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. I don't actually think it was enough to pull the gun because he was still what you want him to shoot him. No, no, but pistol-whip. I think at this point, I think at this point to wreak, you know, he lies so much and you know, even when he had the gun, what are you gonna do? You gonna shoot me you're not, you know, you know the still very disrespectful and you could tell that although he believed his father. He didn't scare him enough to where he was not going to stop and I feel like nobody Scared I feel like that that is the point we'll get to it later. But that is the bottom line. It doesn't matter what anyone has to say at this point. He's going to read was doing what he wants to do. And that's where his focus is. It doesn't matter what they say so real and so so now moving forward so then when when Tasha and ghost are having the conversation, first of all, we're goes been sleeping these past two episodes. We all know hotels because it Every episode at the very end of the night. He's been at Tasha's house. So I just wanted to just be Petty Pablo and just be messy and ask that question. I don't think that they're back together, but I think I think Tasha might be nice enough, which he shouldn't to let him sleep on the sofa. I think she would I don't think he's been hanging with So she attached to stop interfering and stop walled. Let's not even start. Yeah. Sure bro. Do you think she should stop interfering when ghost is trying to when ghost is trying to reprimand? Tariq go says that he's he's too far to to be soft to be soft on him now go Swanson back on the right path to go to school get an education and that this is the end of this drug shit for the family. Tariq will eventually appreciate goes for what he's doing Tasha says to recuse yourself. Son, he's going to find a way to get the money and the drugs back Tasha. Then sarcastically says, you know, basically, okay ghost. So do you just I'm so really quickly before we before we go forward into to Tasha and ghost Tasha and to read do you think that that that is one of the reasons why the wedge is being pulled because she thinks that he shouldn't be disciplined and that he should expect and that to reach you be accepted for who he is while goes Sam to not do what they did. What do you guys think? I just thought that there's two different perspectives here. I think Tasha's sees him as what he actually is in ghosts still sees him as what he actually isn't in ghost is holding on trying to keep him in as that little kid whatever whenever he thinks that he actually is there was actually two lines that stuck out go said make him learn to love me again that I was one of them and then to give him a life I never had when he when he said those lines I my face was like what you're talking about. Somebody who's caught a body here. So somebody who's done a whole lot of dirt and you're still trying to give him a life. That's so far out then the actions that he's done. So it just didn't make any sense. Well, I think it doesn't make sense to people who are viewing it. Right, but if you're looking for at the perspective of both characters, Tasha let's take her she just lost her one child. So she's trying to pretty she's trying to do everything to protect. Well, you know the latter part but no not even in that. She's trying to do her best to protect him. And then that's probably why there's that pool that says don't put a gun to his head and everything like that now from Ghost perspective. He's trying to do everything also to protect his son. And so they're kind of working on Extreme opposites here. Both for the right reason for the right reason now, we know we feel like, you know to read needs to beat down and all of the different things but they're just they're both coming from a perspective that I think they believe they're right. So now let's move forward. We are going to go into Tarik a little bit later, but since we're on the topic of Tasha and to wreak so we're going to move forward. So at the very end of the episodes so now to wreak get to drugs from Dre. Yep, and he's going to start pushing some of his drugs. And then we are going to talk about Derek and Tommy later. But at the very end of all of this Tasha then says to to wreak that yes, you are going to go to school. Yes, you are going to get the education, but I'm going to educate you on how to sell drugs and how to do it properly without getting killed. It should have dawned on me. I think Tasha. I mean, we're all giving her the lip because you know, especially if you're I mean, I'm a mom I could never imagine. You know having that kind of conversation with my kid, but at the same time again, she's coming from a place where she believes she's 100% right like you're going to do it anyway, so I'm going to help you do it since like parents who smoke weed with their kids, right? I mean, they're like listen if you're going to be out there doing it. Anyway, I'd rather you get it for me. So it's not laced. So it's not, you know tainted out there in the streets and I rather you do it at home. Now. I'm not saying that's right or wrong. I'm just saying that's how parents are and that's the perspective that she's coming from it. She said you're never going to stop pushing. Because that's who you