As the episode begins, we hear Finn Wallace (Colm Meaney) telling something he doesn’t want to argue and that it is over. Ed Dumani (Lucian Msamati) asks him if he is crazy and that she is a child and Finn is a grown man. Finn claims he is taking his dignity back. Ed warns him that Marian will kill him if she finds out what is going on but Finn says she won’t because Ed is going to make sure she never finds out. Finn wants to walk away, let Alex run the money, and Sean build his buildings. He tells Ed he is giving him everything but he has to keep this to himself. Jack O’Doherty (Emmett J Scanlan) listens to the whole conversation and drives Finn away moments later. Ed talks about working with Finn and following his lead.

After the intro, we join Elliot Finch (Sope Dirisu) as he looks at the evidence that has been collected so far. He rearranges the pictures before calling Vicky Chung (Jing Lusi) to tell her something or someone is missing. He believes there is someone else above all of this. We watch as Hekar (Aksel Ustun) checks on Lale’s drug operation and makes sure everything is going well. He learns the demand is increasing so he tells the delivery people to get the shipments moving and don’t have any more hold-ups. He steps into another room and encounters Lale (Narges Rashidi). Lale tells him that Dilsa told the kids what she did so they’ll never come back around her again before Hekar reminds her she did everything for her country.

Then, they contemplate whether Asif (Asif Raza Mir) will strike in Kurdistan. She is worried that they’re not prepared so Hekar offers to get them prepared. Sean Wallace (Joe Cole) asks Alexander (Paapa Essiedu) if Luan knows about the money not going through and Alex confirms he doesn’t know. Sean learns about Luan’s relationship with Mosi and the money being owed to him. Alex promises that he is working on finding out who stole their money. When asked, Alex tells Sean he is at the Belvedere Tower watching the contractors sign off on the new build. Alex is convinced that Sean will be happy with it. When the call ends, Alex says they won’t be able to keep lying to Sean and they should’ve told him in the beginning.

Ed isn’t sure what they should’ve told him unless it was that his father didn’t trust him with the business. Ed claims he is protecting Sean by not telling him about the investors wanting him dead and everything else. Alex reminds Ed that he didn’t know about Finn’s deal with Luan so he wonders what else he doesn’t know about. Alex suggests Finn set the wheels in motion and had something to do with the money going missing. Ed says he screwed them all if that is true. Then, Asif watches drone footage of Sean’s warehouse and is told that Sean isn’t there right now. He tells them they should hit her hard and have no survivors. Hekar goes outside for a smoke and hears a drone above him before several vehicles rush toward the building.

Hekar runs inside and begins warning the others as men jump out and begin shooting. Asif watches from a safe location as the attack goes down. He is told that his call with Nasir is now confirmed for 3 o’clock but Asif doesn’t want to hear it right now. He learns that the target has been neutralized and the mission is complete. We’re shown the aftermath of the attack as dead bodies fill the warehouse building. We see that Hekar tries to protect Lale and it must’ve worked because she is still breathing but he is a goner. She gets up and looks around at the chaos. After a break, Mirlinda (Eri Shuka) tells Luan (Orli Shuka) that they should be celebrating.

She says he shouldn’t let Ed get to him before he says Ed is nothing to him. Luan says it’ll be okay as soon as the money is deposited and they’ll celebrate when they start building. Mirlinda tells him that he had to do what he had to do to the family and he should leave that all behind. Luan says the Wallaces are going to see what real competition is about. Elliot meets with Vicky to tell her about the weapon cache she’ll find in Tove’s house. He explains the licensed taxi they’re looking for is registered to Leif Hansen at a different address. He shows her a picture that proves they’ve been following her as well and she isn’t surprised.

She tells him about someone breaking into her flat, taking a box cutter to her mouth in her sleep and sending her the video. She believes they’re trying to prevent her from following the Floriana lead. Vicky goes on to say that Finn’s murder inquiry has been shut down and she doesn’t know who to trust but Elliot reminds her she can trust him. Tove’s apartment is raided seconds later. They look around and find a cellar where someone might’ve been held at one time. She approaches the retired nurse who lives there now and learns she lives there with her son who is an engineer. Leif watches from his car outside and Floriana is locked away in his vehicle. Sean and Elliot tour the warehouse and look for Lale but Elliot says she isn’t there.

