
Season 3 ended with some truly shocking moments, but the biggest one for me was seeing Mike’s brother, Kyle – a cop, played by Taylor Handley – actually shoot another officer. It wasn’t about malice, though; he did it to save lives. That other cop, Robert (Hamish Allan-Headley), was one of the guys willing to bend – or break – every rule to help Mike deliver his own version of justice. Remember, the whole season started with me worrying about keeping Kyle safe inside the prison. Things got even more complicated when a new warden, Nina Hobbs (Edie Falco), arrived determined to clean the place up after the previous warden’s death. And it wasn’t just inside the walls; new criminal players showed up in Kingstown, throwing the whole balance off. Being mayor is never easy for Mike, but all of this really threw him for a loop. Honestly, Mayor of Kingstown feels like a raw, unflinching look at power in America, and how messed up it can be. Take away the gritty setting and the modern details, and you could easily imagine this being a show like Game of Thrones – a world where people are constantly fighting for control, and the lines between good and evil are seriously blurred.