Power Book III Raising Kanan Season 5 to Premiere June 12

The fifth and final season of the Starz drama "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" will premiere on June 12, with new episodes streaming weekly on Fridays. A newly released trailer confirms a central plot point from the previous season's cliffhanger: Raquel "Raq" Thomas, portrayed by Patina Miller, is alive.

The season four finale concluded with Raq's son, Kanan Stark (Mekai Curtis), pointing a gun at his mother, leaving her fate unresolved. The new footage confirms her survival, setting the stage for an escalated conflict. The official series description states that Kanan's relationship with Raq has reached a point of no return, with reconciliation now a distant memory, making war inevitable.

The final season charts Kanan's full transformation into the ruthless character familiar to viewers of the original "Power" series. The description notes that his true ruthlessness takes shape as he solidifies his place in the Queens drug trade alongside the Southside legend Breeze, played by Shameik Moore. Their alliance is expected to trigger a reckoning throughout the criminal landscape.

Multiple storylines will converge in the concluding chapter. The Thomas family faces the potential...