Power Ghost’s Shane Johnson shares cryptic teaser as fans predict Saxe’s demise

Actor Shane Johnson has shared a cryptic teaser which could be setting up the downfall of his fan favourite lawyer Cooper Saxe.

On this season of Power Book II: Ghost, the shady criminal attorney has been pulling all the strings he can in the hopes of putting Tariq St Patrick (played by Michael Rainey Jr) behind bars.

However, now his work with the feds has been exposed by Davis Maclean (Method Man) and Tariq while his unethical plan with Jenny Sullivan (Paton Ashbrook) could go up in smoke.

In his latest Instagram post, Johnson shared an image of Saxe and wrote: “Bottom line. It wasn’t Saxe’s fault.

“Whatever they’re saying he did… he didn’t do that s**t. Trust me.”

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Ghost’s official account also weighed in, teasing: “Is that what the streets are sayin’?”(sic)

Johnson seems to be playing into Saxe’s desperation as he slowly realises his plan to get revenge on the St Patrick’s is slipping through his fingers.

Throughout this season of Ghost, he and Sullivan have been building a RICO case against Tariq in the hopes of finally locking away a member of the St Patrick family.

Their plan also included faking the death of Lauren Baldwin (Paige Hurd) to pin on Tariq and his crew, but this huge ethical violation could come back to bite him.

Johnson’s followers clearly weren’t convinced by Saxe’s defence, and many of them took to the comments to predict a sticky end by the conclusion of the season.

@mr_jones2_u replied: “Saxe is a dead man next episode, Lauren told Tariq he’s working with the feds.”

@brunoanjosofc asked: “Are we about to see the end of Saxe? Not ready to say goodbye to his great performance for years in this character.”

“You’ve been very entertaining all these seasons but it’s time for you to go,” @notime.manii replied.

@keyosha23 exclaimed: “It’s time for Saxe to go!! He too sneaky and playing both sides.” (sic)

And @iamwalterramseyiii predicted: “Saxe your days are about to be cut short.

“Theo or Tariq is about to take you out. Or Tariq is about to set up in court and say you killed Ghost.”

Tariq is still dealing with the fallout of killing his father James ‘Ghost’ St Patrick (Omari Hardwick) at the end of Power’s original six-season run.

After starting up a new partnership with rival crime boss Monet Tejada (Mary J Blige), will Tariq end the series on top or does Saxe have a few more tricks up his sleeve?

Power Book II: Ghost season 3 continues Fridays on Starz in the USA and on Lionsgate+ in the UK.