Mayor of Kingstown
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Why do we enjoy watching fictional criminals commit fictional crimes?
I have a theory.
If murder, theft, and deceit are options, can crooks just get anything they want?
Or does the threat of an equally destructive retaliation push these villains to be more creative?
Its probably because Mike McClusky our antihero is kind of a dope.
Hes no Walter White.
Hes no Michael Corleone or Danny Ocean.
Heck, hes hardly even a Tony Soprano.
He has no clever schemes or ambitious long-range plans.
But does it make for an edge-of-the-seat, cant-wait-to-see-what-happens-next story?
But the flesh-and-blood Iris seems much angrier at Mike.
As always, Mikes first recourse in an emergency is stasis.
At the site of the crash, he tells Ferguson to label the incident an accident.
He makes a similar request to Evelyn, asking her department not to investigate.
Mike insists that justice in this case will come from outside the American legal system.
It is suggested to Mike once again that maybe he should be taking a harder look at Bunny Washington.
(2) Did Bunny have anything to do with the bus incident?
Bunny is so offended by the latter question that he effectively dissolves his silent partnership with Mike.
So yeah, things arent going too well for the Mayor.
Theres a lot of stewing going on but not much eating.
The episode ends with Mike back at the bridge, silently staring at the scene of the crime.
Theres no way to know.
Is he formulating a plan?
Given what weve seen of Mike over the past two-and-a-half seasons, almost certainly not.
Wild-card theory: What about Milo?
Sure, his boat blew up at the end of season two, but we never saw a corpse.
A few of this seasons running subplots only get a few minutes of screen time in this episode.
Charlie may be running out of old murders to recall.
All he wants to talk about now is the duplicitous SWAT teamer he killed on Fergusons behalf last season.
Theres a strong possibility that Kyle ends up working with Evelyn to bring down Sawyer.
(Lets just hope Ferguson doesnt find out.
Speaking of McClusky-family whistleblowers, Tracy this week continues her mission to expose sexual abuse at the womens prison.
