After six seasons of "Power" and nearly three full seasons of "Power Book II," Saxe's long-awaited date with death finally arrives in episode eight. For the duration of his time in the Power Universe, Saxe had been known to be a crooked officer of the law who'd do any and everything to take down Tariq and his family. In season three, after being discovered as the mole snitching on Tariq, the Tejadas, and Davis, the latter's brother, Theo, decides to kill Saxe for his betrayal. At the end of the episode, Theo lures Saxe down to a pier with a gun pointed at his back and, despite protests from Davis and Tariq, shoots and kills him. Then, in another unexpected turn of events, Theo turns the gun around and shoots himself in the head. Speaking to POPSUGAR, Johnson called his character's death "gut-wrenching," though he added, "I know that Cooper Saxe wasn't going to survive forever."
