Diana, I'm so done with the business. I'm so sick of all the death and destruction. It's over.—Dru, to Diana Tejada
"Ghost in the Machine"
Power Book II: Ghost
Dru Tejada is a major character in the Power Universe, serving as a deuteragonist in Power Book II: Ghost. The youngest Son of Monet and Lorenzo Tejada, Dru is the reticent drug dealer with the potential to head the Family's Drug Organization. He is portrayed by Lovell Adams-Gray.
A Tejada henchman raised in the life and a passionate artist with romantic inclinations, Dru reluctantly partakes in the family's dirty work, working alongside its enforcer, Cane, and tending to lose focus as he struggles to balance his criminal life with his pursuits outside the game and his tenderheartedness, like his sister Diana, after the family's new business partner, Tariq St. Patrick, exposes him to a life beyond the family. Despite Dru's unwillingness, Lorenzo sees Dru as the one to take over the organization given his natural capacity to lead, putting him at odds with Cane, who covets the leadership position as the eldest Tejada sibling, and Dru finds himself immersed in the life under Lorenzo's guidance. Disillusioned and hardened from personal losses to the drug game, including his father's death, Dru shifts his focus to the business, even competing with Cane for the Tejada throne, and realizes his need for power once he forms an unexpected alliance with the corrupt Detective Don Carter that puts him in a position of control. He becomes conflicted between his criminal ambition and his love for drawing upon the prospect of an art fellowship in Paris, but another personal loss to the game, his mother, assures him of what his path will be as he decides to leave it all behind and pursue a life of legitimacy.
Description[]
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Power Book II: Ghost[]
Season 1[]
Season 3[]
As Dru's ties to the drug game continue to drive a wedge between him and his boyfriend, he finds himself reconnecting with an old family friend, Gordo. As the two grow closer, Gordo encourages Dru to show his family that he should be the one to take the Tejada throne. Dru believes he's finally found someone who truly understands him, but their families' relationship takes a toll on their budding romance.
Season 4[]
Dru begins Season Four allied with Noma and his siblings as they go to war against Tariq and Brayden. But through a series of trials and revelations, Dru finds himself back where he started, wondering where, if anywhere, he fits into the business. A new, unforeseen alliance gives Dru a taste of the power he’s been vying for within his family — but with all it costs, Dru has to come to terms with whether this is what he wants at all. After losing two lovers and a father to the world they live in, Dru begins to wonder if there’s any true peace waiting for him at the end of this journey.
Personality[]
He is an artist by day and gangster by night; from the Tejada family, but not of it. [He has] no desire to be in the game. All he wants to do is draw. Don’t let Dru’s reluctance to be a part of the family game fool you. Expect some dangerous fits and some heavy chess moves!
A gallery curator shows interest in Dru's art.
Dru is the reluctant gangster and drug dealer with an artistic side. He dreams of a life outside the game he was raised in, but remains because of Monet's control and Lorenzo's wish for Dru to be his successor, a source of conflict for Dru as he wants to impress his father, but at the same time wants to live a normal life. Mild-mannered and collected, Dru acts as the family's peacemaker, working in contrast with the more violent Cane's enforcement. Dru's tender heart causes Monet to view and appreciate him and Diana as her good children, as Monet admits to Diana: "You know why I'm so hard on you and Dru? 'Cause y'all are good. Both of you. Even as babies in school, on the playground. You were good kids. Good to me, good to Cane, good to each other."[3] Dru's kindness is seen with his love for his family: he tries to prevent Cane from being disowned by Monet,[4] he is willing to forgive Cane and Monet for their faults when they show they want to set things straight,[5][6] and he puts Diana's safety first when they are pursued by Cane and Monet.[7] Dru adheres to the Tejada code of "family first", and is protective of his family - Dru expresses his disgust with Monet for misusing it to manipulate them.[6] However, this kindness is also a hindrance to his criminal life, as he struggles with eliminating loose ends, such as the civilian Everett, who he loved.[8] At one point, along with Diana, he tries to convince Monet to not kill Tariq for messing with the business and not giving them their money.[9] His heart is therefore described by Monet as a weakness.[10]
Dru has a propensity for violence beneath the surface, which emerges when he is pushed beyond his limits. He is an efficient killer even with his initial reluctance, as he was raised to be one by Monet. Despite his compassionate nature, he is callous in his acts of violence, such as when he casually shoots a corpse,[11] and one of his seemingly preferred methods of killing is asphyxiation, which he does with his bare hands. Dru is vindictive, as seen with his grudge with Lil Guap, and personal losses can drive him to kill even those he cares about, such as the Castillos and Monet.
Dru's the one. He's the best of both. He has a cool head, he can build, he makes the right decisions, and he can handle himself in the streets.
Dru has a natural capacity to lead, and because of this, Lorenzo chooses him as his successor. He is analytical and prefers to think first, unlike the more reckless and impulsive Cane, who is his rival for the Tejada throne. However, Monet and Cane see him as incapable of doing what needs to be done. Because Monet has relegated his role to being the "nice guy" as opposed to Cane who is the "hammer", as Diana puts it, Dru appears innocuous, with his open homosexuality contributing to the underestimation he receives. [To be added.]
I think it's just Dru more of a, you know, wanting to step into his leadership and his power and make choices for himself. You know, he's been in a position where a lot of people are making choices for him. He's been passive in his journey, and so now we're seeing Dru be like, "I'm not gonna be quiet anymore. I'm not gonna, you know, let people make decisions for me. I'm gonna step up, and I probably won't go back to being more of a quiet, observant figure in my life. I'm going to make active decisions that effect change in my life."
Biography[]
Early life[]
As a child, Dru was introduced to the drug game by his mother, Monet, by making him bag and weigh cocaine with his little sister, Diana, and teaching them to lie about their family's criminal activities.[12] At 14 years old, Dru was forced by Monet to miss his school's art show where his art was the centerpiece so she could teach him to kill anyone who comes for the family by making him shoot a drug dealer she deliberately provoked.[7]
Power Book II: Ghost[]
Season 1[]
At his half-brother Zeke Cross' congratulations party, Dru meets Tariq St. Patrick, whom Zeke is introducing to his family. A wary Dru sizes up Tariq, unlike Diana who immediately likes him, which Dru notices and teases her for.[13] Later, during a family dinner, Dru perks up upon learning of an art class in Stansfield University, the school that Tariq attends. The unexpected arrival of family friend Frank Castillo interrupts the dinner, with Monet cutting it short. After Cane kills Frank for being an informant on Monet's orders, Dru helps him dispose of the body.[14]
Dru reaches for his gun, ready to threaten Lil Guap.
When Dru and Cane arrive home after they roam the streets to collect, Diana shows them a livestream of the GTG Gang, headed by Lil Guap, as they celebrate, and they worry them of the possible unwanted attention it could bring on the family business. Monet, at Lorenzo's insistence, orders a reluctant Dru to handle it, but secretly tasks Cane to follow him. At the GTG party, Dru tries to coerce Guap into keeping a low profile, but is interrupted when Cane barges in and shoots up the place, which upsets Dru. Hearing the shots, police pass by and find the two, who bolt after one of the cops pursues them. The cop's partner and Monet's lover, Danilo Ramirez, saves them. Monet reprimands the brothers when she learns of the incident.[15]
Everett and Dru at Stansfield's art class.