are. Tariq's been pushing wait for like a month now or to like whatever the case so I I just didn't like how she put all I honestly think she wants to reap to continue where we're ghosts was and she's like, oh since ghosts wanted to go legit and he found his other girl. Imma keep my dream of this empire built and do it through Tariq, thank you guys for being unrealistic. Well, not you but you're not looking at it thinking that oh Tasha just wants to make money and she wants to continue the life. That's not what this is. She's exhausted everything. That wasn't Tommy don't really see Tariq for who he is. They didn't even catch on that the kind that Tariq was getting a cut of what was going on with Vincent Tasha pointed that out. She's caught him at every move. She knows where he's going. She knows where he is. She knew to find him at Tommy's house. She sees Tariq for exactly who he is and what he's doing. Put a brick on the table. He told everybody he was going to stop right but he still had that brick in his pocket and the reality is tariqa sloppy. He doesn't know the streets. I do not agree with Tasha nobody does but the point is he's betrayed the family went to Dre to get more money. That's technically an enemy. He's gone to Canaan. He doesn't use discretion. So she doesn't want to get him killed. She doesn't want to get the family killed. He's gonna do it. Anyway, she doesn't know what to do. I again. I just backing off of with Jill. I said I don't I no longer think that Tasha is thinking in the realm of like all of his Empire that we built in this life. And I don't think she's passed that she's at the point of now I got to get some money and what do I know to do? You know what I'm saying? She knows how to turn a situation and flip it into something that's going to work for her. She's also trying to look at Tariq. I think the reason she said that's who you are. It is a combination of ghosts, but it's also a combination of the two of them because Tasha was book smart and Tasha also knew the street. So that's what she's saying to wreak and and then Okay, I see where you guys are are coming from because ghost is who he is because he was educated on both sides. So if so if Tasha can continue what goes was doing and just Elevate that on the next level. Maybe that's what she's I don't I don't even think it has to do you guys keep looking at the money or elif building on what ghosts did I think that that is the Catalyst but that I think that has nothing to do with this decision. It's because Tariq was going to do it. Anyway, that kind of what point what you were saying last week when you're like, well Tasha should have ran it by ghosts. If she was going to put out drugs. That's where we are with Tariq. He's going to do it anyway, so do you have them do it with people that know how to clean the money keep you safe know when you're about to get double cross at for the sake of I totally get what you're saying, but in reality the shit's not real because again, as I said before if Raina was stripping would you say As you see who she is. Let's teach her how to really work the pole just like like give me a break. So I feel well I mean, okay. So let's just if she came from I think I think again you have to look at it from what we're saying. Yeah, he grew up in he grew up in an environment that drugs produced for him and his family right for Tarik and ghost and Raina and everybody that's what he grew up in and that mentality to do so is why she's saying that's who you are the top but see but also it's around back. Comp that comment that you made about Reina, it's completely like that that is for the birds because where did that come from? She there there's no there's no reason to say that you soon stripping stripping didn't create the Empire, but it's still it's still a very selfish move up Tasha because again, she didn't believe so this is I'm gonna say this and then I move on Tasha didn't Her husband going legit. Now. She believes her son to be a better drug dealer than order it just it I get your perspective, but he gets it it's a pop. It's a power struggle. She can control Church. She can control Tariq. No, no. No. She did you hear what she said. I thought it was another child so you don't want me to send you out and just be like, you know, what three. Um, go ahead and this is who you are going out there in the streets. And do you want to bump your head? Learn the hard way? Yeah. That if that that that's not what she's doing. She's saying because you're going to do it anyway, which we've already proven everybody in this table. We've also stated that Tariq is going to do what he does. Anyway, he's not scared. No amount of Tommy no amount of ghost is going to stop him. No matter of guns to the head. That's not going to stop him. He's gonna do what he wants to do anyway, so all Tasha is saying if that is what you're going to do. Anyway, I am going to teach you the setup. I wish somebody would say. Listen Robin. I see you going in this direction, you know. But it's also just so you don't go out there and bump your head just so you don't go out there and get killed. I'm going to show you the ropes. I'm gonna show you how to do it. It may not be right. But this is what I'm gonna try to set you up for the sake of you continuing to keep your life in this dangerous