping game. You have to give it to Blanca Rodriguez because all her she's always on it. So when so when ghost and Tasha You Know Carl Vinson to set up so that so we can go and speak to the police Tasha brings them over and Blanca every time Tasha makes a move that we know is to be false. She locked kazim Blancas right there. So really quick, what's your take on two recliners? Lying to to detective McCall and and Blanca Rodriguez about the murder. Tariq is couple of stir. He knows what to do. Look how fast he came up with this absurd story, you know to get himself out of it, but will it come back on him is the question? I understood he is such a great actor, you know, because he made me believe I'm so tired of all these killings on my own let him go. Those dopes and so the return of to wreak so so when they went to return to wreak early and episode Ghost goes and speaks with cousin Benny and lets him know that he was possibly murdered by Igor Proctor was murdered by Igor because he was going to testify against him and a sex trafficking track. Yeah. So he then Benny was like if you need a favor I got you so then he shows up and he saves Yeah, he basically lets he goes up to Vincent and says Hey listen, so like if you got your money, this is it you do anything else and basically I'll kill you shut up again to Dominic Lombardo's he like he and his team pulled up like a boss boss is I mean, I just love anytime something like that is involved. I'm like, yes go. I just love most like Jason Stiles. Yeah, just really quick on that scene since we're kind of Jump Ahead. The conversation when Dominic says, you know that they're protected for life. I mean, I'm Dominic, I'm sorry when Benny says that ghost and Tariq are protected for life because they held it down. I feel like ghost is the only one that didn't know what was going on there like to me it was clear Benny knows that it was Tommy that killed Proctor Tommy now knows the okay Benny knows I killed tractor only ghost was like wait. I just starting to put things together. How does he think Benny know I think Vinny knows because of the conversation he had with Proctor before he went to ghost house. He said he was thinking about turning on Tommy He also mentioned that he was scared of Tommy that Tommy kind of intimidated him Benny wanted to get involved. He said no, I don't want you to go to jail. He could have gone to the family, but he wanted you know, he's been distancing distant distancing himself from that for quite some time in order to you know, make his law career somewhat legit. So I feel like Benny knows I feel like that's a good for me. It was good, but I feel like that. Yeah, and also the fact that Tariq is the one who dropped off a lonely summary there there's a tie. I mean he sees that Tariq has closed with Tommy obviously and even in that scene, like I think you're right about that like him putting two and two together, but I still think he might kill Tommy. Anyway. Yeah final thing before we ask some questions about you. So so ghost and Tasha know about what Tariq date and how he set it up and so now you see that time Ami that now that now you start to see that that ghost and Tasha or possibly now going to be the duo because now they know what to read did you see any comments? Okay, I should be okay. So so moving forward so Mike Okay, so How'd you get this Rubble old-school way I auditioned for and yeah, and I was doing a play in Ottowa actually in Ontario Canada and I got the call while I was there and my play was finishing on the Thursday night, and I then had to fly out Friday and I started Monday. Wow. Do you know if the fact that you speak multiple languages? Did that help you land a death think so. I would imagine so which is for the viewers French and French in Serbian. So many English and English, right? And so when you audition where you a fan of power we do what you watched a couple episodes. I just found out about power because when I'm up in Canada, I wasn't able to see it. We couldn't get it and then somebody told me about it and I watch some of it on iTunes and then I had read a character breakdown before an agent my agent was trying to get me in for a ghost. The show Power take a take a look at it and said, okay. I like this show. This is great. Right you had a really extensive background in being a stuntman. Yes. Yeah. Okay. I'm curious. Are we going to see any of your stunts? Are you going to pull anything out for powder? No. Mmm try to think of what there might be something but I don't know they don't really, you know, it's funny because nobody really knows that unless you research my stuff that I've done that or Which to write you've been set on fire. You've been hit by a car. You've been thrown off buildings thrown through a window. So I do you enjoy the stunt stuff more than the acting side or not. Which one? No, I mean like no no, no act excited. I always wanted to be an actor and my sports career was done in early retirement. Like tell them what's bullshit. Actually. I played hockey and football played hockey and the East Coast Hockey League, which is a farm system. Or the Chicago Blackhawks played for the Columbus chill and then I also played football in the Canadian football league, but I played at Southern Illinois University. I'm a Saluki so luebke. What position was running back ran about I was it's true. It's funny because being from Montreal it didn't matter to me, but everybody knows tell me you're the only white guy in the conference. Yeah, like what really it just dawned on me, you know coming from Canada, but right, right. Yeah. And the career went okay and cut short a couple knee injuries and that but I still find it successful and I always want to be an actor I did the corporate world, but then I started delving into acting and and because of my background, you know, my physicality with Pro Sports next thing, you know bumped into some people that were like if you ever thought about stunt work and I said love to I just want to be in the film industry whatever way to get in you'll do it. Yeah, and I was studying at the time to and I did a couple acting gigs little small role. You know one line rules here and there and then stop wise my career took off quickly. I started working on all the big movies that were shooting up in Canada. And then I decided to move