Mayor of Kingstown
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What has allowed the AB to flourish is their utter disregard for any consequences.
Theyre already in prison (often for life), so the threat ofmoreprison is no deterrent.
Guards dont scare them.
Other prisoners dont scare them.
They embrace violence as a first resort.
Instead, Kareem waits until he goes into work, where he chooses suicide by white supremacist.
He knows these goons wont listen to him when he tells them to disperse.
Hes expecting rightly to get shanked.
This is the first big death in Comeuppance.
Its not the last.
Though this finale is the longest episode of the season, it moves fleetly.
Like the bestMayor of Kingstowns, it has the kind of narrow focus that aids narrative drive.
Most of the action revolves around the Crips, KPD, and Mike springing that trap.
Just likelast weeks bungled schemeto have Raphael murder Merle, complications ensue.
But Evelyn, who grew up in Kingstown, is tired of these compromises.
Crime is crime, and shes an ADA.
She has the power to do something about a situation that has become untenable.
But while this may be true to life, the freedom to murder doesnt always make for great drama.
This kind of ultimatum is silly, frankly.
(If the goal is to end Konstantins life, just go ahead and end it.
Turning it into a test just wastes time and proves little.)
But the result is righteous.
Iris kills Konstantin and then tries to kill Milo who doesnt give her enough bullets to do so.
Oh, and on her way out of town, Iris ODs on pain pills.
Thats the final big death in this finale.
What does this all mean?
Fools, all of them.
But the most haunting moment in this episode comes before Kareem confronts the Aryans and ends his own life.
Its a sin to profit off punishment, Kareem says.
One last question as we wrap up this season: IsMayor of Kingstownstill a Taylor Sheridan show?
He didnt have any writing or directing credits in season three.
Granted, this doesnt mean he was a non-presence.
He couldve been doing writing passes on scripts and giving input in the writers room and on the set.
Ill also say thatMayor of Kingstownstrikes me as a punchier, pulpier, less soapy show thanYellowstone.
Make of that what you will.
