‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 5 Episode 6 Release Date, Time and What Comes Next for Kanan and Raq
The countdown to the next chapter of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ is once again underway, and viewers tracking the show’s final stretch have a new date circled on the calendar. The prequel series, which follows Kanan Stark’s rise inside his family’s drug business in early nineties Queens, has kept a steady release rhythm all season, making it simple for fans to plan their Friday nights around each new hour.
Episode 6 of the final season is confirmed to air on July 17, continuing a pattern the show has followed since its premiere. With the Thomas family’s internal conflict reaching a boiling point and Kanan’s alliance with Breeze deepening by the week, the new episode arrives at a moment when nearly every major storyline is converging.
Raising Kanan Season 5 Episode 6 Release Date and Time
Season 5 of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ premiered on June 12, 2026 on Starz, with the final season running eight episodes total. The season was renewed back on March 27, 2024, and is scheduled to conclude on August 7, 2026. That timeline places episode 6 squarely in the season’s back half, with only a handful of hours left before the series wraps for good.
New episodes have been released every Friday on the Starz app and across all Starz streaming and on demand platforms, with the show also airing on linear television at 8 p.m. Eastern Time. That consistency held through episode 4 on July 3, and episode 5 followed the same 8 p.m. Eastern slot when it dropped on July 10.
Given that unbroken weekly cadence, episode 6 is expected to follow the identical rollout, landing on the Starz app and its on demand platforms at 8 p.m. Eastern Time on its release night, with the linear broadcast airing at the same hour. Viewers in different time zones will see the episode become available according to their local offset from that Eastern time slot.
Where to Watch the New Episode
Starz remains the only outlet currently airing new episodes of the final season, and a subscription is required to watch it on release day. Subscription plans start at 4.99 dollars per month, though new episodes can sometimes arrive earlier on the streaming service than on the linear channel.
For those without a direct Starz subscription, older seasons and earlier episodes can still be streamed through The Roku Channel, Philo, and Sling TV, though the newest episode remains exclusive to Starz on its release day like the rest of the season. That means catching episode 6 the moment it drops still requires access to Starz itself, whether through the app, the website, or a cable package that carries the channel.
Anyone hoping to binge earlier episodes before diving into the new one has multiple paths to do so, but the show’s final season has made a point of keeping its newest chapters tightly gated behind the network. That approach has helped keep the fandom’s Friday viewing ritual intact throughout the season.
What Happened in Episode 5 School of War
Episode 5, titled School of War, saw Raq and Marvin navigate a precarious situation while Kanan and Breeze deepened their partnership and Jukebox hatched a plan of her own. The hour continued building on the fallout from episode 4, where Kanan moved against Raq and Flossy’s new network by getting close to a young Jarita and forcing her to swap a client’s drug delivery with a lethal batch, resulting in the death of a federal judge.
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That same episode saw Raq and Marvin attempt to remove Stefano as a threat by calling in a hit through a Memphis crew, only for one of the three contract killers to switch sides, leaving Stefano alive and fully aware of what Raq had planned. The episode’s biggest twist came in its closing moments, when Breeze told Kanan the two of them are blood brothers, both sons of DefCon, a claim whose truth remains one of the season’s central open questions.
Heading into episode 5, Raq had to play things carefully, aware that Kanan was not finished with her and that Stefano would likely want revenge, with the episode’s preview teasing Stefano and Kanan working together against her. That collision course has only intensified as the season has progressed toward its climax.
What to Expect From the Thomas Family Saga
Starz’s own description of the coming episode indicates that Raq’s war with Kanan, Breeze and Stefano grows increasingly violent, that Kanan’s deception of Tiana escalates, and that a misstep from Jukebox leaves her under threat. That synopsis suggests episode 6 will push several of the season’s simmering conflicts toward a breaking point rather than offering the characters any reprieve.
Showrunner Sascha Penn has said the final season will answer every remaining question tied to the larger story, including a definitive explanation of how Kanan was able to kill Jukebox in the original ‘Power,’ with everything involving the Thomas family fully resolved by the finale. That promise carries extra weight now that the season has entered its second half, with fewer episodes left to tie off each thread.
During the season’s New York City premiere, star Mekai Curtis reflected on the show’s run in an exclusive conversation with Hollywood Life, thanking fans for staying loyal and telling them to keep watching and keep discussing the show as it heads toward its conclusion. Castmate Erika Woods echoed that sentiment in the same conversation, describing the final season as exciting and exhilarating for the cast to shoot.
Key returning cast members for the final season include Mekai Curtis, Patina Miller, London Brown, Malcolm Mays, Joey Bada$$ and Wendell Pierce, while Shameik Moore has joined as a series regular playing Breeze. With Kanan and Raq’s confrontation now impossible to avoid and Breeze’s true parentage still unresolved, how do you think the Thomas family’s power struggle plays out once episode 6 arrives.
