Mayor Of Kingstown Season 3 Finale's Major Deaths Confirmed By Showrunner: "This Is About Life"

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Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for the Mayor of Kingstown season 3 finale!

This article contains discussion of suicide.

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Mayor of Kingstownshowrunner Hugh Dillon has confirmed the season 3 finale’s major character deaths, explaining why they happened the way they did and the tragedy behind them.Mayor of Kingstownseason 3 endedwith Milo finally dead, after having been a major issue for Mike and others in the town since the beginning of season 1. However, the final episode was also full of tragic endings, as Captain Kareem walks into the prison yard, intent on dying, while Iris commits suicide via overdose while on a bus.

Speaking withVariety, Dillon - who also portrays Detective Ian Ferguson -confirmed the devastating deaths of Kareem and Iris inMayor of Kingstownseason 3’s finale.The showrunner explained how they add a level of brutal realism to the show, citing where he grew up as an influential part of how the show’s story has evolved in such dark ways. Check out what Dillon had to say below:

Mike (Jeremy Renner) talking on the phone with Iris in Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 Episode 8

You should say goodbye. Taylor taught me this, and this is how we operate. This is about life. The opium epidemic. I grew up in a prison town, and no one is safe and nothing is sacred. And if you grasp that, it can be a grief-driven experience, but you have to put those real-life markers in, or else it’s just a show. Those are real things that people deal with. I’m from a prison town, so I’ve been dealing with these things for years. And I’ve had a very close relationship with suicide — like friends who have committed suicide, and opiates. And you’ve got to mine those experiences. You can’t just gloss over them, and that’s what I bring. I understand this world and these people, and it’s our job to go deep and hit hard and not gloss over it.

Yes. If we did anything else, that would be corruption. Creative corruption. Because that is the end. So to come back and say, “Oh, she was just sleeping…” They are dead. This is what happens. It’s a tragedy. We know these people, and we understand. To pretend it didn’t happen would be a disservice to all of us.

Jeremy Renner as Mike and Aidan Gillen as Milo in Mayor of Kingstown-1

What Mayor Of Kingstown’s Major Deaths Mean For Season 4

Kareem’s death brought his character full circle in a tragic way, his decision to enter the prison yard guaranteeing that his fate would be sealed, even if it wasn’t directly by his own hand. Iris, however, wound up with an even more horrific end, her overdosing despite Milo and Konstantin both being dead and getting the chance to start her life anew.Both of these deaths showcase the brutality of the show, which never seems to leave any character unharmed by its events. It also highlights the unpredictability ofMayor of Kingstowndeaths, meaning anyone could die at any time.

Both Kareem and Iris' deaths are bound to shape what happens in the story moving forward. WhileMayor of Kingstownseason 4hasn’t been officially confirmed yet, the show’s popularity means it has the potential to continue,with the two suicides marking a key shift for surviving heroes.Mike will likely be most impacted by what happened to Iris, a new grief he’ll have to wrestle with while continuing to keep law enforcement and organized crime in line. The Captain’s demise seems like it could impact any number of police characters, such as Kyle and Ian.

1 Milo Line In Mayor Of Kingstown Season 3’s Finale Perfectly Summed Up Mike’s Biggest Problem

Mayor of Kingstown often showed Mike’s weakness, but one line from Milo in season 3’s finale got right to the point of Mike’s recurring problem.

Given how important bothcharacters inMayor of Kingstownwere for quite some time, their deaths are going to take a toll on how the series operates moving forward.This next chapter of the series is likely to be darker than the last, now that season 3’s final episode has established such important characters can be killed off at a moment’s notice. With the show retaining its dark elements coupled with brutally realistic deaths, it remains to be seen how much darker the show can get should it continue into season 4.

Mayor of Kingstownseason 3 was Jeremy Renner’s first project since his snowplow injury in 2023.