Elliot tells the guys to scrub everything down and it never happened. Sean believes Asif was responsible and he needs to answer for what he has done. Elliot offers to help sort things out and Sean agrees to that. Ed and Alex arrive seconds later. Ed says they need to make good with Lale and it was an attack on her and not them. Sean learns that Mosi is in London and half of the money belongs to him. They believe Mosi will go after Luan and they need to be ready for anything. Mosi meets with his men and tells them his money is gone. He gives them machetes and orders to deal with Luan and the Wallaces. They head to the Adige investment bank and look for the CEO (Pavel Douglas).

After cutting off a few hands, Mosi interrogates the CEO who claims there is no money there. He says they’re not a bank and it just numbers. His hand is taken seconds later. Luan and his family have a party but it is quickly spoiled when Mosi arrives with his gang. Luan grabs a gun and prepares to defend himself and his family. Mosi has brought a gift for the birthday girl before accusing Luan of stealing from him. Luan says they’ve been set up before he is shown the gift which turns out to be a harmless puppy. Luan’s daughter loves it. Mosi lets Luan know he wants all of the money before he leaves. We see a news report about the attack at the Adige Investment House. Luan tells his wife and says they wouldn’t have gotten their money if they attacked them.

His wife wonders if Sean Wallace set him up and says he may never give him the money. Luan tells her to get the kids and her parents to a safe house because he is going to see Ed for the last time. Meanwhile, Ed meets with Luan seconds later. Luan pulls a gun on him and demands to know where the money is at. Ed explains it wasn’t them and they don’t know where the money is. He says whoever did it took their money as well. Luan says he is out of time and Mosi isn’t going to wait any longer. He pleads with Ed to help him but Ed says they’re honoring his deal with Finn and not his deal with Mosi. Ed promises that they’ll both claim back what is theirs once they find out who took the money. He says they’re all on their own until then.

When Ed leaves, Luan calls Tariq to tell him to get Jin Li. Elliot goes out with Shannon (Pippa Bennett-Warner) and Danny (Taye Matthew). They head to a restaurant and Shannon believes something is off with Elliot. He asks her if there is a fire escape in case something goes wrong before she asks what has happened. He tells her about having to get rid of dozens of bodies and says it is getting worse. She asks Elliot if he would come with them. Someone takes pictures of them from outside. Elliot notices that someone is watching them and it looks like Anthony (David Avery) is taking pictures of them from his vehicle. Elliot meets with Vicky and learns that they got nothing from the address he gave them. He tells her about Anthony and suspects he is working undercover.

Elliot says he cannot work with Anthony on his back so he wants Vicky to take care of him. Anthony meets with his handler and they discuss Elliot. DCI John Harks (Garry Cooper) says it might take a little while to set up but he is going to pull him out. Marian (Michelle Fairley) meets with Colin (Ian Beattie) who immediately pulls a gun on her before Niamh (Frances Tomelty) appears behind her with a gun too. They go inside and Niamh says she knew Marian would be back one day. We learn that they’re sisters and Niamh believes she deserved whatever she got. She wants them to have the yacht. Several cars pull up outside and everyone goes out there. The people who jump out are surprised to see Marian. Next, Sean gets into his vehicle and Lale accuses him of setting them up but he denies it. She wants to know where the Wallace protection was at. Sean tells her that he saw all of her people and he admits he let her down. He says he can’t go after Asif right now but she says they can’t wait.

She wants Sean to take what he cherishes. Asif calls Nasir (Parth Thakerar) to tell him that he is leading in the polls right now. He is confident his son will sweep to victory tomorrow. Nasir tells his father that the scumbag journalists are starting to call him “The Galloping Horse” candidate due to his connection to the heroin trade. Nasir isn’t happy that his father has decided to start a war with the Kurdish witch but Asif is sure that she is finished. Nasir tells his father that he doesn’t want or need his money. When the call ends, Nasir is told he’ll want to see what is happening on television. He watches a news report about the Adige Investment House Massacre before Jevan (Ray Panthaki) turns off the television and speaks with Ed. Jevan believes the attack will hurt business confidence.