game because Tommy told Tariq and goes toe to wreak this is a big man's game. You almost got tossed off the roof you all get you got a gun put to your head and then he said, you know why Kane and killed his son. This is a real game, right this being been disloyal but the whole point is Is that anybody could get it so trick if you want to enter this game? I'm not gonna let you go out there by yourself now. I don't I'm not saying again, I'm not sick cause I don't nobody justifying. I'm not justify never doing that. I can I'm looking at what she said. I'm looking at the point. She's saying clearly that I just don't want you to die out here. So I'm a make sure that you're book smart and I'ma make sure that your street smart and know how to run this game and I'ma teach you that and that's the word so we have to move on. We think we can agree to disagree Keisha Tommy Tarik Okay, so, We've already kind of talked it we've already talked about a little bit. So so to bit Frances finds out that the box was open and that somebody broke in there Keisha accused to bid to bit grabs Keisha arm. She goes and tells Tommy Keisha then realizes that two-bit is actually telling the truth and that she knows his ghost. She knows that it's Tariq because truth knocked on the door and mention Brooklyn and so Tommy was like no it's not I'm going to get the real truth. We've already talked about. Yeah, we've already talked about Hanging them from from the rule the rule you have anything else to say before we move forward. I deserved it. He jumped. Yeah. I mean, I think we all agree that true. You know, this is the most discipline that Tariq has gotten any however, you know, so, you know weapons don't be no. He doesn't need weapons at this point. So he was definitely disciplined in a way that is probably going to teach him for for later on and shout out to Keisha for saying the one thing I agree with this episode when she told Tariq somebody should have whipped your little air Yeah, and if that wasn't what I was like, okay, see that just you know what I have to defend I have to defend please tell me why I have to go. Is because we've all had situations where either the homeboy comes in starts trying to run shit in the grand your homegirls and y'all see it and you're like this little bit. Yeah. This is the same thing. It's the same thing with got ya Keisha's not right. I'm not justifying Keisha. I'm justifying what he said. Yeah. He should've left it way to give up till for a woman she but she would just say he accused her. We agree. Yeah, I'm talking about what message the message the message right message. He said I'm gonna slap the shit out of her the message. I'm gonna say I've you look like that. A cookout it's okay. Okay, so I get what you're saying though. We let's move on but you know we agreed that he is just reduce three dudes do talk like that and then Lakeisha is wrong why I don't like that specific line or that messaging that says like I've never heard any of them. Usually, they're protecting the women usually the characters the men are protecting the women even when Tommy last week or the week before he looked at a BG and he was like, what you doing? See the old lady struggling go help her with the what bag would be honest pinky did try to check too big but, you know tube it is out of line. And yeah, he's on my neck. Yeah walking around with those watching with he gassed right now. Yeah, Tommy fires Frances and Spanky. I'ma call him I'ma call him Gramps is that they could be rehired and so He should kills whoever in the guys named Ozzie. Mozzie. Thanking. Yeah to bit and Spanky. You're always coming up with these half-cock plans. Are we going to do something to make ourselves look good for the boss and it ends up messing everything up that happened with that with the dude that they shot on the street corner last season, you know, they just jump the gun trying to do too many things but it it it speaks to it speaks to Tommy's organization slash David. He's sloppy. He's not a boss ghost has always been the boss of ghosts. Uh, Tommy and Tasha that just the way that it was he was always in charge. Tommy is just not a boss moving forward. So we see the potential spin off because now Tommy meets with Rudolfo from from Jason Mystic and says that he's thinking about wanted him to go to La and the two of them both work solo. So yeah possibly bipolar like last week. You don't like Tommy this week. You don't like goes, but you're giving goes to Green Light to kill Tommy if Dre works out. Did he forget he met Dre? Like I can't get a Vibe on what Jason's doing, right but I don't get a Vibe on him. But I think that he's he's this is a game to him just like this is a just like this killing game between ghost and Tommy it's a game when he walked into the when you walked into his house from when Keisha or what what's the weather was somebody say, I'm not gonna repeat it. Okay. Okay, so y'all it wait keep talking. So ghost is like, oh you know ghost is a tummy goes ghost is a he shame on you guys. He's awake. He's away right now. And you know, I guess he's too busy trying to you know, trunk not trying to kill me. So it's like this is all a game to them for me Power Man and I feel like now that now that Jason has has am a ghost and Tommy now work back together now, he's dividing