Monet Tejada in 'Good vs Evil’ Power Book II: Ghost S1E6

Monet Tejada in 'Good vs Evil’ Power Book II: Ghost Season 1 Episode 6

Show: Power Book II: Ghost |  Season 1, Episode 6  |  Network: Starz  |  Aired: October 11, 2020

Good versus evil. In any other show that might be a simple concept. In Power Book II: Ghost, where almost every character lives somewhere in the gray area between the two, it is a much more interesting question. And nobody lives in that gray area more completely than Monet Tejada.

The Episode

Episode 6 puts a lot of pressure on the characters to declare where they stand. Alliances are being tested. Loyalties are being questioned. And Monet, as always, is navigating all of it with a strategy that nobody else in the room fully understands yet.

The title Good vs Evil is almost a provocation when it comes to Monet. Because the question of whether she is good or evil is genuinely complicated. She does terrible things. She also loves her family with everything she has. She protects people. She also endangers them. She is not one or the other. She is both, and Mary plays that duality without ever letting one side swallow the other.

What Monet Was Wearing

Costume Stylist: @flfstyle2

Coat: Shearling Trim Coat @chloe

Wearing: Monogram 2020 SS Long-Sleeved Jacquard Tracksuit Set - Louis Vuitton @louisvuitton

Earrings: Diamond Life Bam Beauties - Sister Love @sisterlovemjb

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Monet's Position

One of the things that makes Monet so fascinating as a character is that she is never confused about who she is. She does not lie to herself about what she does or why she does it. There is a clarity to her self-knowledge that is almost admirable, even when what she knows about herself is hard to look at.

In this episode that clarity is on full display. When forced to choose, Monet chooses what Monet always chooses: the survival and advancement of the Tejada operation and the protection of her family. In that order. Always.

Mary's Performance

I keep saying this and I will keep saying it because it keeps being true: Mary J. Blige is doing something special in this role. Episode 6 gives her material that could easily tip into villainy or melodrama and she plays it straight down the middle, finding the human truth in every scene. That is the mark of a truly great dramatic actress.

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