Subsequently, Monet cuts ties with the GTG and makes Tariq the family's new business partner. Monet asks Dru for his thoughts on Tariq, and he notes that Tariq seems smart. With Diana's input, Monet decides to investigate Tariq's operation at Stansfield, assigning Dru to the task. Dru initially suggests Diana to go instead, but ultimately heads to Tariq's dorm with their product as a front for his espionage. When Tariq tries to evade him, Dru follows him to Tariq's art class, meeting and falling for basketball player Everett Neal. They head to Everett's dorm, and the two hook up. Afterwards, Dru returns to Tariq's room where he finds Diana, who had just been kissing Tariq, and the siblings learn about each other's own burgeoning relationships in the university. Tariq then gives the Tejadas their money. Later, Monet questions Dru on his investigation, and Dru admits he did not uncover anything about Tariq's operation. Monet then opens his bag to get Tariq's payment, when she notices Dru's portrait of Everett's torso. Realizing that he has started a relationship with a civilian, Monet advises him to be careful.[16]
The following day, Monet calls Tariq for a meeting, and questions him on who the man in Dru's drawing is, and Tariq lies, claiming he is clueless on the model's identity. Dru and Tariq later meet, and Tariq informs him of Monet's probe, telling him that he thinks she was trying to find out if Dru was gay, to which Dru clarifies that his entire family knows, and that Monet was testing his loyalty as she views him as part of the family. Dru then advises him to look out for himself.[17]
The night of Tariq's 18th birthday party at Stansfield, Dru confronts the closeted Everett of his refusal to be open about their relationship. Diana interrupts their argument, and reveals that they are Everett's teammate Zeke's cousins, which upsets Everett, leading Dru to chase after him when he leaves.[17]
Diana and Dru are tasked to work on their product.
The next day, Monet orders Dru and Diana to tally and bag their product in the Tejada bar's basement, a job usually assigned to bodyguard Owl and his nephews, as punishment for going to Tariq's party at Stansfield without her permission and for keeping secrets from her. Monet confiscates their phones and puts them on a corner. As Monet and Owl leave them to do their task, Dru's phone blows up with texts from Everett who asks to talk with Dru, which Dru tries to ignore but ultimately fails as he checks his phone and decides to meet with him, to Diana's annoyance. At Everett's room, he and Dru talk about their argument earlier. Dru wants Everett to openly be himself, but Everett wants to stay closeted, as he aspires to have a professional career in basketball. As Dru tells Everett that they will eventually need to resolve their problems, Everett's "tutor" knocks on the door and hands Everett his study guide secretly containing drugs from Tariq's CourseCorrect app, which Dru figures out as Tariq's way of moving weight at Stansfield.[3]
Dru sees the family's product on Everett's study guide.
Monet returns to the basement, and upon seeing Dru missing, is angered and tries to call Dru. Diana then convinces her that she will get him personally at Stansfield and to give her her phone as Dru will only talk to her. As Diana leaves, Dru sends her a picture of the pills on Everett's study guide, which Dru and Diana both recognize as their product. Dru and Everett play a video game at Everett's room, but is interrupted when Diana arrives. As Everett heads to the shower, Dru explains to Diana Tariq's operation. Diana asks Dru if Everett knows it is their product, and Dru assures her that he knows nothing about their connection to it. Diana then tells him that she would tell Monet about Tariq's operation so they would be out of trouble, but Dru tries to convince her not to, as it could stop them from being allowed to go to Stansfield in the case that Monet is not in favor of and shuts down Tariq's operation, giving them no excuse to return. When Diana leaves, Dru joins Everett in the shower, before returning home.[3]
Later, Dru and Diana watch helplessly as Cane and Monet argue because of Monet's frustration with Cane's recklessness and Cane's hatred of Monet's choice to partner with Tariq. As the argument escalates, Cane shoves Monet to the floor, and Dru asks Cane what is wrong with him. After Cane leaves, Dru and Diana help Monet get up.[3]
As Dru and Diana talk about Everett, Monet comes in and reminds them of the upcoming re-up from Tejada connect Rico Barnes. With Cane having exiled himself following his heated argument with Monet and the beating he received from Lorenzo when he visited him in prison, the Tejada family lacks an enforcer, and thus Monet chooses Dru to do the re-up with her, even as Rico's representative D.C. Joe expects Cane to be present. When Monet leaves, Dru tells Diana that he has no problem doing it but Cane should be there, and Diana answers that after the previous incident Cane will not show up and Monet will not call him, and insists that they have to go get him and that she knows where to look.[11]
Later, Monet asks Dru if Cane spoke to him about Cane's conversation with Lorenzo in prison, then if Lorenzo spoke to him about it, which Dru both denies. Diana then walks in the room, telling them that she has convinced Cane to join the re-up, which reverts Monet's plans to their usual state, with Dru handling the cash run to Bishop, while Diana sorts product.[11]
Dru about to shoot D.C. Joe's corpse.
When Monet shoots D.C. Joe for attacking her because Cane was absent after being detained in the precinct, Monet assigns Dru and Tariq to dispose of Joe's body when Dru returns from the cash run. Dru and Tariq take Joe's body and truck to a secluded place. Dru orders Tariq to hold Joe's body still inside the vehicle so Dru could shoot him to make it look like a mugging. Tariq insists that he shoot instead, but eventually relents when Dru comments on how Tariq has never shot anyone before. A nervous Tariq holds Joe's body still while Dru walks off and aims, and as he shoots, Tariq is startled, which Dru rolls his eyes at.[11]
The following night, Dru waits at a Bronx motel to give product to Tariq at Monet's orders. An exhausted Tariq argues with an annoyed Dru because of the location. Dru tells Tariq to discuss it with Monet as she is the one in charge and not him.[4]
Dru and the rest of the Tejadas go to Stansfield to support Zeke at the homecoming basketball game. In the court, Everett gazes at Dru in the bleachers, who smiles in response; Cane notices their interaction and teases Dru for it. Later, Zeke, Everett, and the rest of the team head to a club to celebrate their win. Dru calls Everett but Everett cautiously hangs up. In response, Dru calls Zeke and asks where they are, and Zeke gives away their location and that he should come if he could get away from Monet. Dru makes it to the club, where he greets Zeke and notices Everett, who walks out upon seeing him. Outside, Dru and Everett argue because of Dru's frustration with Everett's guardedness in public, but they make up when Everett emotionally pleads with Dru.[4]
A frenzied Dru almost shoots Lil Guap.
Afterwards, as Zeke and the team head out of the club, Dru and Everett trail behind and discuss their problems with their families. Everett opens up about his disapproving father, while Dru admits his family wants him to be something he is not. Everett asks what it is they want him to be, and Dru tells him "to be more like them." As they catch up to Zeke and the others, Dru and Everett notice them being assaulted by Lil Guap and the GTG Gang, and the two of them frantically rush to the scene. Lil Guap threatens to shoot Zeke's kneecaps as punisment for Monet to avenge the death of one of their members, Barz, who Cane had earlier sent to kill Tariq without the family's knowledge. Dru tries to coax Guap into not shooting Zeke, but Guap refuses twice, and tells him that shooting Zeke would hurt Monet more than killing her gay son, referring to Dru with a homophobic slur. This causes Dru to lose control and batter Guap's face relentlessly. As this happens, Everett watches, shocked at the turn of events. Once Guap's face is heavily bloodied, Dru pulls out his gun to shoot, but is pulled out of his rampage by Zeke when he calls out his name. Dru, dazed, looks back at Zeke, then back at Everett, who runs away, having learned about Dru's secret criminal life from the encounter. Dru scares off the rest of the GTG, who drag the incapacitated Guap out hurriedly. Dru then offers a hand to Zeke, but an upset Zeke smacks his hand away and runs off. At home, Dru takes the blame for Cane's actions, which makes Monet rebuke him. Dru then picks up Cane, who is hiding from the GTG at his girlfriend's house. Dru comforts a worried Cane once he finds out about what the GTG did to Zeke, admitting that he took the blame. Cane asks Dru what he wants him to do, and Dru tells him to kill the Guaps.[4]
Later that night, Dru returns home to find Monet on the phone with Lorenzo, discussing a son who they tried everything with already. After the conversation, in which Monet finds out Cane was responsible for the incident, a worried Dru approaches Monet and asks her what they already tried with him, but Monet responds that they were not talking about him. Monet then figures out with Dru Cane's plan which inadvertently led to Zeke being pursued by the GTG. After this, Monet admits that she has been seeing things wrong, and that Dru would be a great leader given that he took the blame for his brother, and that Cane is "too far gone at this point." Dru tries to convince Monet otherwise to protect Cane by saying Cane is presently taking care of GTG, to which Monet questions if Dru made that decision himself. Dru hesitantly admits he did, and Monet decides to disown Cane for endangering the family.[4]
Monet and Tariq's transaction supervised by Dru.
