Power: Season 3 Ends in Death, Kidnapping and [Spoiler] in Handcuffs

Going in the pokey compromises his polished business persona and worse, his extremely high view of himself, but that's sho nuff what happened in the Power finale Sunday.

While Ghost's arrest certainly presents a big problem -- it really looks like he killed Greg Knox (Andy Bean) -- that's just one of many thrilling events that went down.

In its third season, Power once again showed how deftly it can spin together a web of interlocking stories with emotional weight, believable characters and stomach-tightening tension.

Power continues to keep its premise fresh, which by its nature could've been obvious and clichéd (the swagged-out New York City drug dealer with a hip-hop flavor), to create a nuanced, complex and incredibly sexy show oozing with intelligence and insight.

Nearly all its story turns, even the outrageous ones, feel organic and real, and even though at this point in the series stories involve complicated crime and legal minutiae, movements are simple enough to follow and fundamentally locked to primal human desire.

Every time he tries to crawl out he causes damage that has a boomerang effect.

Dre (Rotimi Akinosho) is increasingly becoming a, uh, power player -- positioned to leverage his closeness with Jamie and Kanan (Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson) to carve out an agenda that could prove disruptive.

Sandoval (David Fumero) is sure to be increasingly paranoid -- and therefore dangerous -- now that he's guilty of murdering Greg...in addition to whatever legal terms you use for assisting a drug lord in federal custody.

Up until now, James St. Patrick was almost always suave and slick, but he slipped so many times this season that it felt like a real relief to hear his attorney Joe Proctor (Jerry Ferrara) finally say what we were all thinking: "Maybe you could have a group text to keep us informed of your f---ups."