If there's one thing 'Power' fans know, rats in the show never stick around too long. But this time around, Saxe's twisted agenda of seeking justice by any means necessary turns him into a rat - aka a criminal informant. In 'Power Book II,' Saxe's hate for Ghost transfers over to Tariq as he teams up with ADA Jenny Sullivan (Paton Ashbrook) - whom he had a brief relationship with - to aid a RICO case she and the feds have been working on. He even thought about killing Ghost, though the latter's son Tariq (Michael Rainey Jr.) beat Saxe to the punch. In the original series, his relentless hunt to expose Ghost and his drug enterprise nearly drove him to an early grave. In a rather shocking and completely unexpected turn of events, the Starz series has done away with a character that viewers have been waiting almost a decade to see meet his downfall: Cooper Saxe (Shane Johnson).įor years, Saxe has miraculously figured out ways to escape a lot of close calls - including almost getting strangled to death by Ghost (Omari Hardwick) and Tommy (Joseph Sikora) in 'Power' - but his conniving ways have finally caught up to him in a fatal conclusion, as with most 'Power' antagonists.Īfter six seasons of 'Power' and three installments of 'Power Book II,' it's nearly impossible to list all the dirt Saxe has done through the years. If there's one thing 'Power Book II: Ghost' has proven in season three, it's that nobody's safe - not even original characters who survived the spinoff's parent series.

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