‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ Season 5 Episode 7 Release Date and Air Time

‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan‘ is now in its final stretch, and fans are eagerly anticipating the next chapter in Kanan Stark’s journey. The fifth and final season has been airing weekly on Starz, and the countdown to episode 7 is officially underway.

With only a few episodes remaining before the series concludes, each new installment carries significant weight. Here’s everything you need to know about when ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ season 5 episode 7 will be available and what viewers can expect once it airs.

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 to premiere on Friday, July 31, at 8 pm ET and PT, or 7 pm CT. This follows episode 506, Dark Matter, which aired the previous week on July 24 after the show took a one-week break from its usual Friday schedule. That break meant there was no new episode on July 17, slightly pushing back the second half of the season from fans’ original expectations.

The season premiered on Friday, June 12, with new episodes streaming weekly on Fridays across the Starz app and all Starz streaming and on-demand platforms. This consistent weekly release has made Friday nights a ritual for long-time viewers of the Queens-set crime saga, and episode 7 will continue that tradition despite the earlier scheduling hiccup.

Coverage from Primetimer has confirmed that Starz has not officially announced a separate streaming release time for the season, although the platform has historically released new titles around midnight ET for subscribers checking the app ahead of the traditional 8 pm linear broadcast.

Starz remains the exclusive platform to catch new episodes of ‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ as the series approaches 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 are no indications that the episode will be available on any other platforms, and no free trial options have been provided for viewers hoping to catch up without a subscription. Anyone following Kanan’s final arc from the start will need an active Starz subscription to keep up with the weekly releases 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 this approach, despite the heightened attention surrounding its status as the final chapter.

According to the official STARZ synopsis, episode 507 finds Raq under pressure from all sides as she struggles to maintain control while alliances begin to crumble around her. This description comes on the heels of a season that has already shifted the balance of power between Raq Thomas and her son, with Kanan’s growing partnership with Breeze continuing to threaten the Thomas family’s hold on the Queens drug trade.

The season synopsis promises that Kanan’s true ruthlessness will fully emerge, with his alliance alongside Southside figure Breeze setting up a reckoning that impacts every major player in the story. With the Thomas family reportedly facing the collapse of their reign and Unique fighting to preserve his own legacy, episode 7 seems poised to be a turning point as the season heads toward its final episodes.

Fans have also been closely following how the show plans to resolve long-running threads tied to the original ‘Power’ series, as the stakes in the final season are framed as answering questions that have lingered since the prequel began.

‘Power Book III: Raising Kanan’ premiered its fifth and final season on June 12, and the season is set to conclude on August 7, giving viewers roughly two months to witness the story’s conclusion. Showrunner Sascha Penn has indicated that this season will definitively resolve how Kanan could kill Jukebox in the original ‘Power’, with everything related to the Thomas family also set to be addressed before the credits roll.

Once ‘Raising Kanan’ concludes, the broader Power franchise will continue with two new spinoffs, ‘Origins’ and ‘Legacy’. ‘Origins’ will explore the early lives of James Ghost St. Patrick and Tommy Egan in late 1990s and early 2000s New York, while ‘Legacy’ is positioned as a direct continuation of the original ‘Power’ series.

This expansion has added an extra layer of anticipation to these final episodes, as anything resolved in season 5 could influence how the next chapters of the universe unfold.

With Raq’s grip on power visibly weakening and Kanan closing in, how do you think the fallout from episode 7 will set the stage for the final two episodes of ‘Raising Kanan’?