‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 5 Episode 7 Release Date and Time
‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan‘ is entering its final stretch, and fans are counting down to the next chapter of Kanan Stark’s story. The fifth and final season has been rolling out weekly on Starz, and the countdown to episode 7 is officially on.
With only a handful of episodes left before the series wraps for good, every new installment carries extra weight. Here is everything currently known about when ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ season 5 episode 7 arrives and what viewers can expect once it drops.
‘Raising Kanan’ Season 5 Episode 7 Release Date
According to STARZ’s official July 2026 programming announcement, episode 507 of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’, titled Penultimate Means Second to Last, is set for a linear premiere on Friday, July 31, at 8 pm ET and PT, or 7 pm CT. This follows directly behind episode 506, Dark Matter, which aired the week prior on July 24 after the show took a one week break from its usual Friday rollout. That pause meant there was no new episode on July 17, which pushed the back half of the season slightly later than fans originally expected.
The season as a whole premiered on Friday, June 12, with new episodes streaming weekly on Fridays across the Starz app and all Starz streaming and on demand platforms. That consistent weekly cadence has made Friday nights something of a ritual for longtime viewers of the Queens set crime saga, and episode 7 keeps that tradition alive even with the earlier scheduling hiccup.
Coverage from Primetimer has also confirmed that Starz has not formally advertised a separate streaming release time for the season, though the platform has historically dropped new titles around midnight ET for subscribers checking the app ahead of the traditional 8 pm linear broadcast.
Where to Watch Episode 7
Starz remains the only place to catch new episodes of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ as the series heads toward its conclusion. Cable subscribers can watch episode 7 air on the Starz channel at its scheduled broadcast time, while streaming subscribers can access the same episode through the Starz app on the same day.
There is no indication that the episode will be made available on any other platform, and no free trial windows have been offered for viewers hoping to catch up without a subscription. Anyone following Kanan’s final arc from the beginning will need an active Starz subscription to keep pace with the weekly drops through the remainder of the season.
The straightforward single platform release has been consistent throughout the show’s run, and season 5 has not deviated from that approach despite the added attention surrounding its status as the final chapter.
What to Expect From Episode 7
Per the official STARZ synopsis, episode 507 finds Raq facing pressure from all sides as she struggles to maintain control while alliances crumble around her. That description arrives on the heels of a season that has already reshaped the balance of power between Raq Thomas and her son, with Kanan’s growing partnership with Breeze continuing to threaten the Thomas family’s grip on the Queens drug trade.
The synopsis for the season overall promises that Kanan’s true ruthlessness fully takes shape, with his alliance alongside Southside figure Breeze setting up a reckoning that ripples through every major player in the story. With the Thomas family reportedly facing the collapse of their reign and Unique fighting to hold onto his own legacy, episode 7 appears positioned as a turning point heading into the season’s final episodes.
Fans have also been tracking how the show plans to resolve long running threads tied to the original ‘Power’ series, since the final season’s stakes are being framed as answering questions that have lingered since the prequel began.
The Final Season Context
‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ premiered its fifth and final season on June 12, and the season is scheduled to wrap on August 7, giving viewers roughly two months to see the story through to its conclusion. Showrunner Sascha Penn has said this season definitively resolves how Kanan could kill Jukebox in the original ‘Power’, with everything tied to the Thomas family also set to be addressed before the credits roll.
Once ‘Raising Kanan’ concludes, the wider Power franchise will continue through two new spinoffs, ‘Origins’ and ‘Legacy’. ‘Origins’ will follow the early lives of James Ghost St. Patrick and Tommy Egan in late 1990s and early 2000s New York, while ‘Legacy’ is being positioned as a direct continuation of the original ‘Power’ series.
That expansion has added an extra layer of anticipation to these final episodes, since anything resolved in season 5 could carry forward into how the next chapters of the universe are built.
With Raq’s grip on power visibly slipping and Kanan closing in, how do you think the fallout from episode 7 sets up the final two episodes of ‘Raising Kanan’?
