Started February 6, 2022 · Ended · Based on 3 seasons, 30 episodes through January 16, 2026 · TV-MA · 60 min
Tommy Egan leaves New York and heads to Chicago to build the biggest drug operation in the city. He uses his outsider ways to break local rules while dealing with rival gangs and family secrets. The series features a gay half-brother and a lesbian crime boss as main characters with their own storylines.
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Breakdown
These are the editorial factors and ratings behind our score for Power Book IV: Force.
Woke representation / casting
Prominent lesbian crime boss Claudia Flynn with on-screen relationship and gay half-brother JP with coming-out family arc in main cast. Diverse crews fit Chicago setting.
42%
Woke political dialogue
No activist, identity, or social-justice dialogue located in reviews or summaries.
0%
Production
Identity-driven story themes
Gay and lesbian subplots for JP and Claudia plus mixed-race family discovery. Core story centers Tommy's drug empire ambition and gang rivalries.
31%
Western institutional / cultural critique
Standard crime drama view of cops, feds, and underworld. No modern activist framing of patriarchy, whiteness, or capitalism.
11%
Woke character or canon changes
Not present in this title.
0%
Anti-woke backlash and complaints
Searches across web and social media found no notable complaints treating the show as pushing woke or identity politics.
4%
Creator track record context
Mix of low-scoring producers like 50 Cent with some higher-scoring writers who platform identity and activism and directors with representation-focused careers.
27%
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