The Pool

**The Poo**l is the fourth episode of Season 2, and the fourteenth episode of the Paramount+ series, *Mayor of Kingstown* overall. It aired on February 5, 2023.

## Synopsis

*Mike increases pressure on Evelyn to honor her side of the deal before another unexpected event at tent city. Bunny worries Mike has lost control. Mariam attempts an act of good will.*

## Plot

A naïve construction worker unintentionally digs up buried treasure on a construction site and quickly covers it back up. The construction worker, Horace, takes the box back home and finds bonds inside that are potentially worth millions of dollars. Unsure how to cash in his riches, he asks a pawnbroker for advice.The pawnbroker tells him to burn the papers, as they will only bring pain, but Horace has dollar signs in his eyes now and urges for the name of a possible seller.

Meanwhile, the inmates in tent city are being shipped out to other prisons. Bunny is nervous about these transfers, since it wasn’t what he signed up for. This completely changes their deal; he may not have any control in another prison setting. He asks to speak with Mike and relays his worries to the mediator.

Unfortunately, Mike has lost all control over the situation but lies anyway, saying he’ll take care of it. Mike drives over to see Evelyn. She has bigger problems to deal with than a few angry inmates, as the prison riot delivers further repercussions. Mike needs the District Attorney to sign off on the paperwork to secure the General’s release, yet he is stalling.

Mike’s life may be on the line if he cannot hurry up this process. The other Generals are growing impatient. They warn Bunny that if Mike doesn’t solve this problem soon then his friend will be in grave danger. Mike tells Bunny that the District Attorney will sign the paperwork eventually. He suggests that Raphael takes over leadership responsibilities in the meantime, but Bunny cannot allow this to happen while he’s still on the inside. He warns Mike that the Generals are angry, and he may be in serious trouble if he cannot pull through with his promises.

A quick conversation with Kareem proves just as hopeless. Mike pleads with Kareem to stop Bunny and the other gang leaders from being transferred, but it is out of Kareem’s hands. Mike warns him that Kingstown will fall if the peace isn’t restored. This empty threat is futile though, as Mike finds out the hard way that every inmate has been transferred. Bunny orders him to visit tent city that night, and when Mike arrives, it is a ghost town.

Elsewhere, Horace takes the pawnbroker’s suggestion and arrives at the club where Iris works, looking for Joseph. Joseph and his goons beat the living daylights out of poor Horace, who honestly explains his situation. He’s soon tortured as Joseph asks for the whereabouts of this fortune. While Horace is tortured, his wife turns the bonds in at the local police station. Stevie is the man she speaks with first, and he quickly calls Mike about Milo’s riches. Mike tells Stevie to keep them out of the system and to keep them safe, Milo will be after them.

Later, a crowd eagerly waits for a swimming pool to be opened. The first child that enters dive bombs into the pool and he finds Horace dead, tied to a chair at the very bottom of the pool. Horace was tortured and killed for these bonds and it looks like he died in horrifying fashion trying to keep their whereabouts a secret.

## Cast and characters

### Starring

* Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky
* Dianne Wiest as Mariam McLusky
* Hugh Dillon as Ian
* Tobi Bamtefa as Deverin "Bunny" Washington
* Taylor Handley as Kyle McLusky
* Emma Laird as Iris
* Derek Webster as Stevie
* Hamish Allan-Headley as Robert
* Nishi Munshi as Tracy McLusky
* Aidan Gillen as Milo Sunter

### Guest starring

* Michael Beach as Captain Kareem Moore
* Necar Zadegan as Assistant D.A. Evelyn Foley
* Lane Garrison as Carney
* Gratiela Brancusi as Tatiana
* D Smoke as Raphael
* Charles Baker as Horace
* George Tchortov as Joseph the Russian
* Ash Santos as Coco
* Tony Demil as Colton

### Co-starring

* Dylan Kenin as Gunner
* Jake Schur as Jacob
* Marcus Brandon as Dedrick
* Reinaldo Faberlle as Luis
* Richie Stephens as Dmitri
* Steven Rodriguez as Marco Diaz
* Javon Johnson as Juvie Guard
* Tyler O'Malley as Waiting Client
* Robert S. Bates as Foreman
* Leo Williams as Luke
* Charles Pitts-Bonner as Parks & Rec Attendant
* Alec Ludacka as Long-Haired Defendant
* Neil Mulac as Slender Man
* Giovanni Lee Pridgen as Kareem's Son
* Robert Liscio as Juvie Guard #2
* Chad Gall as Public Defender
* Bryce Clyde Jenkins as Ronald
* Kristen Rakes as Rosanna

## Gallery

### Promotional Videos

Mayor Of Kingstown - Kyle Wants A Job (S2, E4) - Paramount+Mayor Of Kingstown - Behind The Story- "The Pool" (S2, E4) - Paramount+
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