Without Cane, Dru takes on Cane's tasks along with his own, which overwhelms him and makes him complain to Monet, who rebuffs his suggestion of getting more help than just Owl and his nephews. When Tariq walks in the Tejada bar, Monet orders Dru to give Tariq his product, which declined from Tariq's usual order because of Rico's investigation on D.C. Joe's death, and consists of the drugs they lifted off of Joe's truck. Monet and Tariq discuss getting rid of the product soon to avoid Rico's scrutiny while Dru supervises.[9]
Later, Dru meets up with Cane and asks why he took out their corner boys, and Cane responds that he is taking over the streets because Monet wants to partner with Tariq and not him. A frustrated Dru chastises Cane for being too caught up with his beef with Monet, and reminds him that Rico might do something to hurt the family during the drop if he finds out what really happened, which Cane disregards. Dru notices Lil Guap, and asks Cane why he is alive after what he did to the family. Cane replies that it is because he is loyal, and demands Dru to choose between him and Monet.[9]
Afterwards, Dru relays the previous event with Monet and Diana during dinner. Diana asks him what he did next, and Dru responds asking what he was supposed to do, to which Monet answers that he should have shot "every one of them." Dru exclaims to Monet if that includes Cane too, which Monet chastises him for, reminding him that she said Cane's name should not be uttered in the household. Dru tells her that both she and Cane frustrate him, and confronts Monet about her trying to turn him into Cane. Diana tells him to fall back, and Monet answers that Lorenzo always wanted him to run the business. Dru brings up the possibility that he wants something else, and Monet responds that his brother left him no choice, and that he has to get past it as she did when she wanted something more for him too. This upsets Dru, who immediately leaves.[9]
A worried Cane and a distraught Monet look over a barely conscious Dru.
On the night of Rico's drop, Monet, Dru, Diana, and Tariq meet at the bar. Tariq is supposed to hand over the money after selling the product they gave him earlier, but he gave it away, which makes Monet threaten to shoot him. As Dru and Diana try to cajole Monet into not killing Tariq, Rico and his associates come up to the bar, and Dru realizes it is a trap when they remain unmoving outside. They then shoot up the place. Dru is shot as he tries to get a gun, even as Monet told him not to. When Cane arrives late to save them as the shooters leave, he notices a barely conscious Dru, and with Monet's insistence, he carries Dru to the hospital.[9]
Dru after surgery.
The following day after surgery, Dru is recuperating painfully when he hears someone come in the hospital room. Thinking it is Diana, Dru asks for her to check the IV drip for oxycodone, and is surprised to see Cane. Cane tries to help him up but Dru is avoidant, upset over Cane's actions to endanger the family which led to the shooting, and tells him to leave. Cane tries to justify his actions by saying he would not have done what he did if it were not for Monet changing the business to work with Tariq. This exasperates Dru, who tells him enough with Tariq, and expresses his frustration on how Cane had chosen Guap over the family after he had just threatened them. Dru then reminds Cane that Tariq did not tell him to do that, and that he is not the problem but Cane. Cane replies that Tariq is untrustworthy and all he did was to protect the family, after which Dru reminds him that the family's protection is already covered with Ramirez. Cane responds by cursing out Ramirez and telling Dru that they never needed him, and that they never need to worry about him again. A worried Dru asks Cane to tell him that he did not do anything stupid, and demands to know where Ramirez is. Cane implies that he killed him, to which an aghast Dru responds that Cane is dumber than he thought. Cane in disbelief reacts by asking Dru if he is done with him too like Monet and Diana. Dru replies that he is tired of Cane making decisions only thinking about himself, and demands him to leave.[18]
Some time afterwards at night, Dru and Diana save Tariq and Monet from Tommy Egan as they go along with Tariq's plan to protect his mother Tasha from Tommy.[18]
Season 2[]
Dru is still on the mend from being shot in the shoulder, with his right arm in a cast, and is upset with Monet for her stubborn grudge with Cane which led to Dru being shot by Rico. When Dru tries to draw with the art supplies Monet gets him, he is frustrated by his inability to do so.[19]
Monet tells Dru and Diana she plans on bringing the family out of the game, with them working for Zeke instead after he gets drafted, which bothers Dru and Diana. When Monet learns of Stansfield professor Jabari Reynolds's death through her phone, Dru and Diana suspect Tariq, who they interrogate when Monet invites him to dinner afterwards. After Tariq leaves, Dru talks with Diana as she changes his wound dressing. Diana asks him if he believes Tariq's answer about not being involved with Jabari's murder, which Dru admits he does not, and criticizes Monet for interrogating him when Tariq can only say no to her, which he views as a waste of time. Diana asks Dru if he will ever stop faulting Monet, and Dru in response expresses his anger over Monet who he blames for him being shot because of her prideful refusal to hear him out when he told her they needed Cane. Dru further faults Monet, criticizing her for her sudden exit strategy without having consulted them and saying he refuses to be Zeke's employee, while Diana points out how Monet did not include their father in the plan. When Dru expresses his frustration with his life forcibly being decided by Monet, Diana admits that it would be nice to be able to make their own decisions, and Dru convinces Diana that they should stop waiting for Monet's permission any longer and make moves on their own terms.[19]
Dru and Cane at the gun range.
Dru meets with Zeke after his draft announcement to secretly divulge Monet's exit plan which involves the Tejadas working for him, which unsettles Zeke, while also revealing Tariq's drug operation in Stansfield. At night, Dru encounters Diana arriving home, and tells her Monet has been looking for her. When Diana tells Monet that Tariq was found to be selling fake product which was theirs, Monet tests the product and, realizing what she was saying was true, concludes that it was Rico's doing and uncharacteristically laughs it off and dismisses it, which surprises the two siblings. The next day, a moping Dru scrolls through his art account and looks through his posts liked by Everett, who has ended things with him, when Cane arrives at the Tejada residence to apologize to the family. At first Dru is wary of his presence, but warms up to him when Cane says he contemplated what Dru said to him at the hospital about how he only thinks about himself, and that he wants to set things straight by helping him. Cane takes him to the gun range, and teaches him to shoot with his uninjured left arm. This lightens up Dru, who happily responds to Cane when he asks him about the family. Without knowing the person who ripped them off was Cane, Dru mentions being ripped off on their last supply by Rico and admits they need a new connect, and Cane offers to help.[5]
When Dru returns home, he tells Monet about Cane having found a new connect for the family and how he is going to be their liaison. Monet shuts down the idea, expressing her dislike of working with anyone affiliated with Cane and criticizes Dru's fondness of his brother even after his previous actions, and Dru points out how Cane is not the only reason he was shot, but Monet is also to blame, and that he has forgiven Cane, and asks Monet if she can forgive him too. Later at dinner, Dru receives a text from Everett asking how he is which distracts him, with Monet calling him out for barely eating. Dru is surprised but is happy when Cane comes in and Monet commends him for having done something for the family with the new connect and lets him stay. Diana, suspicious of Cane, asks Dru if he called Cane before he pitched the new connect or if Cane reached out to him instead, and Dru answers that Cane rolled up on him.[5]
Diana and Dru sit at the dinner table as Monet reprimands Cane.
