The Pool – The episode opens with a backhoe operator excavating a construction site discovering what he believes to be an old plumbing pipe. After a closer look, he believes it’s rubbish and covers it back up.
Raphael (D Smoke) tells Deverin “Bunny” Washington (Tobi Bamtefa) that his boy is letting it slip before suggesting they’re on their own. Bunny demands to know more about the inmate transfer. Carney (Lane Garrison) says there are five prisons in Kingstown while denying any knowledge of the transfer. Bunny has to threaten him to make a phone call to Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner). Mike answers Carney’s call to get a mouth full from Bunny. Mike assures him that he’ll not be moved to another prison.
A Public Defender (Chad Gall) tells Mike that the prison riot and massacre on 23rd don’t look good on the home team. Mike demands to know if Evelyn Foley (Necar Zadegan) knew about the Tent City transfer. She asks how long he expected it to last. He says at least until they’re plan with Bunny, Luis (Reinaldo Faberlle), Dedrick (Marcus Brandon), and Gunner (Dyland Kenin) found leaders for the gangs inside the prison. She complains about her heavy workload. He reminds her of their deal. She warns that ACLU is searching for someone to pin the prison riot on. She claims the DA is working to get the four gang leaders released but the documents have to be signed by the judge. Mike suggests the DA is taking advantage of what he gave him but assuring her that he’ll only cause more bloodshed.
Kyle McLusky (Taylor Handley) visits his brother, Mitch McLusky’s gravesite. After telling him that his baby will be named after him, he asks for his help. He visits Mike’s office to ask for a job.
Rosanna (Kristen DeVore Rakes) tells Horace (Charles Baker) that the bonds don’t exist but their value can be recovered if the issuer is active. He says if they can recover a tenth of the value, they will be millionaires.
Gunner (Dylan Baker) tells Bunny that Mike screwed them even though he’s supposed to be one of them. Bunny assures him that Mike didn’t play them. Gunner tells him that Mike is on the outside while he waits to be moved to another prison. He warns him if they don’t get out soon, they’ll be inside for a long time.
Iris (Emma Laird) asks Coco (Ash Santos) if she took her money and pills. Coco suggests she took the pills and the money went upstairs before walking away. Tatiana (Gratiela Brancusi) tells Iris that the girls join forces before asking if she’s going to cause their clan a problem.
Mike informs Bunny of the DA taking credit for them being behind bars. He assures him that he’ll sign their release papers soon. Bunny tells him that Tent City will be torn down in a week. Mike suggests setting Raphael up to be the leader. Bunny says Raphael can’t do anything while he’s still there. He warns him that they’ll be coming for him if he doesn’t get it fixed.
Mike asks Captain Kareem Moore (Michael Beach) for transfer information. Kareem denies having anything to do with the transfer process, he only signs the documents. Mike warns that if the four generals are moved, their plan will fall apart. Kareem admits to having his own plan. Mike assures him that they’ll lose Kingstown if the generals are shipped out. He says they’ll be nowhere safe for your kids before asking him to utilize his power to stop the transfer.
Horace visits a pawn shop to speak with Colton (Tony Demil) about the bonds. He offers him a deal, 50K worth of bonds for $10K cash. Colton warns him that dealing with bonds is dangerous before suggesting burning them. Horace pleads for a name.
Ian (Hugh Dillon) is talking to Mariam McLusky (Dianne Wiest) when juvie guard Danny (Javon Johnson) warns that Anchor Bay is sending the non-violent inmates back to the streets to free up space for Tent City inmates. He questions how long it will take for the nonviolent to become violent. Mariam tells Ian that she wants to speak with Marco Diaz (Steven Rodriguez). He assures her that Marco won’t be willing to speak with his victim from a week ago.
Mariam introduces herself to the juvenile inmates. She tells them about the murders of her husband and son, Mitch. Jacob (Jake Schur) says his father was murdered outside their home while worked on his homework. A juvie guard (Robert Liscio) asks if he’s supposed to be talking. Mariam assures him that she wants them to talk. Ronald (Bryce Clyde Jenkins) says his younger sister was murdered outside the school. He asks why she’s there because he knows who she and her sons are. She explains how her rage turned to thankfulness when her sons survived the prison riot.
Joseph (George Tchortov) has Horace beaten when he brings the bonds to his club. Horace claims to have found the bonds at a construction site. Joseph demands to know what he did with them. Horace offers to sell them to him for pennies on the dollar. Joseph orders his finger severed.
Rosanna takes the bags to the police station.
Bunny demands Mike come to Tent City. En route, he gets a call from Stevie (Derek Webster) who tells him there is something at the police station that he needs to see. Mike hesitates but agrees to stop by. Stevie’s waiting outside with a bond when he arrives. Mike asks how many bonds are there. Stevie suggests it could be all of them. Mike assures him that Milo Sunter (Aidan Gillen) will come for the bonds. He tells him to put them in his trunk and not tell anyone
Mike arrives at Tent City to discover all the inmates gone.
A lifeguard (Lovensky Jean-Baptiste) speaks to a group of kids before they are permitted to enter the pool. A young boy finds Horace strapped to a chair at the bottom of the pool as the episode comes to an end.
Mayor Of Kingstown Review
Bunny finds out that Tent City is to be closed and all the inmates transferred to other prisons. Mike promises to get him released but the DA is basking in the glory of putting them in prison. Evelyn’s feeling the heat from the prison riot and recent drive-by that killed a dozens of people.
Horace finds bonds during an exaction at a construction site. Pawnshop owner, Colton suggests burning them but he doesn’t listen. When he presents them to Joseph, he ends up in the bottom of a public swimming pool.
Concerned, Horace’s wife, Rosanna takes the bonds to the police station. Mike and Stevie know Milo will come for the bonds. Stevie agrees to hide them to keep the captain from finding out.
Mike arrives at Tent City to find all the inmates had already been transferred.
With Mike’s focus on the city, not Iris, it was a fairly good episode. Maybe, the best of the season so far. It looks like their past is about to catch up with them. The episode deserves a 6.2 Get more Mayor of Kingstown recaps here. Support Reel Mockery by clicking the link. Learn about our advertising packages by reaching out to our support team.
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Definitely better though I cannot get past the ridiculous premise of sending the four ganglords to prison in some scheme to set up a leadership hierarchy within the prison. It’s just too way out there.
Included is the whole Iris thing. She was a high end call girl earning probably thousands. Then escaped. Then left the witness protection program to go back to being not a high end prostitute, but just a regular human trafficking victim, drugged, tagged, and forced to make $4000 a night she doesn’t get to keep. The whole thing doesn’t make much sense. We are tempted just to write her off as a victim of her own stupidity.
I am glad that they didn’t subject us to more of Mariem’s woke lectures. Her candid talks with the juvenile prisoners was good. I wish there had been more of that.
As a side note I realized what a bad actor Taylor Handley actually is. His fake crying at the graveside was just awful and reminded me of when toddlers do the same thing to get their way.
lol! It is getting a little outlandish, isn’t it? As Mike would say, what happens on in the inside happens on the outside. Despite all these eye-rolling moments, it is a decent watch if you don’t expect much and don’t mind bending reality all the way through.
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