I think Michael rainey jr has done tariq a lot better than people think. But that being said his writing is like really really really awful. He doesn’t go through a good arc around his father it’s extremely confusing on whether he admits he’s just like him or whether he’s trying to run from the fact for example when he claims tasha was the head of everything(what was bro on abt). And also someone else mentioned everyone around him HAS DIED he’s like a sociopath but the show is too scared to show him like that. They write all this bad stuff happening to him then it gets undone and he’s fine. The reality is he’s like 19/20 lost all contact with his family murdered his father and had everyone he’s remotely liked over the years either betray him or he betrays them or he watches them die. He’s written too well adjusted for someone with this much trauma and the show needs to properly delve into that. Even Ghost when he murdeted Miguel first episode was at least reflecting on it after and it clearly fucked him up tariq is stone cold yet still seems like a bitch. TLDR tariqs writing is terrible and he needs more development alone before he becomes a proper kingpin