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Jun 7, 2014 · Not Exactly How We Planned: Directed by Anthony Hemingway. With Omari Hardwick, Lela Loren, Naturi Naughton, Joseph Sikora. A New York nightclub owner runs into an old flame and faces up to a threatening presence from his secret dealings in the world of drugs.
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- Crime, Drama
- Anthony Hemingway
- 2014-06-07
Power Free Full Episode 1 | 'Not Exactly How We Planned' | Season 1. Enjoying Power? Catch up any time by subscribing to @STARZ on Youtube.James "Ghost" St. Patrick opens Truth...
- 58 min
- 39.6K
- STARZ
Jun 7, 2014 · Not Exactly How We Planned Lyrics. [“Big Rich Town” by 50 Cent (featuring Joe) plays during the opening credits of the show.] [Unknown 50 Cent song plays as images transition...
- All flash and no substance.
- Verdict
By Max Nicholson
Posted: Jun 6, 2014 11:26 pm
Advance Review:
Starz has certainly had an eclectic slate of original programming over the years. Between shows like Spartacus, Party Down, Torchwood, Black Sails and Da Vinci's Demons, you've gotta give the premium network credit for trying a bunch of different stuff. However, their latest effort, Power, might be a harder sell for some, if only because it's yet another crime drama in a sea of countless others like it. But that's no reason to hold anything against the new show. No, what really sets it back is that it makes almost no effort to change the formula, resulting in stereotypical characters and a predictable story.
In the show -- produced by rapper 50 Cent, by the way -- Omari Hardwick stars as James "Ghost" St. Patrick, a wealthy New York nightclub owner who has it all. That's made abundantly clear in the opening scene of the pilot, as Ghost, face unseen, picks out a crisp shirt from his immaculate closet, adjusts his matching tie, slips on a fancy watch and escorts his smoking-hot wife, Tasha (Naturi Naughton), into a limousine. Clearly, this is a man with both money and power.
The catch? Ghost is leading a double life as a drug kingpin. With that in mind, the irony probably won't escape viewers that his VIP nightclub is called "Truth." Indeed, this is the level of heavy-handed storytelling that we're dealing with in Power's first episode. Luckily, the show has a sleek and sexy presentation, which at least holds some visual interest. The modern sets and stylish music definitely showcase Ghost's high-end lifestyle, even if they also glorify his amoral conduct in the process. In an age of TV antiheroes where characters like Walter White, Frank Underwood and Don Draper reign supreme, it's hard to get on-board with Ghost, who has none of their raw charisma.
Starz and producer 50 Cent's new show Power has a lot going for it on the surface: eye-catching sets, sexy people in sexy clothes and no shortage of voguish hip hop music. However, the underbelly of drug cartels, murder and betrayal is all ripped from the pages of Crime Drama 101, and the new series does little to shake up the genre. [poilib elemen...
- Max Nicholson
Jun 7, 2014 · Not Exactly How We Planned. Available on STARZ, Philo, Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu, Sling TV. S1 E1: James Ghost St. Patrick opens Truth nightclub, hoping its success will allow him to leave behind his life as a NYC drug kingpin, but a run-in with his past love and an attack from an unknown enemy on his drug business threaten to tear his life apart.
Not Exactly How We Planned. A New York nightclub owner runs into an old flame and faces up to a threatening presence from his secret dealings in the world of drugs. Episode 2 • Jun 14, 2014 • 57 m.
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