Paramount+’s Mayor of Kingstown season four episode nine—the penultimate episode—opens with the discovery of Robert’s body and a huge police presence outside of his house. Ian (Hugh Dillon) confirms that by the time the cops showed up in Belleville, Callahan was already gone. He promises Mike (Jeremy Renner) that everyone is focused on finding him. Mike pledges to kill him for Kyle’s sake.
(The following is a recap of season four, episode nine, and there are spoilers.)
DA Evelyn Foley (Necar Zadegan) is upset that Robert committed suicide before she could bring him to justice. She’s also sorry that Tracy was murdered. Mike asks that she release Kyle since he’s almost been killed three times behind bars and now he’s just looking for a way to kill himself. He insists he’s going to deliver Frank Moses for prosecution, so she needs to get Kyle out now.
Evelyn will release him within 24 hours if Mike delivers Frank.
Mike pays Frank (Lennie James) a visit at his warehouse, and Frank’s in mourning over the death of his friend of 50 years, LJ, who was just gunned down. Frank can’t believe it happened in Kingstown and that he was shot directly in the face. No one saw anything, and Mike confirms witnesses never come forward in Kingstown. Frank warns that he’s going to destroy the entire town to get to whoever killed LJ.
Lamar (Zuri James), Bunny’s driver who drove him into an ambush on Frank’s orders, is in a panic over LJ’s murder. Mike had promised him the only way to get through this alive was to kill LJ; that would earn him Bunny’s forgiveness. Of course, that also puts him in Frank’s crosshairs. Mike assures him he’s taken care of the situation, and he should just return to Bunny’s crew.
Over at the prison, Warden Nina Hobbs (Edie Falco) tells the guards that Deputy Warden Torres has resigned. After she dismisses the group, she tells Breen that he’s being put on restricted duty after an excessive force complaint was filed. Breen reacts angrily and Hobbs reminds him to watch how he speaks to her. He’s lucky he still has a job.
Cindy Stephens (Laura Benanti) checks on Kyle (Taylor Handley) but he refuses to move or speak.
Mike meets with Evelyn and Kyle’s lawyer, Barry Chester (Mackenzie Astin). Barry is going to say that he wasn’t an effective councilor (he doesn’t mind lying to help), but he’s not sure why the DA would be ready to let Kyle out. He’ll file paperwork to rescind Kyle’s plea.
Mike heads over to the prison and Cindy breaks the news that Kyle won’t speak with him. He’s basically catatonic at this point. Mike insists on seeing him and stands outside Kyle’s cell, telling him all he needs to do is sign the paperwork and he’s free. Kyle wants to give up and Mike reminds him about his baby and how much Mitch needs him. Mike wants him to channel his rage and make it work for him. They will find Callahan and bury him.
“This is the most important moment of your life. And we’re going to get through it together,” says Mike.
Mike tells Warden Hobbs that Kyle’s attorney needs to be walked in as soon as he arrives. There’s no time to waste. She’s impressed he handled this so quickly, and he asks what he can do for her. She confesses the Colombians are looking for someone else to blame, in addition to Torres, for the hijacking of their shipment. They want whoever fed the information to the Crips. Once she delivers that name, they promise she’ll be free.
She admits Torres was a good man; she’s the one who brought him into this. He didn’t deserve to be her scapegoat.
Mike returns to Frank and tells him that Lamar killed LJ and KPD has video of it. And now here comes the bombshell Frank’s not expecting. Mike reveals that he knows Frank was behind the hit on Bunny. When Frank’s attempt to murder Bunny and take over Kingstown didn’t work, Lamar was, as Mike describes it, “in a vise.” Lamar chose to go after Frank and not Bunny.
Mike claims he doesn’t care if Frank decides to go after Bunny again. He’s lost most of his family and Kyle’s barely hanging on. Mike says he’s given too much to Kingstown and is tired of all of it.
Kyle signs the papers rescinding his guilty plea.
Mike orders Ian to catch Frank in the act of killing Lamar, giving him the address for where to find him. He only wants Ian and Stevie to handle it; this is key to getting Kyle out of jail.
Lamar is tased and tossed into the back of a van. Meanwhile, Callahan sits down for lunch and receives a call asking how he’s doing.
Bunny packs his things at the hospital and rages about taking down Frank as Mike watches. Mike reminds him he needs to let the KPD do their job, and Bunny agrees that he will wait to kill Frank when he’s locked up. Mike lets Bunny in on the fact he’s now got Warden Hobbs in his pocket. He suggests that maybe it’s time to cut Kevin (Bunny’s guard on the inside) loose.
Once he’s out of the hospital, Bunny talks to Raph and says he’s ready to wipe out the Colombians on the outside. Raph can take care of the ones in prison.
Frank pulls up at the address just as Ian and Stevie (Derek Webster) are running out of patience on their stakeout. Frank has a small gun in his hand as he steps inside the house. Lamar’s taped to a chair and gagged as Frank approaches him, angry that he must take care of this business himself. LJ’s death has Frank acting rashly, and he kicks over Lamar’s chair, reminding him he gave him an opportunity.
Frank can’t forgive Lamar for killing his best friend and pumps six shots into him. Ian and Stevie approach, guns drawn. They grab Frank just as he’s putting the key back under the doormat. He’s placed under arrest.
Over at the prison, Cindy and Clyde (John Cenatiempo) are dealing with a prisoner in Ad Seg who has smeared feces all over his body. Neither guard wants to clean the cell, and Clyde calls for Breen to head to Ad Seg with a mop.
Breen is disgusted by the mess and while everyone is distracted with Breen, Kyle takes more of the drugs that Callahan smuggled to him.
The prisoners chant “Breen eats shit,” and Breen’s had enough. He storms out of Ad Seg.
Evelyn joins Mike waiting for Frank to be brought to the station. Frank’s avoided having dirty hands in Detroit, and neither the police nor the FBI could ever find anything to charge him with. It was only after LJ was murdered that Frank pulled the trigger himself.
Mike doesn’t say a word to Frank as Frank’s brought past him in handcuffs into the station.
Breen returns to Ad Seg with a shotgun and immediately kills Clyde. He turns the shotgun on Cindy but she’s in a locked area and the glass shatters as she hides. Breen then walks through the area, shooting into the cells and killing prisoners. Cindy radios for help and then shakes as she tries to open a locker.
Kyle has remained calm in his bed this entire time until he hears Breen reloading. He finally stands and moves toward the bars as Cindy gets an assault rifle. The few inmates still alive plead with Breen not to shoot them, but Breen continues methodically moving from cell to cell.
Kyle stands right next to the bars in his cell and doesn’t flinch. Breen is mere inches away, shotgun pointed at Kyle’s chest, when Cindy fires a shot. Breen goes down. Kyle’s still alive and returns to his bed without saying a word.
By the time Mike pulls up there’s a line of ambulances and coroner vans, along with a dozen police cars. Mike passes by Hobbs standing over a line of body bags and continues until he sees Cindy’s car. They hug, and Cindy is obviously in shock.
Warden Hobbs escorts Kyle out of the prison and Mike hugs him, but Kyle still doesn’t say anything. They drive in silence to the diner where Ian and Stevie are waiting. Mike picks up a bag of food to go, and Ian assures him they’ll try and get something on Callahan before Mike returns. Mike’s going to take Kyle out of the city.
Stevie opens the diner’s door to leave and is met with a volley of gunfire. The first shot hits Stevie in the shoulder as heavily armed men in tactical gear pour bullets into the diner while approaching.
Episode nine ends with Mike, Ian, Stevie, and Kyle pinned down.
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