down here and make it a go of it down here and then my acting career started taking off down here. So we you have over 200. Yeah resumes late. Yeah. Yeah. Thanks. Yeah the Predator Deadpool to swats. Yeah Xin. You've worked with Dwayne Johnson Jason Statham Vin Diesel Will Smith out of all those who's been the who do you who did you have the best time working with? That's a hard question. I'm lucky. I have to tell you something that working with with all these guys. They've always been professional and great The Rock was awesome Jason Statham was awesome. I've done a couple things with Jason great respectful. Nice. Jason did something to me. That was great. We're working a movie called In The Name of the King a Dungeon Siege tail, and I had a moment there were our second unit. Do I don't care. Because I told them to his face so he was rushing me and I'm sitting there going. This is Mal. You guys are Russian and Jason being the number one lead of the show. Most guys wouldn't say anything. He came up to me says No you fight for you. Don't let him take this as your hero moment. He was like guarantee you it'll be in the movie. And so I said, you know, I'm taking my time. I don't care and he yelled the director yell got pissed off at me and I was like, I don't care nice and guess what's in the movie now that's are so I respect Jason for doing something like that because he didn't have to and he's The number one he doesn't want to take the you know, the the camera away from him and that was the moment where he could have done that and he didn't well, we don't know what's going to happen. Obviously with with your character and power according to Bam you are going to be Jason will be killed off. We don't know yet. But after we know that this is the the final the, you know, the final season of power, but you must have some other things that you're working on because you're always working. So what's to come for you? Well right now we're just looking at different things to be honest with you. Thing lined up right now this moment, but that's another reason why I've got a bunch of meetings this week and had a great one last week a couple great ones last week and we're just my agents in my ribs want me to focus on a couple other things. So we're just waiting to see ya that's what comes out. Yeah as Robin mentioned to you. We have a live chat room. So we've had we had a bunch of people in there. Can you just give a shout-out to the power after show live chat? Yeah. Sure, like now. Yeah. Hey, thanks guys for watching Power after show after after work AfterBuzz TV. Thanks guys, and there's been tons of comments like Flavor Flintstone. I Gene a bunch of people had a bunch of questions, and I'm sorry we weren't able to get to them, but we had a lot to discuss so, you know, thank you to everyone from the live chat whose damn does who tweeted us, you know having questions from Mike. So thank you so much. Where can you be found on social? Media, you can find me at don't put Mike on Twitter and on Instagram and then one final thing. Yeah. What can you tell us power AfterBuzz TV, exclusive? What can we expect? The rest of the season from Jason or ghosts or just tell us anything to not blow this right what Jason and and ghost and Tommy's relationship gets really interesting. Okay? Okay. Okay. All right. Well, we're holding on to that. Yeah. Definitely. We appreciate you so much for taking the time to come in sit with us. There's so many comments in here that says I love Jason so I mean obviously Loving your character. We appreciate thank you. Thanks guys. I'm an alternative for the viewers. We did a sit-down segment with the the actor who played Alphonse. His name is Patrick Walker that interview was put up on the AfterBuzz Channel if you want to go check that out go do that and if we could get him in the green screen room, maybe we can answer the questions the chatroom acts if you have time with you that will we put that will be great. So we don't have time to do all the our goodbyes. So we just thank you guys next week. We have another guest for you guys. Thank you. I found her Keven undergaro and me Maria Menounos would like to thank you for tuning in to AfterBuzz TV. Remember, we're not just the first were the biggest in the world and were the only destination for all your favorite TV shows whatever you crave. We've got it. So go to AfterBuzz tv.com and check out our lineup Buzz. See you later. Hmm, but he's expressed herein are those of the host only you do not necessarily reflect the views of AfterBuzz TV. 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Guest Mike Dopud joins Bamm, Jill, Robin and Jimmy to discuss Episode 6 "Inside Man". Tasha and LaKeisha/ Ghost and Tommy/ and Tariq masterminds an entire plan and gets everyone to work together again. About Power After Show: Follow our POWER AFTER SHOW, to see how our hosts follow a man who successfully lives his crazy double life. We discuss this extravagant lifestyle with all the surprising twists that occur in the show. Subscribe here for in depth discussions, reviews and recaps including some of your favorite cast members. ABOUT POWER: The series follows James St. Patrick, nicknamed "Ghost", owner of a popular New York City nightclub. In addition, he is a major player in one of the city's biggest illegal drug networks. He struggles to balance these two lives, and the balance topples when he realizes he wants to leave the drug ring in order to support his legitimate business. It appears James "Ghost" St. Patrick has it all -- a drop-dead gorgeous wife, a stunning Manhattan penthouse, and the power and success that come with owning hot new nightclub Truth. But a closer look reveals a man living a double life. When Ghost isn't tending to his Fortune 500 business, he's catering to clients of another operation: a drug empire that serves only the rich and influential. While loyal sidekick Tommy protects the cash-cow narcotics venture at all costs, Ghost's new reality is using Truth as more than a front to launder money. It's a way out of the drug game and into a legitimate life with his family, even if everything he loves becomes unknowingly threatened. "Power" is co-executive produced by Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson (who also co-stars) and show creator Courtney Kemp ("The Good Wife"). 