Keisha and Tommy. I mean, I'm gonna be honest with you. I feel like Tommy is with Lakeisha because it's a need and not a want. I feel like he's doing all these things but It's just to keep her in the fold and because he's feeling a little down on himself. I don't see the connection between the two of them. I mean no wait that actually because Tommy's always been someone ride solo dolo, you know, so now what do you think about what do you think about ghosts giving Keisha money to go away like you did Holly she did it is how many times do we go see ghosts in the garage coming out of the Shadow into water. They always set it up as if he's about to murder somebody and it's because he's a menace so they're here. Yes, so now so now it's more for what's your thoughts on the Scandal? So so Derek sees his run goes into the room and he sees that Cassandra and tater having sex. The only thing they have to say about this is watching Tate and Cassandra their sex scenes is like watching a bad porno and it represent State and a way that he's just not He's corny. He he can't he's saying like everything characters expect has definitely drop ya like Doc, you know like the way that he has sex represents. What a week. Do you know I'm saying? Well, I'm not talking about Dragon magic. I just know what he told Ramona, you know, the jury's still out on my magic stick. Please I was like shout out to Ramona. I feel you and see Ramona and take do not have a past history. Yeah known that that was a question that I can't bring it up. See yea that's what I did want to say Cassandra is playing the game and she's the chair of the Long Haul, you know, and she wants that Congressional deleting. Do we care enough about Cassandra Derek? Do you like do we care enough to where we're going to see this in the spin-off or later down the season do we care enough about this? Align options. I feel like we're just seeing some options of some spin-offs. We have the political aspect. We have to wreak and his upcoming drug game, you know, maybe him and Ray link up if Dre makes it through, you know, and they run their little distro plan. We also have the potential of Tommy in Los Angeles. So I feel like they're setting us up. Like there's three potential spin-offs you could happen here. If not more. We'll see which one happens just to kind of throw us off and play with us. They're still staying funny. Yeah are hilarious. We also we also discussed briefly. So Tate wanted goes to kill Derek and then ghost decides not to do that. But then Derek decides to make a move. I think Derek is some point is gonna blow the whistle because he don't give a he don't care. I mean, but the thing is again power, you know, there's some type of prestige and Power in that Queen City project heading that up more so than he would get with going to the opposition. So he's gonna sit for a moment because you may have lost your girl, but you want yeah. I do like the fact that they did not Not kill Derek that goes didn't kill him because then at that point it would it would just be okay another episode Another killing, you know, just kind of predictable and it did show ghost in the way that we usually are we're used to seeing him in power position and manipulating situations for you know, the greater good so we think did you guys know there's an AfterBuzz curse. Do you know that after people come on here then? It's about body and the bad occurs over here. That's crazy. Somebody in the chat room said bye-bye. BG. Yeah, they were like by and they were like why you say by they're like cuz everybody who goes on this show block is Mexico Jason's in the crossfire for next week. We know Tommy and ghoster teaming up to potentially take him out. Yeah that could happen. But that's funny. So speaking trick. Yeah BG so he's gone Drake Hilton, but he deserved to die because I was soft that's why he died, but he was such a good dude. Like I mean, it's like day not the not the one I like so although France is in and Spanky's at first. I got nervous because when I saw that when I saw that Spanky got fired they're real. They're real actor Omar struggles was supposed to be on here, but we have to reschedule. So when I saw that he got fired I was like, oh shit like, you know, like I was worried that he was gonna die. Before you can come on the after-show. So I was I was a little worried about that, but I'm with the priorities here. Well, you know, just so um So he's gone. Is in I was just going to say social media was having a fun time with a Bee Gees death actually. So yeah, so Dre is a fish. So, okay. So what's your what's your take on Dre? So Dre miss the meeting for for Jason so he won't get the distro job, but he still has drugs that he's selling to Tarik. What's your take on that before? We do predictions? Well clearly Jason set the two of them up. Tommy goes to work together again. And so that kind of like pushes Dre out of the way, but maybe he's going to kind of come into their organization and they set that up. I don't know. I don't know. I really got much to say on it. Okay. Did I think we covered everything. I just I did want to touch on Lakeisha and Tommy at the top of the episode. They say we don't have no money. We don't have no product. We don't have nothing at the end of the episode. They got a brand new crib in the