Tommy Egan doesn’t walk into rooms anymore. He crashes through them.
Season 3 of Power Book IV: Force opens with Mireya Garcia with a gun under her chin, threatening to kill her brother Miguel and then herself if he stands in the way of her relationship with Tommy. It’s a chilling start that sets the tone for everything that follows: this is the final season, and no one is playing it safe anymore. The stakes are immediate with alliances getting fragile. And Tommy — for all his swagger and survival instinct — is one wrong move away from losing everything.
This isn’t just another chapter in Chicago’s drug war. It’s the endgame. And every character knows it.
Tommy’s Got a Heart Problem (And It’s Not Medical)
Tommy Egan has always been defined by motion. He doesn’t stop or reflect. In Episode 4, Diamond rightly points out that he (Tommy) “…acts before he thinks, despite the cost…” He runs toward the next fight, the next deal, the next betrayal; before the last one finishes bleeding out. But Season 3 forces him to reckon with something he’s avoided his entire life: the consequences of caring about someone.
When Tommy confronts Miguel about his treatment of Mireya, Joseph Sikora delivers one of his most powerful but yet, emotional scenes — held back by multiple henchmen, physical fight and audible pain in his voice. It’s not just anger or desperation. Tommy had lost too many people he loved — Holly, Liliana, LaKeisha — and the fear that history might repeat itself with Mireya, is written all over his face. For a man who’s built his empire on cold calculation, this emotional vulnerability is terrifying.
But Tommy can’t afford to be distracted. The ‘game’ kicks off when Mirkovic is killed in prison by the Marquez cartel, starting a battle between Tommy and Miguel’s crews for his portion of the Chicago drug trade. Everyone is scrambling to reach the finish line first, and Tommy needs to stay three steps ahead of Miguel, the cartel, the Feds, and his own coalition — all while trying to keep Mireya alive.
Diamond confronts Tommy: “I know about you and Mireya, Tommy”, accusing him of holding back because he doesn’t want to start trouble with Miguel. Tommy’s response — “I will crush that motherf**ker” — is pure bravado. But beneath it, you sense the crack in his armor. Diamond sees it too. And that’s the problem: when your closest ally questions your commitment, the whole operation becomes unstable.
D-Mac Was “Down” (Until He Wasn’t)
If there’s one person who consistently threatens to blow up Tommy’s plans, it’s D-Mac. Tommy believes he “sat down” D-Mac for most of Episode 3. That assumption was burnt in the final minutes when Tommy walks in on Diamond and Jenard reinstating D-Mac to the CBI after he “literally blew up” the Nine-Sevens — without his knowledge. Worse, Diamond and Jenard didn’t bring D-Mac back out of loyalty. They returned him to bait him into attacking the Nine-Sevens’ stash house for a second assassination attempt.
The betrayal is calculated, cold, and deeply personal. Diamond — Tommy’s most trusted ally — plotted against D-Mac and deceived Tommy in the process. It’s the kind of move that forces Tommy into an impossible situation: address the betrayal within his ranks or focus solely on the exterior threats from Miguel and Ortega.
By Episode 4, Tommy confronts Diamond about D-Mac’s association with the CBI and moves on to understanding how to clear D-Mac’s record. He replaces D-Mac’s “body” with that of Rashan because King Kilo needed a body for his nephew – Mad Dog’s murder. Rashan is brutally killed, becoming confirmation enough for King Kilo that he was the culprit. It’s a brutal, ruthless solution — frame an innocent man to save his nephew. But that’s Tommy. He doesn’t have clean hands, and he stopped caring about that a long time ago. What matters is protecting the people he considers family, even when they didn’t deserve it.
Diamond Lies (Tommy Might Know)
Diamond and Jenard’s relationship is one of the most fascinating dynamics in the show. They love each other, resent each other but still need each other. After finding out D-Mac was still involved with CBI at the end of Episode 3, Diamond, Jenard, and D-Mac had a whole lot of explaining to do, but in typical Tommy fashion, he wasn’t super interested in hearing what anyone had to say outside of Diamond. And Diamond, ever the smooth talker, spins a story about protecting D-Mac the whole time. But the reviewer questions whether Tommy is unquestionably believing everything Diamond tells him, or if he’s biding his time because he recognizes he needs Diamond right now and will deal with him later.
That’s the tension that makes this partnership so compelling. Diamond isn’t a villain. He’s a survivor who has learnt to make calculated decisions to protect himself and his brother, even when those decisions hurt the people around him. Jenard, meanwhile, is the wild card — desperate for relevance, constantly scheming, always one step away from blowing everything up.
Diamond doesn’t tell Tommy certain things, Jenard tries to keep the peace with his family, and Shanti is focused on getting closer to Che by pushing Jenard to fix broken relationships. Everyone has their own agenda, and the only thing holding them together is mutual benefit. The moment that balance tips, the whole coalition crumbles.
Claudia “Has Wings” (And Tommy Should Be Scared)
If there’s one character who understands the long game, it’s Claudia Flynn. In Episode 3, Claudia gets into a fight with her rival in prison but ends up being the victor when she turns the other woman’s crew against her. It’s a perfect example of how she operates: she doesn’t win through brute force. She wins by being smarter, more manipulative, and more willing to wait for the perfect moment to strike.
