Shannon Burke is a main character on the Starz original crime drama Power Book III: Raising Kanan. She is portrayed by Shanley Caswell.
She is a central character in season 1, one of the two secondary antagonists in season 2 and a minor, later the posthumous overarching antagonist in season 3.
Detective Burke is Malcolm Howard's newly minted partner at the New York Police Department. She's a third-generation cop but first-generation female detective from a long line of Irish-American cops. She is hard-working, smart, and desperate to project a tough exterior – both to her partner and to the hard-knock crews she encounters on patrol – but Burke is green, and it shows.
Biography[]
Shannon is the newly appointed partner of NYPD Detective Malcolm Howard. As such, she is one of the main enemies of Raq, Kanan, and Marvin who is dedicated to ridding the street of drug dealers and gang wars. However, Shannon is a bit too naive, and her lack of experience on the job tests her mettle throughout the series.
Goals[]
- Finds out Raquel Thomas was Malcolm Howard's Informant and they had a relationship when Raquel was 16. (succeeded)
- Knew Malcolm Howard is Kanan's Father. (succeeded)
- Knew Malcolm Howard had Sam Killed and Kanan shooting him in Baisley Park. (succeeded)
- Aware of Howard's years of undercover work investigating Def Con and he is not Kanan's biological Father. (succeeded)
- Keep from getting herself killed. (Failed)
Trivia[]
- Detective Shannon Burke had a same sex relationship with her fellow Detective Adina Foyle.
- She felt the need to fulfill the duty of becoming a cop following in the footsteps of her Father.
Appearances[]
Season 1[]
Season 2[]
Season 3[]
- Home Sweet Home