Dru and Diana are present with Cane and Monet at the dinner table as their mother scolds Cane because Zeke became a suspect in Jabari's murder after Zeke showed Detective Kevin Whitman Ramirez's PBA card when he was detained and interrogated by him in his investigation, since Cane gave Tariq Ramirez's gun to shoot Jabari and frame Ramirez for his killing, which made Ramirez a suspect and therefore connected Zeke to Jabari's death. When Monet leaves, Cane asks Dru and Diana why they did not tell Zeke to not use the card, and Diana tells him that Monet gave him the card and never asked him to return it. Dru and Diana point out how if something happened to Zeke Monet will not recover from it, and Dru remarks that he should have realized something was wrong when Everett told him Zeke missed practice. Diana asks Dru what happened when Monet was called regarding Zeke's detainment since Diana thinks she was with Dru at the time, which Dru denies, saying she left a few minutes after Diana earlier, which makes Diana wonder where she went.[20]
An annoyed Dru watches over Zeke with Monet's insistence.
A frustrated Monet returns home questioning the Tejada siblings on the missing money from the Tejada bar's safe which she was supposed to give to lawyer Davis MacLean for Zeke's defense. After learning that no one apparently knows anything about it, Monet asserts they have to get a million dollars in three days to pay Davis, and so orders Cane and Diana to get the money, but insists Dru remain with Zeke to ensure he does not get in trouble, which displeases Dru, who tells Monet that he can do more than babysit Zeke, but Monet rebuffs him. Later, as he listens to Zeke express his frustration with not being able to play because of his current situation, Dru thinks of a way to help him by texting Everett if the team would be willing to do so, and he heads out to meet him. At Everett's dorm room, Dru and Everett revitalize their relationship. Dru and Everett view Zeke's team's post demanding the police to free their teammate, and Everett sends Dru the money collected from the fundraiser Zeke's coach set up to help pay for Zeke's defense. As a grateful Dru kisses him, Everett confesses that he impulsively mentioned Dru's name in the investigation earlier into Barz's death at Stansfield even as he tried not to say anything, which upsets Dru, who argues with Everett before leaving. Dru returns home to encounter a reporter harassing Zeke, questioning him on Jabari's murder. Dru warns the reporter to leave and urges Zeke to return in the house. When the reporter mentions Lorenzo and comments that murder runs in the family, Dru beats up the reporter, and Zeke rushes outside to hold him back. Later at night, the family all convene at the dining table to count the money, which is not enough, which frustrates Monet. Monet scolds Dru for leaving the house and then attacking someone, and Dru expresses his displeasure on being unappreciated for his efforts as the one who raised the most money for Zeke, and leaves, but not before running into Davis, who tells Monet that he convinced the reporter not to press charges as long as Zeke does an interview with sports journalist Jemele Hill.[21]
Dru warns Everett to not mention his name in an investigation again.
Dru returns to Everett's room the next day because of Everett's insistence on contacting him through his phone. Everett is upset that Dru made him risk his professional life to help Zeke knowing he is guilty after Zeke's failed interview, to which Dru insists that Zeke is innocent and that Everett knows he could not hurt anyone. Everett then confronts Dru, saying that he thought he knew him too after discovering his criminality, and expresses his uncertainty over knowing him. Dru responds that he still wants their relationship to work out, and so gives him one chance to ask anything he wants about his family. Everett asks him if his family was involved in Jabari's murder, which Dru denies. Everett then asks him if his family sells drugs, and Dru replies that he cannot trust him with that information. This frustrates Everett, and Dru pleads with him, telling him that he satisfied his need to know him, and asks Everett to satisfy his need for them to be together. Everett responds by kissing Dru, and Dru stops him midway to warn him that what he did in the investigation should not happen again, which Everett agrees to.[21]
Dru goes back to Everett's room the next day, and Everett talks to Dru about his plans entering the draft, but assures Dru that he will stay in New York for him. As they kiss, Zeke knocks on the door, and Dru tells Everett to answer it. An excited Zeke enters sharing the news to Everett that he is in-demand after being proven innocent, when Zeke notices Dru and asks him how he and Everett met. Dru says they met at the club when the GTG threatened Zeke, and when Zeke leaves, Everett uncomfortably remarks how he lies easily, to which Dru responds asking if he wanted him to tell the truth instead. At night the following day, Dru and his siblings happily bond with their father who has been released from prison as Monet, unsettled at the sight, arrives home. Dru asks Monet how she kept his release a secret and if it is why she has been acting weirdly, and Monet replies that she did not want to ruin the surprise.[22]
At Lorenzo's welcome home party, Dru and Everett encounter each other as Everett arrives with Zeke and the rest of the team. Lorenzo calls Dru over to his side to show off his son who he has chosen as his successor, which upsets Cane and confuses Dru. Meanwhile, Dru and Everett keep glancing discreetly at each other, which a suspicious Monet, who now knows about what Everett did in the earlier investigation and therefore is trying to find out which of the basketball team is Dru's boyfriend, notices. Later, Lorenzo brings Dru to the dinner table with the rest of the family as he talks with his former associate and cellmate Kino, and as this happens, Diana and Dru look at each other when they notice that Monet seems disappointed with Lorenzo's release. Lorenzo proposes that he and Kino run the streets together again, but Kino refuses, saying that he is doing his own thing as the leader of the Broad Street Killers. Dru curiously asks how this is when the feds swept the BSK, to which Kino clarifies that he is in charge now until the previous leader is discharged. A surprised Lorenzo expresses his disbelief of Kino's association with the same gang that Lorenzo had to protect him from in prison, and Kino replies that he needs to run his own thing, and points out how Lorenzo seems sure who he already wants at his side, referring to Dru. When Kino leaves, Dru shakes his head at Lorenzo. Afterwards, Dru is ordered by Monet to get wine from the garage to distract him as she kicks Everett out of the house and tells him to stay away from her son. As Dru is on his way, he passes by Lil Guap and glares at him, which scares Guap.[10]
Dru and Cane happy Lorenzo is back.
The morning after, Dru and his siblings surprise their father on their parents' bed. Lorenzo asks Dru and Cane to join him as he goes outside later, and Lorenzo expresses his gratefulness for being released and promises things will go back to the way they used to be before he was incarcerated. Later at the bar, Dru recounts his experience being shot for the first time to his father. Lorenzo sympathizes with him and asks how he is doing, while a restless Cane tries to get Lorenzo's attention by giving him his old Jesus pendant that Cane made a jeweler upgrade as a welcome home gift, which does not impress Lorenzo, who tells Cane that a proper introduction to Cane's new connect would have been a better gift. Lorenzo then tells him that he and Dru are ready to meet the connect when he is, which upsets Cane and perplexes Dru. Cane, disappointed, relents to Lorenzo's request, and hearing that he wants to talk with Dru alone, leaves the place, shoving Dru on the way.[10]
Dru advised by Lorenzo at the Tejada bar.
Dru expresses his reluctance in meeting the connect with Lorenzo, saying that he does not need to do so when he and his mother are still living. Lorenzo advises him that anything could happen, and admits that he is teaching him the game so Dru can "sustain and put Diana and Cane in position" and take over the business. Lorenzo then reprimands him for being distracted with a civilian, advising him that there is no time for distractions in the game, especially for civilians. Dru then admits that he has been inquiring into Kino, and found out that Kino is overworking the BSK and underpaying them, and Dru suggests that they could recruit Kino's men as a result. Lorenzo deems his suggestion as smart, but proposes that stealing his men might result in a war, to which Dru responds that Kino sounds like a threat, and that they need to eliminate him. Lorenzo calls this a "big move", but admits he likes the idea, and tells Dru that they need to ensure Kino's right-hand agrees with it. Lorenzo then advises him to stay focused and make every move count, and that he needs to make the right call and to trust the right people. Dru hopefully asks if the right people includes people outside the game, to which Lorenzo replies that there is no such thing.[10]
Dru reluctantly chooses the business over Everett.
