The “Mayor of Kingstown” started with a steady pace and slow-burn moments. But as the end comes closer, the knot is getting tighter and tighter. In Episode 7, Mike’s mother, Miriam McLusky, who teaches at Women’s Prison, discusses the importance of cooperation in a world of competition.
The prison tension further escalates in Episode 7 and hints towards impending chaos. The prisoners slowly rise in rebellion and make alliances against their common enemy, the prison guards.
The sensitive matter needs Mike, but Mike is busy dealing with his nemesis, Milo Sunter. Iris was kidnapped by Milo’s men from Mike’s office in Episode 6. Let’s get into the shocking events of Episode 7 and find out what happened.
What’s in the metal case at the end of S1 E7?
At the end of “Mayor of Kingstown,” Episode 7, Mike found Milo’s hidden metal trunk, but what he found inside shook his soul. The post-credit scene suggested that whatever was inside the metal case, was enough to frame Mike as a criminal.
Episode 8 unfolded the mystery. The “metal case” that Milo blackmails Mike to dig up turns out to be a school bus full of 26 dead and rotting corpses. Since the police and FBI have been following Mike, the site quickly turns into a crime scene, and the authorities are baffled.
It did not take them long to realize that the bodies likely belong to the victims of James Parker. The bigger question surrounding the contents of Milo’s case is how he knew about where the bodies are hidden.
According to Milo’s lawyer, he can’t have anything to do with the much more recent bodies since he has been in prison for nine years. However, as Milo has successfully demonstrated (by kidnapping Iris), he can easily get deadly attacks carried out from inside prison.
Milo might probably be the one behind the spree of 26 murders that James Parker supposedly carried out. The dead bodies that Milo has led Mike to also open up a can of worms for the powerbroker.
Mike will be likely connected to the bodies in some way for knowing their location and could also end up going to prison if he fails to connect the bodies to Milo.
“Mayor Of Kingstown” Episode 7 Ending Explained
Milo’s henchman, Joseph shot Pete Hastings. Hastings became a threat to Milo, and thus threats had to be cut off. The police found Hasting’s body in a pile of garbage. Even if the footage of Hastings, kidnapping Iris, and shooting his fellow agents turns up, the police wouldn’t able to link it to Milo.
On the other hand, we see Joseph selling Iris to a white gang member, Duke. Milo and Joesph make sure to punish Iris for talking to the feds about their arrangement with congressmen and senators. Poor Iris became entangled in a pack of hounds, and only Mike could save her from hell.
We already talked about how shocked Mike and everyone else were to find Milo’s metal truck laden with 26 dead bodies at the end of Episode 7. Milo’s intentions of framing Mike for the murders are clear from this.
As soon as the prisoners saw the daylight and came back to the yard, Ed witnessed a 30-minute meeting between rival gang groups. He concluded that they were probably conspiring against the police and would retaliate if they were not stopped in time.
“Mayor of Kingstown” Episode 7 Recap
In Episode 6, Tim Weaver’s nephew, Sam, a novice prison guard, accidentally shot a black prisoner during a gang riot in the yard. For Sam’s safety, Warden Mills sent him to the woman’s prison, but danger followed him.
Initially, Sam perceived women’s prison as some kind of vacation. However, it was as dangerous as the men’s prison, but Sam failed to see the evil behind those alluring faces. His mistake sealed his fate since a female prisoner tried to seduce Sam at night, while her cellmate was recording Sam lusting over her.
Sam ended up taking the bait and the prisoners would use the clip against the police in their war against them.
And the other gangs conspired against the black gang and killed one of their men in the yard, Warden Mills announced a total lockdown in prison. However, the gangs went on a hunger strike to compel the warden to lift the lockdown.
Warden Mills desperately wanted a solution to end the chaos because he couldn’t afford to have a prison-wide hunger strike during the holidays. Hence, he decided to discuss the matter with the gang’s leaders.
Ed was forced to take the black gang leader P-Dog out of an ad-seg facility and threatened him not to discuss their deal with Warden Mills. But P-Dog was looking for an opportunity to hit back.
He hinted to Warden Mills that the police were the root of all the cause. This is because they didn’t finish their part of the deal made in exchange for disposing of their trash, i.e., Kenny Miles.
While Warden Mills didn’t understand the confusing plot at that moment, he decided to investigate the matter, which would probably create problems for Ed, Tim, and Mike.
What to expect from “Mayor of Kingstown” S1 E8?
Episode 8 will see Ed and Tim looking for Mike’s help, but Mike is busy dealing with Milo. Like Bunny said in the episode, you can leave the problems for as long as you want, and they will still be there. Just bigger and deadlier.
Gang war breaks out on the streets, and prison guards are stabbed as pandemonium reigns. Even Mike seems to have thrown caution to the wind. We see Iris at her lowest too.
About Mayor of Kingstown
Mayor of Kingstown is a Paramount+ series created by Taylor Sheridan of the Yellowstone fame. It’s also co-created by co-creator Hugh Dillon and directed by Antoine Fuqua.
A long list of people are executive producing the show – Sheridan, Fuqua, Dhillon, Jeremy Renner, David Glasser, Ron Burkle, Bob Yari and Michael Friedman.
The cast includes Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Emma Laird, Derek Webster, Taylor Handley and Tobi Bamtefa, among others.
Mayor of Kingstown revolves around the McLusky family and their attempt of bringing law and order to a town that doesn’t have it. It tackles real world issues such as systemic corruption, racism, and equality.
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