Jevan tells him that he wants to know Alex is in control by the close of business today or none of them will be. When Ed leaves, someone snaps pictures of him from outside. Alexander calls his father and lets him know that Finn had to be involved in the money disappearance. Serwa (Pamela Nomvete) continues snapping pictures while Ed tells his son not to tell anyone anything until he gets there. Sean approaches Alex and asks him if he has found anything yet. Sean admits he has been returning to the photos over and over. He tells Alex that his father wasn’t that type of person or he had an overwhelming reason to do what he did. He suggests his father might’ve been protecting them from something. Elliot meets with Anthony and tells him they’ll need to pick up some guns from a car park over in the East End.

Anthony asks if those are Sean’s orders but Elliot doesn’t like him asking questions. Marian arrives with her friends and she orders Elliot to get them food. Pictures are taken of Alex before Sean arrives at home and learns about his mother’s friends. He encounters Serwa and asks her who she is so she explains that she works for Marian Wallace. Sean approaches his mother and asks her what she has been doing. She says she is protecting him before handing him a black notebook. He looks through it and can’t believe what he is reading. He sits downs and finds out that his mother has been tracking Ed all along. She always knew Ed was lying. Then, Ed tells his son there is only one way out of this. Marian checks on his son seconds later before Danny arrives with his mom. Shannon greets Sean but neither of them is happy to see her.

As Elliot arrives, Shannon tries to figure out what is going on. Elliot is told to take Danny into the office while they chat with Shannon. Ed and Alex enter seconds later. Elliot hangs out with Danny and tries to listen to the other conversation while Marian and Sean try to get to the bottom of the matter. Ed says he only knew that Finn was leaving on the day he was killed and he kept it quiet to keep things together but Marian believes they were in on it. Sean goes through the evidence and accuses Ed of killing Jack. Ed admits that and claims he did it for the good of the family. Marian asks him about the meetings with Jevan and Alex admits they should’ve told them the truth all along. He says they found out the people who killed Finn are the same people who tried to kill Sean. He reveals that it was the investors who wanted them dead.

Elliot and Colin listen from outside of the room. Then, the conversation turns to what Finn really did. They know Finn had Luan killed the boy and Alex begins to tell them why. Finn created a parallel business for himself and robbed new investors to pay off the old ones including the boy’s dad. He had no intention of paying them back so he had them killed. He stole the money from Luan and the Nigerians as well. By the time Finn planned to vanish, he had taken over a billion and a half. Ed reminds them that he took it from everyone sitting in this room. Alex says he couldn’t find the words to say it but Sean believes it is nothing more than a lie. Marian asks them about their meeting with Jevan today so Ed explains that the investors killed Finn because he was leaving.

He says they’re willing to let the business continue as long as Alexander runs the Wallace Organization. Marian asks what they want from Sean and Ed says they don’t want Sean anywhere near the business. Ed says Finn didn’t either. Sean grabs his gun and puts a bullet into Ed before Elliot storms into the room and tries to calm everyone down. Sean calls him a Judas and encourages Alex to take his scumbag father away. Alexander carries his father out of the house and Colin shuts the door behind them. Sean tells Elliot that he doesn’t want him going near Shannon ever again. Elliot says he understands before Sean says it is just them now. Elliot warns him that they’ll come after him so he can’t stay there. Billy shows up behind Elliot before he leaves.

Billy watches as Sean and Marian hug and try to comfort each other. He leaves as the emotional meltdown continues.

 

Gangs Of London Review

I am not sure what to think about Gangs of London. While it is still a bit interesting, I think the original storyline was much better. Now, things are a bit all over the place and I can’t keep up with everything going on. Nevertheless, this episode had a lot of action and I am sure a lot of people enjoyed it. I would prefer to have deep emotional storylines with characters I can relate to but I don’t get that with Gangs of London.

I am not fond of any of the characters and wouldn’t care if any of them got wiped out. I’ll stick with it just to see what happens but I am not a big fan of the show. I can see why people like it though. The action is pretty intense sometimes and the show is gory. I think people will like it simply because it has those elements. I’d give the episode a 7 out of 10. You can find previous recaps of Gangs of London on Reel Mockery.