Claudia convinces an increasingly desperate Stacy Marks to grant her freedom, and the last scene of Episode 4 showing Claudia doing the purposeful, almost peacock-esque walk back onto the street, with Tommy lurking on the corner, is a tip of the hell she’s about to rain. She doesn’t need to say a word. Her presence is enough. Claudia is back, and she’s coming for Tommy.
Miguel Loves His Sister (That’s Why He’ll Kill Tommy)
The Garcia siblings are one of the most tragic elements of Season 3. Mireya visits her brother in one of Miguel’s nice moments and he admits that he’s afraid of losing her. It feels like a genuine moment between the siblings — but then later, Miguel tortures a hitman and particularly cuts off sensitive body parts. That’s Miguel in a nutshell: one moment, he’s capable of tenderness and the next? Brutal violence. He loves his sister, but he’s also willing to manipulate her, control her, and put her in danger to get what he wants. And what he wants? Tommy, dead.
Mireya is caught in the middle, trying to balance her love for Tommy with her loyalty to her brother. But as the season progresses, it becomes clear that there is no way Mireya will get the balance between her brother and her boyfriend that she wants, and that’s the conflict of this plot. Someone is going to lose. And given Tommy’s track record with love interests, the odds aren’t in Mireya’s favor.
Vic’s Still Alive (Somehow)
Vic has always been the underdog of Force. He’s in over his head, constantly making mistakes, and yet somehow, he keeps surviving.
After a day that starts with Mireya’s abduction and a tense confrontation at Miguel’s door, Tommy intercepts Vic on the way out of town and forces him to become his inside man with the Feds. It’s not mercy but calculation. Tommy knows that having someone on the inside — even someone as unreliable as Vic — gives him an edge. Vic suggests that Tommy become the biggest donor to Stacy’s mayoral campaign, which is actually a pretty shrewd move. For all his flaws, Vic is learning fast and adapting. When he finds Claudia’s girlfriend in his apartment, his rage seems to be about a lot more than her. He’s at his wit’s end, and nobody can blame him, since nobody seems to take him seriously. He’s a pawn in the eyes of just about everyone.
The question is: will Vic find a way to break free from the game, or will he become collateral damage before the season ends?
Ghost Haunts Tommy (Even From the Grave)
By Episode 4, it’s clear that this season isn’t about Tommy conquering Chicago. It’s about Tommy figuring out what he’s willing to sacrifice to stay on top.
Tommy’s mention of Ghost and Kanan when he reinstated D-Mac back to CBI after King Kilo’s ‘dust’ had settled; underscores his awareness of past alliances and the risks associated with D-Mac’s involvement in the CBI. He’s seen how loyalty can turn into betrayal. He’s watched people he trusted become his enemies. And now, surrounded by allies who might turn on him at any moment, he has to decide: is power worth losing everything else? Tommy doesn’t have the best track record when it comes to women. Being in Tommy’s life is always a very dangerous situation for any character, especially his love interest. But the showrunner notes that they were very interested in telling a real love story, so the love goes deeper, but you never know what’s going to happen.
That’s the beauty of Season 3. It’s not about whether Tommy wins or loses. It’s about whether he can survive the game without losing himself — or the people he loves — in the process.
Everyone Wants Tommy Dead (But No One Wants to Pull the Trigger)
What makes Force Season 3 work is its refusal to simplify its characters. Tommy is ruthless but capable of love. Diamond is loyal but willing to betray. Claudia is manipulative but understandable. Miguel is brutal but protective. Everyone is operating from a place of survival, and that makes every decision feel urgent, desperate, and deeply human.
No one is a unified front in this season; everyone is out for themselves, which makes everything worse. Both Miguel and Shanti want Tommy dead, but neither of them want to be the ones to do it; instead, each plots to use another one of Tommy’s many enemies to do their dirty work. That’s the tragedy of it all — No one is strong enough to take Tommy down on their own, but together, they just might destroy each other.
It is the final season. The board is set and the pieces are moving. By the time the dust settles, Chicago — and Tommy Egan — will never be the same.
The Cost of Survival
Power Book IV: Force Season 3 doesn’t give you heroes. It gives you survivors — flawed, desperate, brilliant, and broken people clawing their way through a world that shows no mercy. Tommy Egan stands at the center of it all, a man who’s spent his entire life running toward chaos because standing still feels like death. But this season asks a harder question: what happens when the thing you’ve been running from finally catches up?
The brilliance of this final season lies in its honesty. It doesn’t romanticize the drug game or pretend that loyalty is anything more than a temporary agreement. It shows you the exhaustion behind every decision, the loneliness behind every power play, the fear behind every act of bravado. Joseph Sikora delivers a career-defining performance, making Tommy both terrifying and heartbreakingly human. Isaac Keys brings gravitas and complexity to Diamond, a man caught between loyalty and survival. Lilli Simmons transforms Claudia into a force of nature without ever raising her voice. And the supporting cast — from Miriam A. Hyman’s Shanti to Shane Harper’s Vic to Lucien Cambric’s D-Mac — fills every scene with tension, humor, and unpredictability.
This isn’t a show about winning. It’s about the price you pay for staying in the game. And as the season barrels toward its conclusion, you can feel the weight of every choice, every lie, every betrayal stacking up like kindling waiting for a match.
If you’ve been watching Tommy Egan’s journey since Power, this is the season you’ve been waiting for. If you’re new to *Force*, now is the time to catch up. Because when this story ends, it’s going to leave a mark.
Watch Power Book IV: Force Season 3 now on Starz. The endgame is here. Don’t miss it.
