[Warning: The following post contains MAJOR spoilers for Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 Episode 2, “Promises to Keep.”]

No one is ever safe on Mayor of Kingstown , and that’s part of the beauty of the show. Still, that doesn’t mean it’s not surprising or deeply upsetting to see certain characters go down, and Season 4’s second episode came with a massive gut-wallop in its final moments.

Coming into the episode, Mike McLusky ( Jeremy Renner ) learned that he had very few allies on the inside after Nina Hobbs ( Edie Falco ) became the new warden and declined to continue the tradition of him exercising power and influence over Anchor Bay. That setback came at the absolute worst time, too, since his little brother Kyle ( Taylor Handley ) was sentenced to a six-month stretch and

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