goddamn suburbs. They hit the lottery. Well, yeah, she did say how did you pull that off? You know, so, you know, maybe who knows what Tommy did maybe we'll find out I do have to I mean, I know we gotta go did you are why are you doing that? I wondered when he brought her to the house. I thought it was cool. It was so it was so far away. I was wondering was it was he going to leave her in the house or was not never thought that Robbie to you says bam is funny but a hater. I don't know what that means. But problem use a hater. I say all type of things that people don't like so yeah, but you know what you guys All right, Queen fisa deal of Miss. Lili is in here. Marcozzi. We see you guys. Yes, somebody was right. They said they're laughing at us in the chat room at their comments. We are definitely laughing. I see all of you guys and out to the chat room. Shout out to all of you guys. It's 200 at currently the 255 people in this chat room. We always say thanks and then thank you for moving those comments over to in likes make sure that you're liking our videos and going over and put in your Comments, we always write back. I know Jill and I wear usually up in there. Yeah, so shout out to y'all just and faithful y'all loyal not like to reap the Canaanite predictions your AfterBuzz TV predictions. Oh another spin-off idea go Tasha and Tariq on his journey. I think that we're going to see Fe again in the next couple of episodes. Yeah. I got a really quick. Yeah, I'm gonna pass for the majority of it, but I do believe that Blanca is in the line of fire nothing special, but I just like how the episodes are getting better and better as the season goes on. Um, I think that there's kind of a pattern. So if you That every ever so it's like a minor character killed major minor major month. So so it started with Lindsay. So it was Lindsay Proctor and then Alphonse Alphonse and now BG although Bee Gees not a huge character be he was around long enough. So I feel like next week there has to be a major major a major killing and I don't think it's Jason just yet because I just gonna be sex. I feel like Like this isn't a comedy sacks. Yeah. Yeah. I mean we can kind of go all day on that. But you know, the thing is it's like where would that leave Blanca in Warner? What would we do with them now? If Zacks isn't there they don't need sex because she said a relationship is coming. Our relationship is coming. Our relationship is coming. They don't see it may be and you can't and you and although although all of them are series regulars. It doesn't matter that they get killed off in episode 4 that doesn't matter because Fast finals It's the final season. So Cooper actually can go. Yeah go and block the early if you can't to I'm just saying what would that do writing-wise storyline? What would that do for I mean, I don't know. I am a writer. I'm not together but next week we have something special for you guys. We won't tell you exactly what it is, but we have something special for you guys. And then the following weeks. Like I said on the 21st, we have Tyrone Marshall Brown who plays cue Josh's boyfriend curious. Why? You keep calling her and her boyfriend. Oh, I'm sorry friend. Yeah, did you know that new that came up in there? He'll be back. I mean all the fans who are showing love to the power after plug Channel. Y'all are real continue the conversation over at yeah that way and you can find me at the gym. 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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 as a huge catalogue of podcasts on 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 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. What's up everybody? This is Bam Erickson here with AfterBuzz TV for power season 6 episode 7 titled like father like son. We are so excited. We have this guests that we have been waiting to talk to let's go. I'm Maria Menounos and you're tuned in to AfterBuzz TV the ESPN of TV talk now. Jimmy V and joining us from New York via Skype. She plays the one and only Blanca Rodriguez, please welcome Monique Gabriela Kernan. Thanks for joining us. We're so excited to we're so excited to chat with you because your character I have to admit last year. I didn't like the character this season. Yeah, I love her because she's honest. She only wants to know the facts. She don't care about anything else and your body language your not your your non-speaking or body language verbals those nonverbal cues Stellar the way that You give that side I kind of that side. I yeah and how you look up and down when you know, somebody's lying like oh, I like this. I like her. Yeah, so, okay. So last night Jacob Warner comes to you and says you should take out Cooper sex what you think would leave. One dirty move after another right? And yes is not out Blancas used to operating right? She's got a very clear black and white sort of philosophy and here comes Warner saying you don't have to throw that out. Yeah when your investigation so, you know, I thought it was about time because like I said in previous episodes Sachs was doing a whole lot of stuff that he should have been, you know caught up for and I'm just glad they finally have somebody else on the job now to catch him out for all that he's done. So well, yes similarly to what bam said. I