Mayor of Kingstown
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What I didnotexpect was that shed be gunned down during the cold open of the very next episode.
In her own beauty parlor, no less.
While listening ironically to the Wesley Paige song Better Days Are Coming.
Television can be cruel.
This weeks Ecotone breaks the season-three pattern of quiet, scene-setting episodes followed by stripped-down, action-packed thrillers.
Rhondas murder wouldseemto be the kind of all-hands-on-deck crisis that makes for an excitingMayor of Kingstown.
Hey, everyones gotta make a living.
Lead a racist gang?
Feel free to call Mike anytime, day or night.
Iris ends up getting manhandled a little, but at least no one is killed.
If Konstantin is grateful for the protection, he doesnt show it.
After all, the cops have nothing on him.
Theres no evidence that he was involved with Tatianas murder.
Konstantin blames the police for saving it.
That baby will lead a tortured life, he says icily.
But what are they supposed to do about it?
Theres no official hierarchy to appeal to.
Really, the person who seems to be the most in control right now is Merle Callahan.
During his Bunny-proofing campaign, Mike asks Kareem to move Merle into solitary.
So when the two old friends (?)
finally have a face-to-face at the end of the episode, Merle speaks to Mike frankly.
Well … eventually he does.
First, he has to speak allusively for a while, explaining to Mike the definition of an ecotone.
(Its the area of overlap between habitats, which teems with life.)
Then Merle gets to the point: He only wants to do business with predators.
Mediators like Mike are of no real use to him.
Or, to put it another way: You want balance?
Better days are coming?
We see that in a scene between Tracy and Warden Michaels (Tara Karsian) at the womens prison.
In Kingstown, its dangerous for anyone to sign their name to anything.
Hes just gotten an answer (via the auto shop!)
Save that RaHoWa crap for the trailer park, he says.
For the uninitiated (I had to Google it), that means racial holy war.
Merle may be a bigot, but hes apparently not a zealot.
Dying in your sleep?