Later, the family convenes at the dinner table as Lorenzo reveals his plans for them: Dru and Cane will get their own crew, while with Diana Lorenzo admits he has other plans for, and as for Monet he plans her retirement from the game, which seems to make Dru and Diana uneasy. The next night, Dru and his siblings happily recount memories with their father during dinner, which makes Monet realize that they need their father and she needs to keep their family together. Afterwards, when Lorenzo finds out about Monet's former exit plan from Diana, Lorenzo asks Dru about it. Dru explains it to Lorenzo, and Lorenzo expresses his displeasure with the idea he would take orders from Dru's cousin. Dru clarifies that Lorenzo was not part of Monet's plan because no one expected his release, and says that Monet wanted a fresh start, to which Lorenzo proclaims himself as the fresh start, and that everything would work out once the family is in complete agreement. Dru says Lorenzo and Monet need to be in agreement for that to happen, and Lorenzo concurs, then admits that he is taking Dru's advice to eliminate Kino, and asks Dru to tail Kino at the present time, which Dru reluctantly agrees to as he was supposed to meet with Everett.[10]
Dru and Lorenzo afterwards enact the plan to eliminate Kino, as they ambush him while he engages in sex with his partner. Dru shoots Kino, afterwards comforting Kino's frantic girlfriend, planning to spare her, but Lorenzo orders Kino's former right-hand Carlito to shoot the woman, which upsets Dru, who voices out his shock at Lorenzo. Lorenzo says that he cannot risk anyone naming his son, and teaches him one of the rules of the game: "no loose ends".[8]
Later, Dru meets with Everett at his dorm, and learns from Everett that the police found Ramirez's badge in Tariq's room, which surprises Dru and makes him realize that Cane framed Tariq by placing it there. Detective Whitman suddenly knocks on the door, and Dru hides in the bathroom, and while Everett is questioned on his previous statement regarding Dru's involvement in Zeke's assault by the GTG, Everett refuses to cooperate, which makes the detective leave. Everett tells Dru he is gone, and Dru warns him that he will be back.[8]
Dru in tears after almost shooting Everett.
The next day, Lorenzo brings Dru to his meeting with Cane's connect and employer Mecca, which upsets Cane, who tries to kick Dru out but is refused by Mecca. At the Tejada residence, Cane starts an argument with Dru because of what happened, telling Dru that he might think he is running things but Cane is "the one putting food on his plate". An annoyed Dru belittles Cane as a result, telling him he is a "guard dog with a new master" that is "not smart enough to run shit", and chastising him for putting Ramirez's badge in Tariq's room and implicating himself. Cane then blames Everett who he calls a snitch for Reynolds' murder, justifies his actions as a way to protect the family, and tells Dru to worry about Everett instead for not having "ten toes to stand on". This upsets Dru, who starts fighting Cane, and Lorenzo comes in to break up the fight between them. Cane admits to Lorenzo that Everett is a snitch, and Lorenzo asks Dru if this is true as there must not be loose ends. Dru assures Lorenzo that things are fine, and as he leaves, Cane warns Dru that he handle it before someone else does. Dru then heads out to shoot Everett. His plan to kill him is interrupted by a text, which he reads, discovering that it was sent by Everett and that it states that he misses him. Dru tears up and looks longingly at Everett, and decides to abandon his plan to kill him altogether.[8]
Dru warily approaches Mecca's penthouse.
Subsequently, Dru agrees to help Cane, Monet, Tariq, Brayden, and Effie pull a heist on Mecca for his product, which requires using the GTG Gang as a scapegoat, as long as he gets to kill Lil Guap himself. Dru helps them further when they mention they need Diana and Lorenzo out of the way for the plan to work by revealing how to distract them. Later, outside Mecca's place, an annoyed Dru waits with a talkative Brayden and Lil Guap for Effie while she cuts the power. Once she returns, they discuss the plan, and start enacting it. Dru and Lil Guap head up a stairwell, with Guap praising him along the way as he declares how he respects him now. Dru points a gun at a distracted Guap, and threatens to kill him. Guap asks Dru if Cane made him do it, which Dru denies and admits that it is just for himself. Guap then fights with Dru, and the gun gets thrown down the stairs in the process. Dru ends up knocking Guap down, and he strangles him afterwards, before throwing him down the garbage chute. Dru reaches Mecca's penthouse, which Cane left unlocked, and looks for an expensive engagement ring that Mecca kept which Cane presumably told Dru about earlier. As Dru steals the bag he found it in, he hears someone enter, and Dru hides in a room. He texts Cane about this, and Cane comes to his rescue and distracts Mecca's employee Chef, while Dru successfully sneaks out. Dru then escapes with Brayden as the getaway driver.[23]
Later at the Tejada residence, Dru is shocked with the rest of the family as Diana reveals all of Monet's secrets at the dinner table after Monet provokes her. Dru watches as Lorenzo demands Monet to leave after learning that Monet has a secret son, Zeke, and that she recently had an affair with Zeke's father. Unbeknownst to them, Zeke's father and Mecca are one and the same.[23]
Dru and Diana talking to Lorenzo.
The next morning, Dru and Diana enter a frustrated Lorenzo's room, and express their concern for Lorenzo after seeing his room in disarray. Lorenzo plans to threaten Lil Guap for stealing the product meant for them, but stops when Dru admits the scheme of robbing Mecca, and the reason for the heist was because Monet did not stop working with Tariq at Stansfield which Lorenzo wanted and that she needed product. Diana then unintentionally blurts how she had already divulged this to Lorenzo, which surprises Dru who looks at Diana in annoyance. Lorenzo questions Dru on why he helped Monet rob the connect when this put Lorenzo at a disadvantage with no product, and Dru admits he only partook in their plan because it was the only way for him to retaliate at Guap without upsetting Cane. Lorenzo chastises Dru over shutting down his business over revenge, telling him he thought he was smart and could be trusted which is why he chose him as his successor. Dru tries to assure Lorenzo that he is smart and could be trusted, and Lorenzo barks at him to prove it by getting his product back at Stansfield.[24]
Lorenzo looks over proudly at Dru as they move weight.
Dru and Diana then plan how to get the product back, and Diana tells him its location and how to access it. Dru chides Diana for being nosy and for what happened at dinner the night before, and asserts that everyone dislikes Diana for what happened, and that Lorenzo would dislike her less if she gets his product. Diana replies that she could not do that without Dru getting Everett's Stansfield key card, and snappishly questions him if he is even able to do that. Later, Dru and Diana head to Stansfield to enact their plan. Dru hooks up with Everett to distract him. Everett notices his hand has healed and remarks that he could draw him the tattoo he has been wanting Dru to draw, but Dru refuses, claiming that he does not draw anymore, and heads to the bathroom, expressing a pained hesitation over the plan. He then notices Everett's card, and grabs it. Dru with Diana heads up to the roof where the product is, and obtains all of it before leaving. Upon arriving home, they give it to Lorenzo, who then invites Dru to move weight with him on the streets. The two bond as they sell the drugs.[24]
Cane stops Dru from killing Carlito.
Dru and Tariq formulate their plan to help Monet bring down Mecca. Dru apologizes once Tariq points out how he and Diana stole his drugs, but Tariq asserts he does not care about the theft anymore. Dru heads out to give Mecca's coveted bag to Diana, who is supposed to hide it, and then repeatedly advises her to not look inside. Dru later responds to Everett's request to meet at Stansfield. Everett asks him about his missing ID, and Dru evades his questioning, but promises to talk about it. After Everett leaves, Carlito, who is now Mecca's employee, assaults Dru and tells his cohort to check the bag he carries to see if it is Mecca's, and upon discovering that it is a decoy, the pair beat down Dru. Dru realizes Carlito betrayed Lorenzo, and Carlito attempts to shoot Dru, but Cane rescues him. Once the two BSK members are down, Dru almost shoots Carlito, but Cane stops him. Dru punches Carlito, then thanks Cane. Later, the Tejadas watch the news report Mecca's death. The morning after, Monet learns from Detective Whitman that Zeke had also died, and the rest of the Tejadas presumably find out afterwards.[25]
Season 3[]
Three months after Zeke's death, Davis visits a dejected Monet to tell the news that she, as Zeke's biological mother, has inherited Mecca's penthouse because Mecca had left Zeke his estate. Monet tells Dru and Cane that the penthouse is theirs, and the two lighten up.[26]
At night, Dru and Everett head to the penthouse for a private christening, and are surprised to find that Cane threw a crowded party. Everett, planning to be signed by an NBA team, worries about being seen with Cane and his friends who he views as suspicious, and Dru assures him and tells him to get a drink. As Everett does so, Cane approaches Dru, and Dru learns that Cane set up the party as a medium for a dialogue with a potential connect, Kai. Dru hesitantly joins Cane, and as the negotiation goes downhill because of Cane's refusal to accept Kai's demands of taking excessive profit and Kai's disrespect of Monet, Dru defuses the tension between the two, and Kai leaves. An uncomfortable Everett then tells Dru he is leaving and Dru decides to stay at his place, putting off Cane's interest in discussing their struggling business.[26]
Dru ponders after learning about Noma.