have to admit Monique. I didn't like the character Blanca initially and that's because I think because I was thinking about that I was like, why don't I why didn't I like her initially and she was coming after Angela and I think we all had ties to Angela since the very beginning right or wrong. We had an emotional ties to Angela and she was blocker was very much about her business. I thought she was nosy. I thought she was just overbearing but now now like bam I actually agree. I'm I like her character a lot more and I like the fact that she's never veered from her Mission. She's always been about business. She let that be known to Warner and now it's like she's trying to get sex. You know what I mean? And so I like that because sax is doing too much but I feel like yeah Warners sicced Blanca on snacks, but at the same Time she picked up on some Clues. She heard the conversation where she wasn't trusting with Tariq. She listened to what at Lisa Marie had to say about what happened when the information that Lindsay gave her about the Unicorn. So I felt like she was just doing her job even though she was kind of guided in a direction. She looked at what was there and was like, okay. I'm going to take this a step further because I felt like something was wrong. The clues are saying something's wrong. So I respect that and once again, she's only one Not caught up in the sauce. Yeah sure. She's not connected. But I do wonder you know, there's something about this about this. Jacob who there's something about him. That's not quite trusting. I'm not sure if it's the ball head or I don't know what there's something that's not trusting about him and the fact that he kind of played it off when Blanca basically said. No, I am not here for the for the corruption of the eastern district. I'm here for this and so he kind of he just kind of backed off like oh, yeah, but I Now does he really have a problem with block? Okay, so I have this I have this thing. I love to kill characters off. Right so I do have to wonder now if your boss your characters boss. Has it out for her being that he she didn't do what he wanted her to do. Yes, she did but it but let's hear from you unicorn the Unicorn. Yeah, so give us give us a I mean because this is our opinion right our opinions on on your character give us a little bit of background as to what you believe about your character in the direction of her and then how you how you even for me because you seem so different. You seem so you're smiling this whole becomes stop smiling. Yeah, it's a beautiful thing. But you play the character of blanca so differently, so to let us know a little bit about your character. Sure. Well first I have to say that you guys are not alone in disliking Blanca stopped many a time in the side. I myself Mama Subway or at the Trader Joe's wow. Um, so yeah, I think people were pretty upset that I was going after Angela. However, you know kudos to the writers for and Kourtney Kim, but I give her so my deepest thanks because they On opportunity to develop this character and also an opportunity to take someone who clearly has a very sort of strong sense of morality and strong sense of justice and is very principled and has tended to see things in black and white and Courtney will tell you herself. It's no accident that my name is Blanca, you know, like, you know white hat like always trying to do things on the straight and narrow so to speak. Eek, but the beauty of power is that I don't think anyone gets out of that situation clean. Right? And so Blanca is and and also just look at the body count just the sheer body count like Blanc has been working Internal Affairs then you know Angela's killed and then you know, all these things are happening, you know, so she's on this very Justin journey of being pulled deeper and deeper into the world of power into the world of the eastern district in to Sax's way of seeing things and unfortunately to get to her desired and she has to play ball with Warner so she's caught between these two guys who you know aren't so straight and narrow like she is does this block? I have a man bam As you know Cooper was trying to hit on was trying to hit on us definitely was I can't really answer that question because there might be something coming up in future. Did you know that you your character would be an extended throughout season 5 and season 6 or did you just think that it was only for a couple of episodes I have No, I yeah initially I had been told five episodes. I knew the show. I knew people got killed with the frequency of five episodes. I'll die of a righteous depth and you know the next thing but lo and behold thank you Courtney and stars. They had other plans. Did you only audition for the Blanca or did you audition for something else? Say that again. So was it was the was Blanca was that the first character or was that the first two only character that you audition for did you audition in Prior seasons? That was the first character that I had auditioned for since the show. Yeah, hit the air. Yeah. Another question. I noticed that your speaking voice is deterring my question babe. So your speaking voice is different and I think that's probably another reason why people may be disliked the character, but I love the fact that you play this character. So well that