Mayor of Kingstown
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This penultimate episode ofMayor of Kingstowns third seasonopens with a moody montage of prisoners on the move.
Raphaels headed to the courthouse downtown for a hearing.
This opening sets the tone for the very good episode that follows.
As is often the case withthe Mayor of Kingstown, an unexpected crisis sets the plot in motion.
KPD shouldnt look too hard for the fugitive.
But the broad strokes make sense.
That math does not add up.
Mikes big day of meetings begins before he gets the news about Raphael.
(Mike says he brushed Bunny Washington off the plate.
Hell have Raphael murder Merle, after which the escapee will give himself up to …?
He forges agreements with … who resents being told by Mike how the Raphael capture is going to go down.
Is Mike being square with Konstantin?
This is hardly the big win Mike envisioned.
So does this mean were done with Mike McLuskys rebranding as Wise Can-Do Dude?
Hes the wild card Mike didnt account for.
The time for sit tight is over.
Its time to get the hell up.
Yet the episode still has time for quieter, subtler scenes, serving as welcome grace notes.
She rejects him again while reminding him that hes been seducing and exploiting her since she was 16.
How many flowers have you picked?
How many girls have you named?
When Trey responds by quietly pleading, Dont let them kill you, it breaks his fathers heart.
Thats the kind of thing he didnt want Trey to have to think about.
But its the kind of thought no one can stay sheltered from for long in this miserable city.
They showed up in town after Milo disappeared and started making moves right away.
Ever since, weve only picked up pieces of their past, mostly second-hand from Iris.
Theres nothing wrong with that storytelling choice, necessarily.
Tracy tried going through official channels.
She tried going through unofficial channels.
The lesson the warden wants her to learn?
This, he says, is not the end of the world.
The Charlie subplot comes to an inevitable end.
Its hard to feel a lot of sympathy for a murderer, but still … damn, Ferguson.
How can you use and discard a human being that way?
Ever since I heard this line, Ive been hungry.
About 90 percent of the time, Kingstown looks like an absolute crap-hole, but yknow?
The neighborhood around the courthouse seems nice.
Maybe thats why no one leaves.