The day after, Dru, Monet, and Lorenzo learn from Cane about the queenpin Noma, Mecca's fiance, who had come to threaten Cane, Tariq, and Brayden, and had only spared their lives once they negotiated that they work for her and move her product. This angers both Lorenzo and Monet, who leave. Cane then expresses his frustration over their refusal to hear him out with the threat of death from Noma, and Dru assures him that while he does not know what to do about Monet, he will talk to Lorenzo about it, and asks Cane who else is working with them.[26]
Days afterward, Dru and the rest of the Tejadas attend Zeke's memorial service organized by Diana at Stansfield.[26]
In Everett's dorm room at Stansfield, Dru helps him pack before he moves to Oklahoma City. Everett invites Dru to be his plus-one at his signing party, but insists that they cannot be open about their relationship, which disappoints Dru. Everett therefore asks him to not be "greedy", which annoys Dru, who reminds Everett of his dedication towards him despite the pressure from his disapproving family. Dru calms down when Everett asks him to just be supportive, and Dru apologizes and agrees to go with him.[27]
Dru and Monet annoyed at Cane.
As Dru heads to Everett's signing party, the remaining GTG member International Guap attacks Dru under the misconception that he eliminated the rest of the gang. Later, at the Tejada residence, Monet nurses a bloodied and bruised Dru. Dru wonders how IG knew he was Lil Guap's killer and why he did not kill him when he had the chance, and Lorenzo immediately questions Dru on what he was "doing in that part of the city", to which Cane responds that he was possibly going to see Everett, which annoys Dru and Monet. Dru then heads to his bedroom to lie down on his stomach after Monet tells him to do so.[27]
Dru as he is about to kill Nick.
Later, Dru heads to Stansfield to talk to Everett after just having missed his event. Despite Dru's pleas to Everett, Everett decides to end their relationship before he leaves for OKC. After the breakup, Dru receives a text from Tariq asking for his help to assassinate Tariq's sole drug business competitor Nick at the Wall Street firm Weston Holdings in Cane's unavailability. Reeling from his loss, Dru complies, and heads out to push Nick in front of an oncoming truck, and Nick subsequently dies from being ran over. Dru escapes as onlookers rush to the scene.[27]
Dru learns about Noma's threat to harm Diana.
Afterwards, Dru stuggles to cope with losing Everett, as he frequently hooks up with unfamiliar men in the penthouse. Later at night, Cane arranges a family meeting to discuss a plan to escape Noma after she puts the Tejadas under her thumb by threatening to harm Diana. Cane suggests that they could take over the Castillo boys' operation in Brooklyn to move Noma's weight, and Dru exclaims his disbelief at Cane's suggestion of killing their childhood friends. Dru also criticizes how Cane's plan would bring heat on them, and suggests they eliminate the Castillos' connect instead and replace him, which would ease their takeover of Brooklyn. The next night, Dru joins Cane as they listen to Tariq and Brayden's plan to securely sell drugs at Weston Holdings through cryptocurrency and a coffee app front. Cane and Dru then explain their plan for Brooklyn when Tariq asks.[28]
Days after, Dru reunites with the Castillos, and Dru and Gordo Castillo show interest towards each other. Dru listens as the Castillos negotiate with Cane about the Tejadas being their new connect, as their previous connect had already been killed. After the Castillos agree and leave, Dru questions Cane and Lorenzo on how Cane has seemingly been put in charge over their father, and notes that there must be something going on between the two.[28]
After Dru attends Zeke's memorial organized by Lorenzo, he joins the family meeting called by Monet. They discuss the business, and Monet expresses her distrust of their new business partners, the Castillo brothers. After Lorenzo and Cane leave, Dru tells Monet about his suspicions regarding Cane and Lorenzo after Monet questions their new dynamic. Later, Dru, Tariq, Brayden, Cane, and Effie anticipate Noma's shipment, and are shocked to find out that they are now ordered to run guns. Dru criticizes Tariq when Tariq suggests that they keep the guns and just pay Noma, and Dru agrees with Cane when he suggests that he and Dru handle the guns.[29]
Later, Dru and Gordo talk at the penthouse. Dru flirts with Gordo, and Gordo tries to make Dru lose interest in him as he only wants to focus on business, and eventually rejects his advances. Dru admits that it may be for the best given Lorenzo and Cane's disapproval of his last relationship, which Dru states they feel distracted him, and Gordo advises him to make them respect him. Dru tells Gordo about the need to move Noma's guns, and how he thinks how getting them off at once while everyone is worried about how to move them will earn him that respect, and Gordo tells him about a potential buyer, the white leader of a racist militia. Despite Dru's hesitance, he agrees when Gordo brings up the potential respect he could earn from Lorenzo and Cane. When Gordo leaves, Dru tells Lorenzo and Cane about the plan to sell the guns to the militia, which Cane approves of.[29]
Dru cares for Gordo's gunshot wound.
Before the deal, Dru finds out that Cane cut him out, and asks Lorenzo in frustration why he let it happen. Lorenzo then texts Dru to follow them. Afterwards, at night, Dru and Gordo save Lorenzo and Cane when the militia pursues them. Later, Dru nurses Gordo, who was struck by one of the racists' bullets. The two kiss, and while Gordo initially hesitates, he eventually relents.[29]
[More to be added.]
Season 4[]
[To be added.]
Relationships[]
Dru's father sees him as the wisest choice to take over the family business. Monet sees him as the baby of the bunch still, and the good kid. Cane sees me as the soft one who never does what he's supposed to do, and I feel like Diana sees Dru as the confidant, and the one who kind of... You know how you got the siblings in the house and there's always the one sibling you can look at and share that look with because you guys both know about the foolishness that's going on in the house?
Family[]
[To be added.]
Tariq St. Patrick[]
Although Dru is wary of Tariq at first, they both form a friendly relationship. Monet notes Tariq as being loyal to Dru when she tests him, as Tariq protects Dru when he thought she was trying to find out if Dru was gay.[17] When Tariq admits this to Dru, Dru advises him about his family and tells him to look out for himself.[17] When Monet threatens to kill Tariq at gunpoint, Dru with Diana tries to convince Monet not to shoot him.[9] However, Dru and Tariq eventually become enemies when a desperate Dru sets up Tariq as a convenient pawn in his scheme of killing Monet.[30] Only when Monet forgives Dru and convinces Tariq to stop his vengeance against Dru and Diana that they begin to tolerate each other, with Dru and Diana later saving Tariq and Monet from being killed.[31]
Being a twentysomething older than the teenage Tariq, who was seventeen when they met,[32] Dru sees him as a kid and refers to him as one, even calling him "Whiz Kid" as a reference to his smarts.[16]
Don Carter[]
[To be added.]
Romantic interests[]
Basketball player Everett Neal was Dru's anchor to a life outside of the drug game. He appreciated Dru's artistry, and had stayed with Dru even with the discovery that he was a criminal, going so far as to protect him during an investigation. Everett represents life outside of the drug game currently Dru is deep in but has no desire to be in. Dru's involvement in the drug game however breaks them apart, as Everett realizes the incompatibility of their lives. Their relationship lasted for two years. Dru falls deeper into the criminal life when he reunites with old friend Gordo Castillo, a man he could relate to, both being drug dealers. Gordo is supportive of Dru's criminal side and encourages him to take the Tejada throne. However, Dru kills Gordo once he finds out he killed his father.