you have give you that you've given her that that voice. Yes, that's a piggyback off of that. Did you work with the a dialect coach like Joseph? I know he worked. I mean probably several of the characters had to work with someone to develop that is that what you did to develop your characters voice. I actually we have a phenomenal dialect coach as part of the show candido tirado. I actually did not work with him. I based this character on Family. My mom is after Puerto Rican came to New York and she's about Seen my dad's an Irish German boy from Yonkers. I have a whole host of cousins and family and friends who are New Yorkers. And so I listened to them a lot obviously spend a lot of time with them and Blancas accent comes from that experience. Now does your cousin or your family member happened to be Rosie Perez? Because you know, I have to hear you guys sound so stupid. As well obviously. Yeah. Yeah. Well great job with just even in developing that that sound that that voice, you know, cuz I was taking a well I actually watched an interview of you up and I was like, whoa, I didn't know what to expect of your sound but I was Just you know definitely shocked at the difference in the boys. So yeah, yeah, it's awesome. So we noticed that you're from Boston Jim. He's from Boston Massachusetts will serve the building. I can't yeah. I saw I just want to shout that out because you know, Jimmy reps his reps is his town very well big time. Yeah. I wanted to talk to you about a couple other things. So you have something that's coming out on Netflix with Hilary Swank called away. I just want to mention that I know you can't talk too much about it. But do you know when it's do, you know when it's expected to release will finish shooting in the sort of early spring I want to say so I think it'll probably be released next summer. It'll be summer or early fall of 2020 so vastly different world. Okay, and then you also have something that's coming out on Hamilton on Amazon and iTunes tomorrow called anyone. Home. Can you just tell them a little bit about that? Yeah, I will tell you this was a script that leapt off the page to me. The director is a guy named Patrick Cunningham. He co-wrote the script with a very talented writer named will Frank and I got wonderful creative opportunity to collaborate with them and explore, you know the world of bipolar disorder. And I play a single mom who is dealing with that and trying to support my young son. And it was a really wonderful experience for me. It was it was one of it was like the ultra-low budget Little Indie that could so we're thrilled to see it finally getting released after you know a couple of years of post and you know, all the stuff that happens in between shooting and releasing and that's exciting. I have two questions from fans one fan wants to know if Blanca purposely got sex fired because she felt bad about what happened to Angela. What I'm just hit no I'm not asking. It's a good question. I'm gonna say no I'm gonna say I thought sax was one kind of way and I thought he could be a good Ally and then I find out he's doing some dirty stuff. So it has more to do with Blancas moral fiber and what her goals are and you Then she asked to start thinking well, if he was this way with these Witnesses playing around with this what else did he do that could have endangered Angela. I mean you kind of have to ask that question, right? Yeah. Well, we see more of Blanco Rodriguez with Detective McCall because I feel like they wouldn't just bring around for that one up that one episode. Yeah, you know what? I was hoping to see more of detective McCall. Danielle Davenport plays Detective of call and she was wonderful wonderful person wonderful to work with I don't think you're going to see a lot more of that. I think you're going to see the mother sort of Partnerships. Take shape Come Together Fall Apart, maybe who some kind of stirring very good. We're gonna friend. Yeah. We usually toward the latter part of our show. We have a prediction segment, and I know you won't Here for our predictions, but I have to say this that the now we're pretty much just looking at Blanca and Warner right end. And in that that pretty much that whole organization that's all who we really see. I feel like the stakes have got to be taken up for Blanca somehow. You can't just be you know, trying to find you know, just kind of maintaining her job. I think that will for the sake of the show because it is power and for the sake of like the writers. Hers and and the fact that it's season 6 and we have to start, you know, raising the stakes a little bit. I feel like something has got to go down with Blanca. So I am going to put pull a bam and I'm going to say that Blancas probably gonna she's in the line of fire. I don't know how when what I hope you make it out because I like you Monique, but that's just my prediction. I know you won't be around for that. I have to say there's a couple people on Twitter. We got some bets going Schools open going to survive like right, you know, yeah, we don't know and speaking of Twitter argue very active with with everyone who's tweeting you and saying things about power. I'm like medium active. Okay, I try to keep up in between my other work and everything else but and and I have to say man. I have to