‘Power’ Universe Watch Order Every Season From The Original Series To ‘Power Book IV: Force’

Starz built one of television’s most sprawling crime drama franchises out of a single 2014 series, and years later, fans are still debating the best way to work through it. The 2014 Starz crime drama television series ‘Power’ generated three spinoffs, and its timeline is one of the most confusing of the modern TV era, since several of the spinoffs actually aired their seasons at the same time as each other.

Below is the full chronological broadcast order for the franchise, followed by a closer look at what each series in the Power Universe actually covers.

The Complete ‘Power’ Universe Watch Order By Air Date

1. ‘Power’ Season 1 (2014)
2. ‘Power’ Season 2 (2015)
3. ‘Power’ Season 3 (2016)
4. ‘Power’ Season 4 (2017)
5. ‘Power’ Season 5 (2018)
6. ‘Power’ Season 6 (2019-2020)
7. ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Season 1 (2020-2021)
8. ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 1 (2021)
9. ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Season 2 (2021-2022)
10. ‘Power Book IV: Force’ Season 1 (2022)
11. ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 2 (2022)
12. ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Season 3 (2023)
13. ‘Power Book IV: Force’ Season 2 (2023)
14. ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 3 (2023-2024)
15. ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ Season 4 (2024)
16. ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 4 (2025)
17. ‘Power Book IV: Force’ Season 3 (2025-2026)
18. ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 5 (2026)

Across the four series, the Power Universe amounts to 173 episodes spread over 17 seasons of television. Watching in this order means following the story roughly as audiences experienced it, though it also means jumping between shows that were airing simultaneously, since ‘Power Book II: Ghost’ and ‘Power Book IV: Force’ take place concurrently and require flipping back and forth to stay in sync.

Where ‘Power’ Begins The Story

The original ‘Power’ remains the logical starting point for newcomers. The show centers on James Ghost St. Patrick, a drug dealer who wishes to leave the world of crime and pursue his dream of owning a nightclub, but ends up having to balance both careers while navigating his struggles.

Power ran for six seasons, premiering June 7, 2014 and concluding its final season on February 9, 2020. Most guides agree that starting here matters even for viewers eager to jump into the spinoffs, since all Power shows are largely independent but still lean on the original for context.

That six season run introduced the characters who would eventually anchor every subsequent series, from Tariq St. Patrick to Tommy Egan to Kanan Stark. Watching the original series first preserves the reveals that later shows are built around, particularly the fallout from Ghost’s death at the end of the run.

Following Tariq In ‘Power Book II: Ghost’

‘Power Book II: Ghost’ continues the first show’s story by focusing on Ghost’s son, Tariq St. Patrick, as he starts his new life while trying to shed his father’s overwhelming legacy. Tariq is a college student at Stansfield University in an accelerated degree program, but he has also started selling drugs to fund his lifestyle.

‘Power Book II: Ghost’ ran for four seasons, premiering September 6, 2020 and concluding its run on October 4, 2024. The series functions as a direct sequel, picking up immediately after the events of the flagship show and dealing with the consequences Tariq inherits.

Because the show overlaps in time with ‘Power Book IV: Force’, viewers chasing strict in-story chronology eventually have to interleave episodes between the two rather than finishing one before starting the other. For most audiences, sticking to the broadcast order above rather than a stricter in-universe timeline remains the simpler and more commonly recommended path.

Going Back In Time With ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’

‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ serves as a prequel set in the 1990s and revolves around Ghost’s rival, Kanan Stark, and his entrance into the drug world. Unlike the other spinoffs, its own internal timeline sits decades before the modern day story, even though it aired alongside the sequel series.

The show is notable as the first spinoff to feature no returning cast from the original ‘Power’ series, building its world from the ground up. Critics responded well to that approach. The Hollywood Reporter’s Robyn Bahr described the series as one of television’s best family soap operas, calling it both more narratively meticulous and emotionally grounded than a prequel crime drama spinoff has any right to be.

The fifth and final season of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ premiered on June 12, 2026 and concluded on August 7, 2026. Showrunner Sascha Penn had planned the ending from the start, and said it was always his intention that the series would run for five seasons, expressing gratitude for being able to tell the entirety of the story he set out to tell back in 2019.

Tommy Egan’s Story In ‘Power Book IV: Force’

‘Power Book IV: Force’ follows Tommy Egan’s solo story as he leaves New York behind to build a criminal empire in Chicago. The series premiered February 6, 2022 on Starz as a sequel and third spinoff to the original ‘Power’.

The third and final season premiered November 7, 2025 and ended January 16, 2026. In that closing run, Tommy tries to permanently cement himself among the largest figures in the game while fending off the Feds, rival gangs, and the Marquez Cartel closing in on him.

The franchise is not finished expanding once ‘Raising Kanan’ wraps its story. MeKai Curtis will reprise his role as Kanan Stark in a new prequel titled ‘Power: Origins’, which received an 18 episode order and explores the backstories of Ghost and Tommy. A sixth series, ‘Power: Legacy’, set in the present timeline following the events of ‘Power Book IV: Force’, has also been greenlit at Starz with Force showrunner Gary Lennon developing.

With Kanan Stark’s story now finished and two new entries already taking shape, which corner of the Power universe are you most eager to see explored next.