Murders[]
Committed by Dru[]
- Lex: Shot in the back of the head to save Monet six years before the start of the series.
- Kino: Shot in the head on Lorenzo's orders.
- Ignacio Guevara Jr: Strangled to death as revenge for threatening Zeke and himself.
- Nick: Pushed under a truck on Tariq and Brayden's orders.
- Tucker Jackson: Bled out after being shot in the back for trying to kill Cane and Lorenzo/w Gordo.
- Pavel: Stabbed to death for allegedly killing Lorenzo.
- Russian Mob Member: Shot in the head for trying to kill him and others at Lorenzo's funeral.
- Gordo Castillo: Shot in the chest for killing Lorenzo.
- Evelyn Castillo: Smothered to death.
- British Mob Member: Shot in the chest.
- Zay Green: Smothered to death to potentially stop him from snitching on Carter's organization.
- Roman Price: Strangled to death to protect Carter's organization and for leverage to save his family.
- Russian Mob Member: Shot to death to save Tariq and Monet from being killed. (w/Diana)
- Vadim: Shot to death to save Tariq and Monet. (w/Diana)
- Two British Mob Members: Shot to death for Noma killing Monet.
Trivia[]
- Dru, Cane, and Diana are Black and Puerto-Rican.[13]
- Dru is revealed to be openly gay in Ghost's fourth episode, "The Prince", as it centered on his personal life.
- Kino was Dru’s first onscreen kill, but his lack of hesitation in committing murder suggests he has killed before.
- Confirmed in Season 4 when a 14 year old younger Dru shoots Lex.
- Lovell Adams-Gray took visual arts classes in preparation for the role.
- According to Lovell Adams-Gray, Everett is Dru's first love and represented his dreams of a life outside the business, of Dru being a successful artist that could be publicly together with Everett who's a successful basketball player.
- On the other hand, the actor stated that Dru's relationship with Gordo represented his criminal side, but also described their relationship as being built on lies, with Gordo secretly having killed his father and Dru and his family having done the same to Gordo's, and each of them wanting to avenge their own father's deaths.
- In Ghost's second season, Dru is shown watching an episode of Legends of Chamberlain Heights.[8]
- The name for the character was possibly chosen as Dru because it means "wise" in Welsh, "loved one" in French, and "warrior" in Greek,[33] all things that are associated with the character.
- "Wise" is shown in Dru's intelligence, "loved one" in him being Lorenzo's favorite son and choice to run the family business, and "warrior" in him being raised to fight and kill.
- Both Dru's and Cane's names have "warrior" as a possible definition.
- When Tariq compares the Tejadas to chess pieces, he refers to Dru as the Knight.[17]
- The Rook (Cane), Knight, and Bishop's (Diana) arrangement in chess is the same as the order of the Tejada siblings from eldest to youngest (or youngest to eldest, depending on the side of the board).
- The username of Dru's private Instagram art account which he uses to track his progress is dru_sketches. It consists of his genre drawings. Everett is implied to have liked all his posts.[16][5]
This shot possibly also homages Michael Corleone, see this image for comparison.
- Courtney Kemp confirmed in a pre-finale Instagram live for Ghost Season 1 that Dru is inspired by The Godfather's Michael Corleone.[1]
- The scene where Dru gives Everett one chance to ask him anything about his family[21] is a homage to the scene in the film adaptation of The Godfather in which Michael gives his wife Kay one chance to ask him about his business, with the scene being shot and framed similarly, and with Dru's dialogue being similarly worded to Michael's, both giving their partners "this one time" and both denying what their partners ask them.
- Courtney Kemp confirmed this and further confirmed the connection to Michael Corleone after a fan stated "Dru Michael Corleone, don't deny it" in her post-episode Instagram live for Ghost Season 2 Episode 4.[2]
- Cane on the other hand is inspired by Michael's hotheaded and impulsive older brother Sonny.[34]
- The scene where Dru gives Everett one chance to ask him anything about his family[21] is a homage to the scene in the film adaptation of The Godfather in which Michael gives his wife Kay one chance to ask him about his business, with the scene being shot and framed similarly, and with Dru's dialogue being similarly worded to Michael's, both giving their partners "this one time" and both denying what their partners ask them.
- Dru smokes crack, as he asks Everett if he has had any recent CourseCorrect deliveries so he could smoke.[8]
- Dru was likely born in 2000, as this is the only year that both Cane and Dru would be twentysomethings in Season 1 of Ghost as Kemp confirmed all of Monet's sons are in their twenties,[32] and Zeke her eldest son was born in 1998 and revealed to be 23 in Season 2, which takes place a year after the first season. Zeke being born in 1998 and 23 in Season 2 means it takes place in 2021, making Dru 21 years old in Season 2, and 20 years old in Season 1, and his birth year 2000.
- Dru and Diana are the only characters besides Tariq to be paralleled to James St. Patrick.
- Dru's official character images mirror Cane's and Detective Carter's.
- The character images of the Power Universe sometimes parallel or mirror each other if those characters have a connection. For example, Vic's and Claudia Flynn's images are parallel as an indication of them being siblings, as with Monet's and Diana's with them being mother and daughter.
- In Season 3, Dru and Cane compete for the Tejada throne. In Season 4, Dru and Detective Carter form an alliance.
- Dru, Cane, and Diana played three-card monte as children. Dru mentions Cane would distract him so Diana would steal the money card, ensuring his loss.[25]
- The Tejadas, except Diana who was not born yet, played spades before Lorenzo's incarceration at Lorenzo's mother's house in Puerto Rico. Dru and Monet were partners and never lost a game.[35]
- Parallels can be drawn between Dru and Lou-Lou Thomas, both being the younger brothers in their respective family drug trafficking organizations who wanted to leave the game for their artistic endeavors.
- Both Dru and Lou-Lou were hospitalized in their respective series' first seasons after an attempt on their lives.
- Dru's favorite artist is Jean-Michel Basquiat.[36]
Quotes[]
Power Book II: Ghost[]
- Dru
Just so you know my family ain't a cakewalk neither. Keep wanting me to be something I'm not.
- Everett Neal
What they want you to be?
- Dru
More like them.
— Dru and Everett talk[4]
- Lil Guap
Cane put you up to this?
- Dru
No. This shit just for me.
— Before Dru kills Guap[4]
- "After what you did to MY father, I'm the only one leaving this bitch alive. [...] That's me, motherfucker. A Tejada."
- —Dru to Pavel.[37]
- "You might be rocking Papi's piece, but I'm stepping up to number one."
- —Dru to Cane[37]
- "See, that's that lying bullshit again. I fucking killed Gordo for you. I killed the entire Castillo family for you. All so you can lie to my face about who killed Papi."
- —Dru to Monet[38]
- Diana Tejada
They got the bullets out, but Monet is in a coma.
- Dru
You know what to do if she wakes up. Smother her ass with a fucking pillow.
— Dru asks Diana to kill Monet[39]
- "I'll tell you what I don't want. I don't wanna spend the rest of my life workin' underneath dumbass Cane. I'm better than him. Papi knew it, he saw."
- —Dru to Diana[12]
- "This demon does not know how to say grace!"
- —Dru joking about Cane[12]
- "This life that you pride yourself on givin' us, we tried to tell you a million fuckin' ways that we don't fuckin' want it. But you so focused on yourself, you can't even hear us. No matter how much it damages us, you just won't let us out. You try to tell us about everything you wanna do for us—all right, let's talk about it then. Let's talk about it. Right? No, our cousin? No, I mean, our brother... is dead. That's what you did for us. Our father is dead, that's what you did for us. And Gordo? You know much that shit fucked me up? You don't give a FUCK about us! You don't care about what we want, or what we need. You never have. We might actually be happy if it wasn't for you. You're not even close to being a good mother. You just a bitch."
