The Shape of Power

**The Shape of Power** is the ninth episode of the first season of The Power, and the ninth episode overall. It aired April 12, 2023.

## Synopsis

In this new world order, unlikely alliances have been made... new leaders have risen. They are gathering their loyal soldiers... and facing off against their enemies... in a battle for Power.

## Plot

Eve’s guilt over hurting Veronica is short-lived due to the voice in her head reminding her that she and Veronica were enemies.

Eve later comforts Maria over Veronica’s passing, but she has the ulterior motive of trying to build her own army.
She tries to convince Maria they should honor Veronica by continuing their work. Eve and her followers later transfer their powers to older nuns, including Maria. Susannah tries to stop them, to convince them Eve isn’t God’s messenger and that she’s putting them all in danger. No one comes to Susannah’s defense, and Eve damns her for her doubt.
Who killed Roxy’s mom?

Roxy pays a visit to her mother’s former fiancé, Derek Rena. She attacks him, accusing him of setting those men on her mom, but he denies it, identifying himself as a cop who was investigating Bernie Monke’s crime syndicate. Bernie was behind Christina’s death, which was to serve a message to Derek to stop digging.

With this new information, Roxy confronts Bernie about Derek. He tells her Christina knew too much about him. It was dangerous for her to be dating a cop, so he had her killed.

Roxy threatens to kill him, but instead she shocks Bernie’s wife, Barbara, telling her she’s going to need power if she decides to stay with Bernie.

Margot’s campaign team works to present Margot as having a pristine image, so Jos dating a guy with a skein threatens that image. Helen later pays a visit to Ryan’s parents to instruct them about a program that will “protect” their child.

As Margot prepares for her debate against Daniel, Rob gets flirtatious with a journalist.

Matty receives a message from UrbanDox. The streamer requests that Matty spy on his mother’s campaign policies.

During the debate, Margot and Daniel focus on the topic EOD. While Daniel wants to outlaw the transfer of EOD, Margot doesn’t support people making that choice for other women who want to feel more protected in the world.

Daniel then veers onto another topic, mentioning how Ryan was sent to a camp where kids are forcibly given medication to suppress EOD. Margot can’t process the accusation. Angry, she shocks Daniel on stage. He collapses, and she’s escorted away.

When Tunde informs Tatiana how to get in touch with her sister, she ensures his release. But Tunde will have a hard time getting out of the country with people watching him. Since Moskalev’s death, the rumors are that the hairdresser who murdered him was a sympathizer of Zoia.

Tunde wants to find Zoia to warn her, but Declan’s focus is only on his story. Declan finds Zoia, who makes him cross a river to get to them. One of her women then sends electricity through the water to shock him. When Declan responds to insult them, they make the shocks more deadly.

Meanwhile, Tatiana tells her general that she’s decided to sacrifice her sister out of loyalty to her country. She deploys the army to go after Zoia and her women in the North.

Tunde arrives to film the aftermath of the army’s invasion of Zoia’s people. Eventually he comes across many soldiers, in addition to Declan, floating dead in the river. A man–on-fire suddenly runs out to him, and Tunde puts out the fire to discover the general. He says Tatiana must have warned them of the attack.

Still in shock, Tunde answers a call from Ndudi, who saw his livestream from the aftermath and now asks him to come home immediately. Tunde can only cry in response.

Self-assured, Tatiana and Zoia talk on the phone, then Zoia and her people celebrate their victory and their freedom.

Roxy prepares to leave for New York, but plans change when Darrell informs her that Bernie is after her. So, she asks for a ticket to the first place she thinks of.
Ending up at the convent, she meets Eve. Eve stops her from using her power to show her she’s not a fake. But with enough concentration, Roxy is able to resist her control. Eve remarks she’s stronger than anyone she’s ever seen. She then takes Roxy’s hand and welcomes her to the family.

## Cast

### Main cast

* Toni Collette as Margot Cleary-Lopez
* Auli'i Cravalho as Jos Cleary-Lopez
* John Leguizamo as Rob Lopez
* Halle Bush as Allie Montgomery
* Ria Zmitrowicz as Roxy Monke
* Eddie Marsan as Bernie Monke
* Toheeb Jimoh as Tunde Ojo
* Heather Agyepong as Ndudi
* Zrinka Cvitesic as Tatiana Moskalev

### Guest & Recurring cast

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* Nico Hiraga as Ryan
* Josh Charles as Governor Daniel Dandon
* Mezi Atwood as Sandra
* Edwina Findley as Helen
* Daniela Vega as Sister Maria
* Emily Kuroda as Sister Veronica
* Gerrison Machado as Matty Cleary-Lopez
* Pietra Castro as Izzy Cleary-Lopez
* Gary McDonald as Big Frank
* Chris Mulkey as Mr. Montgomery †
* Elise Robertson as Mrs. Montgomery
* Sinead Matthews as Christina †
* Little Simz as Adunola
* Jacob Fortune-Lloyd as Ricky Monke
* Avital Lvova as Liat Monke
* Sam Buchanan as Terry Monke
* Juliet Cowan as Barbara Monke
* Archie Rush as Darrell Monke
* Ashley De Guzman as Yuki
* Anisa Harris as Navika
* Anissa Matlock as Cat
* Ireti Doyle as Shola Ojo
* Alexandru Bindea as Viktor Moskalev
* Rob Delaney as Tom
* Alice Eve as Kristen
* Ana Ularu as Zoia Donici
* Risteard Cooper as Declan Blease