I liked this episode Jeremy renner was great in it and so was everyone else and can't wait for next weeks episode to and my favorite part of episode five since we are officially half way through is when mike was fighting with the parents when he had taken bunny's son to hockey.
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Good show, I'm still watching
bccpldt26 February 2023
Warning: Spoilers
I'm surprised that at this date I'm the first person to write a review of this episode.
Anyway, I'm over halfway through the first season Mayor of Kingstown and I'm finding a lot to like about it. It had a bit of a unremarkable start but the storyline is unfolding in an interesting way and Jeremy Renner is fantastic in the lead role. There's a great mix of competing motivations spanning the criminal underworld, two prisons, and law enforcement. And an interesting mystery too.
Unfortunately, there's a scene in this episode that's silly. The main character, Mike, is asked by the local drug kingpin to escort a young relative to a hockey game he's participating in. During the game, the young man is bullied because he's black. When he pushes back, the entire opposing team and several of the fathers in the stands attack him and Mike has to fight them off. The scene ends with Mike in the rink swinging a hockey stick to fend off about 15 assailants. Later when Mike is talking about the altercation with the Drug Kingpin, the latter man (who arranges assassinations and sells drugs in the community) laments the racism that his young relative has to face. The whole thing felt contrived and like either the writers were virtue signaling or bending the knee to the BLM movement.
The good news is that it didn't ruin the show for me. So if you run into this scene and it bugs you my advice is to just take it in stride.
Anyway, I'm over halfway through the first season Mayor of Kingstown and I'm finding a lot to like about it. It had a bit of a unremarkable start but the storyline is unfolding in an interesting way and Jeremy Renner is fantastic in the lead role. There's a great mix of competing motivations spanning the criminal underworld, two prisons, and law enforcement. And an interesting mystery too.
Unfortunately, there's a scene in this episode that's silly. The main character, Mike, is asked by the local drug kingpin to escort a young relative to a hockey game he's participating in. During the game, the young man is bullied because he's black. When he pushes back, the entire opposing team and several of the fathers in the stands attack him and Mike has to fight them off. The scene ends with Mike in the rink swinging a hockey stick to fend off about 15 assailants. Later when Mike is talking about the altercation with the Drug Kingpin, the latter man (who arranges assassinations and sells drugs in the community) laments the racism that his young relative has to face. The whole thing felt contrived and like either the writers were virtue signaling or bending the knee to the BLM movement.
The good news is that it didn't ruin the show for me. So if you run into this scene and it bugs you my advice is to just take it in stride.
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