- —Dru to Monet[7]
- "You're like a fuckin' cyborg when it come to her, huh? For the last 24 hours, it has been your sole mission to take me out. And now you're not gonna do it 'cause mommy says so? It's fuckin' pathetic, you always gonna be a momma's boy."
- —Dru to Cane[7]
- "I make my own choices, Monet. You and Cane do not get to decide who I'm gonna be. And I had to call Carter and loop him in 'cause if I didn't, his fucking task force woulda hunted us down and killed us. I didn't betray this family, okay? I saved this fucking family, and you're fucking welcome."
- —Dru to Monet[40]
- Monet Tejada
Who the fuck is he to you? Your father substitute?
- Dru
Are you fucking serious right— I shouldn't need a fucking substitute! ...Look, I am being trusted to handle some king-size shit right now... and I like it. So that's what it means to me."
— Dru and Monet about Detective Carter[40]
- Dru
You know, we went in there lookin' for you. What the fuck happened, Cane? Hmm? How is it that Monet is dead and you're sittin' here right in front of me?
- Diana Tejada
Dru, stop.
- Dru
No, no, no, fuck that shit. Monet is dead... because she went in tryin' to save you. So Monet is dead... because of YOU!
— Dru expresses his anger towards Cane for Monet's death[41]
- "Monet gave her life for us. Cane took Noma out for us. We cannot let that go to waste."
- —Dru to Diana[41]
Gallery[]
Power Book II: Ghost[]
![The Tejadas as chess pieces. Dru appears as the Knight, which Tariq compares him to.[42]](/wiki/File:Tejada_Chess_-_Power_Book_II_Title_Sequence.jpg "Tejada Chess - Power Book II Title Sequence.jpg (86 KB)")
![Dru as the Knight.[42]](/wiki/File:Dru_the_Knight_-_Power_Book_II_Title_Sequence.jpg "Dru the Knight - Power Book II Title Sequence.jpg (73 KB)")
![Dru's first appearance.[13]](/wiki/File:Dru%27s_First_Appearance.png "Dru's First Appearance.png (323 KB)")
![Tejada family picture.[13]](/wiki/File:Tejada_Family_Picture.png "Tejada Family Picture.png (369 KB)")
![Tejadas with Zeke and his coach.[9]](/wiki/File:Tejada_family_picture_with_Zeke_and_agent.jpg "Tejada family picture with Zeke and agent.jpg (165 KB)")
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Appearances[]
| Seasons | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Season 2 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Season 3 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| Season 4 | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 POWER BOOK II: GHOST COURTNEY KEMP ANSWERS FANS ON IG LIVE!!!
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Post-episode Q&A for Ghost S2E4
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Good vs Evil". Geoffrey Thorne (writer), Eif Rivera (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. December 6, 2020. 1x6.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 "Family First". Andre J. Ferguson & Julian Ouanés (writer), Stewart Schill (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. December 20, 2020. 1x8.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 "Selfless Acts?". Monica Mitchell (writer), Stewart Schill (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. November 28, 2021. 2x2.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Ego Death". Lacey Herbert (writer), Batan Silva (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. July 5, 2024. 4x5.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 "The Reckoning". Jamila Daniel (writer), Monica Raymund (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. June 28, 2024. 4x4.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 "Forced My Hand". Monica Mitchell & Lacey Herbert (writer), Hernan Otaño (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. January 16, 2022. 2x7.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 "Monster". Gabriela Uribe (writer), Bart Wenrich (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. December 27, 2020. 1x9.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 "What's Free?". Andre J. Ferguson (writer), Nefertile Nguvu (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. January 9, 2022. 2x6.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Sex Week". Monica Mitchell & Charles Ray Hamilton (writer), Hernan Otaño (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. December 13, 2020. 1x7.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 "Birthright". Ladarian Smith (writer), Ben Semanoff (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. June 21, 2024. 4x3.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 "The Stranger". Courtney Kemp (writer), Anthony Hemingway (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. September 6, 2020. 1x1.
- ↑ "Exceeding Expectations". Monica Mitchell (writer), Marisol Alder (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. September 13, 2020. 1x2.
- ↑ "Play the Game". Gabriela Uribe & Aixsha Hiciano (writers), Hernan Otaño (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. September 20, 2020. 1x3.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 "The Prince". Charles Ray Hamilton & Julian Ouanés (writer), Shana Stein (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. September 27, 2020. 1x4.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 "The Gift of the Magi". Andre J. Ferguson (writer), Erica A. Watson (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. October 4, 2020. 1x5.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "Heart of Darkness". Randy Huggins & Aixsha Hiciano (writer), Rob Hardy (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. January 3, 2021. 1x10.
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 "Free Will Is Never Free". Brett Mahoney (writer), Rob Hardy (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. November 21, 2021. 2x1.
- ↑ "The Greater Good". Kevin J. Hynes (writer), Brendan Walsh (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. December 5th, 2021. 2x3.
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 "Gettin' These Ends". Charles Ray Hamilton (writer), Ruben Garcia (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. December 12th, 2021. 2x4.
- ↑ "Coming Home To Roost". Aixsha Hiciano (writer), Shana Stein (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. December 19, 2021. 2x5.
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 "Drug Related". Julian Ouanés (writer), Shana Stein (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. January 23, 2022. 2x8.
- ↑ 24.0 24.1 "A Fair Fight?". Sara Rose Feinberg (writer), Bart Wenrich (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. January 30, 2022. 2x9.
- ↑ 25.0 25.1 "Love and War". Gabriela Uribe (writer), Rob Hardy (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. February 6, 2022. 2x10.
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 26.2 26.3 "Your Perception, Your Reality". Brett Mahoney & Ashley Victoria Hudson (writer), Geary McLeod (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. March 17, 2023. 3x1.
- ↑ 27.0 27.1 27.2 "Need vs. Greed". Monica Mitchell (writer), Ruben Garcia (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. March 24, 2023. 3x2.
- ↑ 28.0 28.1 "Human Capital". Vladimir Cvetko & Jormond Thompson (writer), Eif Rivera (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. March 31, 2023. 3x3.
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 "The Land of Opportunity". Andre J. Ferguson (writer), Stewart Schill (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. April 7, 2023. 3x4.
- ↑ Season 3 Episode 10 Ref TBA
- ↑ Season 4 Episode 9 Ref TBA
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 Post-episode Q&A for Ghost S2E6
- ↑ Baby Names Content Team (June 2024). Dru - Baby Name Meaning, Origin, and Popularity. The Bump. Retrieved on June 29, 2024.
- ↑ Post-episode Q&A for Ghost S2E3
- ↑ Season 3 Episode 5
- ↑ Canadian Film Centre (August 3, 2021). Alumni Spotlight: Lovell Adams-Gray.
- ↑ 37.0 37.1 "Land of Lies". Monica Mitchell & Gabriela Uribe (writer), Erica Watson (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. April 21, 2023. 3x6.
- ↑ "A Last Gift". Gabriela Uribe (writer), Brendan Walsh (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. May 19, 2023. 3x9.
- ↑ "I Don't Die Easy". Michael C. Martin (writer), Brendan Walsh (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. June 7, 2024. 4x1.
- ↑ 40.0 40.1 "Higher Calling". Ayanna A. Floyd (writer), Joy T. Lane (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. September 20, 2024. 4x8.
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 "Ghost in the Machine". Corey Deshon (writer), Dawn Wilkinson (director). Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. October 4, 2024. 4x10.
- ↑ 42.0 42.1 "Title sequence". Power Book II: Ghost. Starz. Retrieved on July 12, 2024.
Notes[]
a.^ See the Trivia section for an explanation.b.^ Season 2 and 3 of Ghost takes place a year after Season 1, as Tariq is described as being 19 years old in them, while in Season 1 he turns 18, therefore making Dru 21 in Season 2 and 3.c.^ The credits for the episode names the younger version of Dru in the flashback as "14-year-old Dru".