give it to this fan base because I've never encountered such passionate fans such invested fans and their observations are so on point and also hilarious. I mean if you want if you get on that Twitter feed Sunday. I mean you're guaranteed both insights and things you never would have thought about this all together and a good laugh. Yeah. Well, I've also I think that pretty much anyone we've had on the show or anyone just who's been a part of power period whether they just left the show or got killed off as characters. Everyone has gone on to have amazing careers, and I know you've already done so much, but I believe that it's going to it's going to go so much higher for You thank you so much. I appreciate that. Yes from your mouth to God's ears. I'm ready. There you go. I actually want to piggyback off that because I was just looking over your credits here. So the fans actually know you were also a detective in the dark night. So did you always see yourself as these law enforcement the types? You know, I it cracks my dad up to no end. I was raised by two Public School teachers. So pretty pretty far from the realm of law enforcement as you can imagine, but I guess I don't I think there's something to the fact that I was raised with three brothers and it was a very equal opportunity household and I think maybe there's some toughness that you know from from coming up with with the boys that kind of a chance. Little in these in these law enforcement characters. Also, you know, a lot of times the you know, the cops are really their analytical their thinking so I like playing strong intelligent women and it just so happens that a few of them have been cops. Okay. All right. I did have one question. I'm cut I have to go back to the accent really fast. Did you when you audition do you did you use that accent? Or is that developed after you you've got the role that was that happened as I would just as I was discussing the role with Courtney and we were talking backstory and we were talking also about the fact that she was, you know distinct we the beautiful thing about power is that you get to see black and brown people in every Walk of Life, right and which to me was one of the gifts of the show, too. I've and be a part of this universe that reflects much more of my life and you know all the people in my life. And so we did have a discussion about making her different from Angela and making it clear that she had walked a different path to get to where she was here and there were meeting in the same circumstances, but we're two very different people cut from rent cloth, you know different walks of life. There you go. Okay, thank you for that that explanation. I was just so curious. So before we let you go. Can you let everyone know where you could be found on social media? Yeah, you can find me on Instagram at Monique Kernan and same for Twitter at Monique earn and I had to drop the Gowdy I love because it was so long. That's kind of hard to punch in when you're in Instagram doing a search. But yeah, feel free to find me there and ask questions comment on the show and I will do my best to respond as I can. Thank you so much. It was such a pleasure talking. I normally try to like try and pull stuff out but I feel like we got some good stuff. We did we oh my God, so we're really excited. We don't thank you so much for for chatting with us. Yeah, and in the chat room in the live chat room, you have a lot of people saying how they felt similar that Blanca is growing on them. So you're doing a great job, but you know that yeah, I was okay with being hated because I felt like that meant I was doing my job and yeah. Portent for a show as we know. Yeah sure. It's nice of people walk a little love as well. I'll take it. Yeah, that's range. All right, great. There you go. Okay, so we have to let you go. I know your New York. So thank you so much for chatting with us. And just thank you so much. We appreciate your Monique. Thank you for your time. Thank you so much. It's an honor to be part of the conversation and thank you for all for supporting the show the way you have really appreciate you guys. Oh, she's so lovely make me thank you Monique. Thank you. We'll talk to you soon. Thank you Meg. She's such a sweet detective Blanca included. I was you guys that way initially we're sending some hearts and flowers to her. Okay, so now but we got we got to move on. So yeah me so opening seem so ghost pose and going on to read while he's sleeping in bed. So it was one of my favorite scene. All right, so he didn't he did not go too far. I'm already a lot of people were asking that so did you go to the assembly because it was it was America's version of the butt whooping. I mean, we're past that now right with somebody who's not really even a kid anymore and doing kid like things and just cursing in front of his parents. Yeah. He's just being just very very just completely disrespectful but this is definitely the sign that that goes no longer he's Like all bets are off. I know you're my finally woken up and finally done and I liked that ghost pool that like gangster out and got it to reek like that. He needed that. Yeah, Tariq desert everything that came to him this episode. Be sure because he's playing a man's game.
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