‘Power Book IV: Force’ Recap: Tommy Feels the Pressure + D-Mac Spirals out of Control

Shanti has a job to do. 

Tommy tells Diamond that Vic is the snitch and he saw him talking to Marks in her car. Diamond calls him out for thinking it was Jenard the whole time. Regardless, this is bad news for their expansion plans. If Che finds out they have a criminal informant working with CBI, he’s going to kill them all. There’s also a chance that he could return to prison. And their dream of becoming the new Chicago pipeline and eliminating the Serbs won’t happen. But Tommy tells Diamond there’s no need to worry because he will see to it that they take out Vic and the Serbs without an issue.  

Shanti isn’t happy to see Tommy at her gym waiting to talk business. Tommy asks her to go to Claudia and the Serbs’ meeting with the Marquez Crew. She tells him she is working with him, and not for him. So she needs him to be more upfront if they are going to pull this off. 

Diamond wants revenge. 

Jenard gets his hair cut by Diamond in the shop. Diamond confirms he plans to take out Mad Dog, Leon’s killer. Jenard questions if he really wants to kill a 16-year-old. And Diamond makes it clear that he has no problem doing this because the streets don’t care about age. In fact, he and Jenard got into the game at 16. 

Jenard questions if CBI still needs Tommy since business is booming. Diamond goes on to tell Jenard that Tommy came up with the idea to rip off Miguel and pin it on the Serbs. His plan put them on top. But if the cartel ever found out what they did, they would all be killed. Jenard seemingly makes a mental note of this information. 

Claudia finally gets what she wants at a cost. 

Vic meets with Marks and Di’Franco again to tell them that CBI is getting ready to meet with the Estrada crew to continue expansion plans. They promise they will put him in witness protection as soon as Tommy is arrested. He then invites Claudia to the family estate to hand over the business to her. Vic confirms he’s leaving Chicago but denies he’s in any sort of trouble. He tells her Walter should have made her his successor but didn’t because of sexism. Before he leaves, he asks her if it’s true that she sent the assassins to kill him and Walter, and she confirms she did tearfully. 

When Vic is away from her, he turns off the recorder on his phone. He recorded the entire conversation. 

D-Mac continues to not listen. 

Tommy goes off on Kate when he sees her back at the house. She reveals JP told her D-Mac is alive and was sent away to a military school he just broke out of. This enrages Tommy as he explains he sent D-Mac away because he killed a cop. And all Kate does is make things worse which is why JP was told to say D-Mac was killed by Tommy. 

Meanwhile, D-Mac is still crashing at Marshall’s place. Marshall updates D-Mac about the latest CBI news. He says Diamond wants to kill Mad Dog but can’t yet because the 16-year-old is a part of the RD crew. And the RD crew joined their coalition. 

Marshall gives D-Mac a gun and jokes that he shouldn’t kill another cop with it. D-Mac says he will take care of Diamond’s business for him since it doesn’t seem like Tommy appreciates his help. And he can move how he wants since he’s not technically in CBI anymore. 

Claudia taunts Tommy. 

Kate pops up at Tommy’s place while Mireya is over. Kate warns Mireya that Tommy’s girlfriends end up dead. Mireya is unbothered. She says Tommy told her about Lakeisha and she grew up in “the life.” So she knows how to handle herself. 

After Mireya leaves, Tommy tells Kate to get lost and stuffs a baggy of drugs in her pockets before kicking her out. 

D-Mac walks up on Mad Dog and kills him. He takes a photo of the corpse with his cell phone. D-Mac later shows the photo to Diamond and Diamond pulls him by his collar. He tells D-Mac that he just caused a major problem for CBI and the leader of RD, King Kilo, will want to retaliate, causing issues in their coalition. D-Mac has no regrets. He says he did what he knew Diamond couldn’t do because Mad Dog was wrong to kill an innocent person. 

Claudia rolls up on Tommy with her new crew and Shanti. She tells him he can’t kill her now because the Marquez Cartel is protecting her so she’s “untouchable.” Tommy lets her know this means nothing to him. He only has to be lucky once. 

D-Mac devastates JP and Kate. 

