Paramount+’s Mayor of Kingstown season four, episode five, begins with Bunny (Tobi Bamtefa) supervising as guns are loaded onto a train, hidden behind trash. The outside of the container is marked, while unknown to Bunny, Cortez watches all this going down through binoculars.
(The following is a recap of season four, episode five, “Damned,” and there are spoilers.)
Bunny confirms drugs will come in via the same delivery system later that night. He confesses to being impressed with Frank’s system.
Mike (Jeremy Renner) visits Kyle (Taylor Handley), and Kyle’s looking better. Mike breaks the news that it’s Merle Callahan in the cell next to him and Kyle’s enraged. He had no idea that he’d been talking to Merle. Kyle lies and says advice is the only thing Merle has offered and promises not to let Merle know he’s onto him. Merle will do anything to get to Mike, and the brothers are sure he’ll hurt Tracy if that’s what it takes. She needs to be moved out of Kingstown immediately.
Mike promises he’s taking care of it as Kyle panics. There’s pressure on his chest and it takes him a minute to get his breathing under control. Mike assures him he’ll get through it; he just needs to keep it together.
Mike gets into a shoving match with Torres (Clayton Cardenas) after showing up at the warden’s office without an appointment. Warden Hobbs (Edie Falco) stops the confrontation, and Mike is livid that Merle is next to Kyle. Hobbs claims it’s a mix-up and says she just found out yesterday. She insists paperwork’s been filed to move Merle.
Hobbs seems a little surprised that Mike has figured out the rise of the Colombian cartel inside the prison and on the streets is tied to her employment as warden. She fights back by suggesting he’s just frustrated because he no longer has power within the prison walls.
Mike continues to insist she’s bought and paid for by the Colombians, and Hobbs continues to deny it. Hobbs wonders what Merle did that has Mike so upset, and Mike suggests she move him to gen pop. “As far as what he’s done, he’s taught me how to kill,” says Mike.
Over at the station, Captain Walter (Rob Kirkland) informs Ian (Hugh Dillon) that the grand jury is convening in two days. He will be indicted. Evelyn Foley only takes cases she can win to the grand jury. Plus, the public doesn’t like cops right now. Walter warns him Evelyn will make him appear to be worse than the criminals he takes off the streets.
Mike calls Ian to alert him that Kyle and Merle are neighbors and that Hobbs needs her cage rattled. Ian promises to take care of it but hopes Kyle won’t be on the losing end. Mike’s next conversation about Merle is with Tracy (Nishi Munshi), and they both assume the Aryan Brotherhood is responsible for her car alarm and the kitchen window being partially opened. Mike and Kyle want her to flee the state, but Tracy doesn’t want to leave. Mike insists it’s important that she survives and this is the only way to keep her safe. Tracy reminds him that everyone he tries to keep safe ends up hurt, including his mom and Mitch.
Tracy doesn’t want to leave but packs up anyway, knowing it’s for the best. KPD will escort her to the state line. She plans on staying at her sister’s home in Ohio.
Ian and Stevie (Derek Webster) watch Hobbs drive away from the prison and have units pull her over. The cops inform her that they received a tip she has contraband in her vehicle. Hobbs asks to see the warrant and Ian has Stevie back him up when he lies and says she granted them access.
Ian finds a gun case and takes her weapon, without telling her he’s removed it. They wrap up the stop, and Ian claims it was bad intel that made them pull her over. She asks about Carney’s murder investigation and Ian says it’s open and could lead in any direction.
Hobbs immediately checks the gun case and bangs the steering wheel in frustration when she confirms her gun is gone.
Ian meets Mike at the diner and shows him Hobbs’ weapon. Ian is now convinced she’s connected to the cartel because the fully automatic gun doesn’t have a serial number and has an epoxy grip. Plus, she has a secret compartment where it’s kept in the passenger seat. It’s an impressive amount of firepower and she must know how to use it. Ian claims he can book her on the gun and scandalize DOC to get rid of her.
Mike thinks they need to be patient. She’s connected to powerful people, and she knows Ian has her gun. Mike thinks she’ll eventually ask him about it. They can arrest her now or hold off to get bigger fish. Ian disagrees and wants to bring her in. The streets are quiet now and it would be good to keep it that way. Mike reminds him it’s always calm before the storm.
After meeting with Mike, Ian tells Robert (Hamish Allan-Headley) that he’s about to get indicted for Morrissey’s murder and that Evelyn has a witness. Ian only knows the witness is a food delivery guy, and Robert’s all in on finding him and convincing him not to testify.
Mike visits Evelyn (Necar Zadegan) at home to find out what it’ll take to get Kyle out of prison. Evelyn confirms she wants Robert but doesn’t need Mike to get him. If she indicts Ian, he’ll rat on Robert rather than serve time. Mike isn’t sure about that. According to Evelyn, only someone bigger than Robert would make her let Kyle out of jail. Evelyn believes Kyle will get through this.
Merle (Richard Brake) is savvy enough to understand that Kyle’s treating him differently because Mike now knows he’s his neighbor. He recalls the first time he saw Mike going berserk on three inmates. Mike could tune out everything while fighting, and Merle claims he saved Mike that day. He also insists he kept Mike alive inside and is keeping him alive outside. Merle calls himself Mike’s keeper. He also realizes there must be something Kyle’s hiding that would make him agree to prison time after shooting a fellow cop.
“Who are you here for, brother?” asks Merle. Kyle doesn’t respond.
Robert and Ian follow the food delivery guy and Robert chambers a bullet before stepping out of his car. Robert approaches Reggie the delivery man, lying that there have been package thefts and they need to speak with him. Reggie knows it’s about the grand jury and refuses to speak with Robert. Ian joins them and of course Reggie recognizes him. He threatens to record them and accuses them of tampering with a witness. When he pulls out his phone to go live, Robert shoots him. Reggie pleads with them to let him live, swearing he won’t say anything. Robert indicates it’s Ian’s turn to shoot, and Ian does, finishing him off.
Ian and Robert dump Reggie’s body in the river after removing their slugs from his body. They toss him into the water and watch as Reggie’s body sinks.
Cortez (Derek Rivera) organizes the cartel soldiers, and they stop the train in a secluded spot. Gunshots ring out as they find the marked container.
It’s late at night when Mike makes it to his office and discovers the warden’s there to see him. She agrees to move Merle and says he wins. Mike reminds her he can help her, but Hobbs doesn’t reply to his offer.
Mike has another unexpected visitor after Hobbs leaves, and he grabs his gun before responding to a knock. It turns out it’s Cindy (Laura Benanti), stopping by after her kids said he came over to see her when she wasn’t there. Mike confirms he stopped by to warn her that Hobbs has been compromised and can’t be trusted.
Meanwhile, guards show up at Kyle’s cell and handcuff him. He’s told he’s being taken for R&R and Merle yells out, “Kill whatever comes close to you.”
Kyle’s moved into a bed in gen pop. The other prisoners in the large room watch as he heads to his cot, no longer safe in a single, isolated cell.
Bunny interrupts Mike’s quiet time with Cindy, telling him to get to a bird’s eye. Mike and Cindy step out on the roof and watch a train fully enflamed in flames rolling down the tracks through town. Bunny confirms his product was on that train. He’s ready to go to war with the Colombians.
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