Diamond tells Jenard that D-Mac killed Mad Dog. But since people think he’s in CBI, they are placing it on CBI as a crew. Jenard suggests Diamond doesn’t tell Tommy about this. He can talk to Kilo and possibly offer D-Mac to him dead or alive to keep the peace. Diamond tells him to handle the matter. 

Marks orders a raid once Tommy gives Vic a location and time for their meeting with the Estrada crew. Di’Franco tells Marks that something doesn’t feel right and it is likely a set-up. They should wait for more intel. Regardless, Marks is ready to move. She tells him the time is now and they can’t wait. 

When D-Mac walks into the house, he goes off on Kate and JP. He says he has no family and he is tired of hiding. He calls himself a “gangster” who kills people and he just got another body. D-Mac pulls out his gun and points it at JP when he tries to console him. And he calls JP the f-word before leaving. JP storms off upset and Kate reconsiders the baggie Tommy gave her as she breaks down in tears. Her family is in shambles. 

Claudia is arrested. 

Marks calls Vic to instruct him to go to the meeting with Tommy as planned. The feds will arrest him and then send him into witness protection so he doesn’t look like he’s been working with them. 

Jenard talks to King Kilo in prison. He says D-Mac acted alone and was kicked out of CBI due to being a problem. So if Kilo agrees to tell his men to stand down, Jenard will kill D-Mac himself once Kilo is released. This way both the RDs and CBI can continue to make money together. Kilo agrees to this. 

One of Miguel’s men tries to take out Tommy but fails. Tommy kills him and now understands Miguel wants war. 

Di-Franco and the feds attempt to arrest Tommy but find out he lied to Vic. The meeting they pop up at is Claudia’s meeting with the Serbs and Marquez Crew. Shooting starts and Mirkovic is shot.  He’s arrested right along with Claudia. Claudia denies having anything to do with a RICO. But Di’Franco tells her that she’s actually being arrested for killing Walter and trying to kill Vic. 

Tommy gets his revenge on Claudia. 

While Tommy and Vic are in the car, Vic notices they are going to a different location. He asks Tommy if there’s anything he needs to tell him. Tommy says no. Vic then tells him that Claudia did kill Liliana. In response, Tommy says his enemies always get what they deserve in the end. 

After Tommy sets up the Serbs and Claudia’s arrest, he and Diamond tell Che that they are ready to replace the Serbs and Miguel as the distributors of his product. Che agrees to have CBI replace the Serbs, but Miguel will stay on as the “pipeline’ for the Estrada crew. He will make Miguel fall in line.

Claudia calls Shanti from prison to tell her she thinks Tommy and Vic set everything up. Tommy is there so he joins the call with Shanti. They taunt her for not figuring out they were in cahoots. Tommy tells Claudia there’s a gift from Liliana she will receive very soon. Before the call ends, an inmate stabs Claudia in the back. Shanti then tells Tommy she’s all the way in with him now because she sees he’s a “real one.” Tommy tells her to continue to fake beef with him for now and he’ll need another favor very soon. 

Vic survives. 

Tommy makes it home to find Kate overdosing. He stands there and watches her as she reaches for his help. JP runs in to help and tells Tommy to call the ambulance but he remains frozen. When they make it to the hospital, Tommy is told Mireya never came to the hospital for work. He calls her but it goes straight to voicemail. 

He sees Kate in the hospital bed still out of it. JP hands Tommy the keys to the bar he gifted him. He tells Tommy to stay away from him and Kate because he ruins everything he comes near. And Tommy almost killed her by giving her drugs. 

Vic is taken to a place with two CBI members and receives a call from Marks. He tells her he didn’t set her up and he thinks he is about to be killed. However, Tommy tells Diamond that Vic will live. Instead, they will make use of his status as an informant. This angers Diamond and he accuses Tommy of moving like he doesn’t have a partner. And he needs to stop thinking everything is about him.

Mireya’s status is uncertain. 

Shanti and Jenard celebrate. They sent photos of Tommy and Mireya to Miguel prior to her disappearance. Their plan is to just sit back and wait for Miguel to take Tommy out for them. 

Tommy receives a call from Mireya’s number but it’s actually Miguel calling. He tells Tommy he will play by Che’s rules. However, Tommy will never see Mireya again. He hangs up after Tommy asks where she is. 

After the phone call ends, a tearful Tommy screams in a rage. 

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