This Piece of My Soul

**This Piece of My Soul** is the tenth episode of the Paramount+ series, *Mayor of Kingstown*. It serves as the season finale of the series, and aired on January 9, 2022.

## Synopsis

*Kingstown Prison descends into total chaos. Mike desperately works to help stop a riot that will have serious consequences for all involved.*

## Plot

As Mike leaves to head back into town and returns to the area of cell service, he discovers his phone is full of messages from his work and family. After turning on the radio to find out about the prison riot and trapped guards, Mike speaks with his mother, who is worried about Kyle not returning Reading from a note, Carlos tells Mike that the inmates are looking for dignity. Mike knows this isn't Carlos' language and asks who's really in charge. Carlos arranges for Mike to meet with the guy in charge in the prison yard. When Mike worries that he won't be let in, Carlos tells Mike to watch the yard and gives an order to have one of the restrained guards executed to prove a point about who's in charge.

The police get cell service back online, and Kyle is able to text Mike to let his brother know that he's alive and so that they can track his position. With surveillance technology and information from Kyle and Ian themselves, the police are able to put together a SWAT team with a plan to extricate the men.

After making contact with the inmates, the prisoners ask to speak to Mike who serves as an inmate advocate. Prisoner Carlos Jimenez tells Mike that it doesn't feel like a riot but rather a revolution and that everyone on the inside wants this to play out. Mike tells him that all they can expect is an army of Humvees and guns to take them all out. Carlos tells Mike to watch the yard, where the prisoners have brought out a number of men covered in sheets. When they pull the sheets away, they reveal the still living but mangled guards have now been tied to structures built out of bed frames and put on display.

Reading from a note, Carlos tells Mike that the inmates are looking for dignity. Mike knows this isn't Carlos' language and asks who's really in charge. Carlos arranges for Mike to meet with the guy in charge in the prison yard. When Mike worries that he won't be let in, Carlos tells Mike to watch the yard and gives an order to have one of the restrained guards executed to prove a point about who's in charge.

The SWAT team prepares to head into the sewers beneath the prison to extract Mike and Ian. Mike tells the police that he thinks the prisoners are after payback. Meanwhile, Milo breaks into the guards' lockers in search of a uniform to wear and Kyle has a panic attack in the sewers. As some prisoners pass, calling out for them, Kyle hyperventilates and gives away their position. As the prisoners train their guns at the pair of detectives, the SWAT team fires and takes the inmates out.

Instead of leading the injured and traumatized men out of the prison, however, Robert leads them deeper into the prison, telling the pair that if they don't face the inmates now they'll regret it.

Back at the cabin, the bear that's been troubling Mike approaches while Iris stands on the porch. She retreats inside, crying and scared, to grab a knife and stands guard, once more on edge.

At Duke's house, two officers investigate the scene of Mike's recent rampage. They uncover a phone with a call to Mike right when the shots-fired call came into the police. While they say they'll ask Mike about what happened, one agent throws the phone into a bathtub full of acid where other evidence is being burned away.

Mike prepares to take his meeting with the inmate population and his entrance is televised, letting his mother know exactly what danger he's put himself in. The inmates direct him past burning mattresses and hanging guards to the riot's leader who is P-Dog. The National Guard tries to keep watch from the walls but lose visual on Mike as he disappears into the crowd. The final remaining armed guard then makes an appearance and the national guard beats him up to relieve him of duty.

P-Dog reveals that the animosity brewing among the inmates that lead to the riot all started with their mistreatment after they killed the child molester for the guards. When Mike asks what will happen with the guards, P-Dog tells him that the guards are the worst criminals in here before executing one of the them. The national guard on the walls then open fire on the inmates, killing P-Dog and forcing Mike to take cover.

The SWAT team enters the prison proper and makes short work of anyone they encounter. But even as they meet with success in quelling the riot inside the walls, the last remaining prison guard on the walls decides to take retribution out on the national guardsmen and shoots two of them before he's brought down.

The National Guard enters the prison walls and starts handcuffing any prisoner who remains alive. Milo takes this opportunity to bring an injured victim to the guardsmen while in his prison guard uniform, distracting the people in charge and using his disguise to finally escape. Mike and Kyle are finally reunited in the yard. They hug for a while before Mike tells him that they should save the rest of their reunion for later, apparently trying not to show vulnerability in public.

After reuniting with his mom on the outside, Mike returns to Iris and his cabin. Crouched on the floor and still brandishing a knife, she tells him that what was taken from her she can never get back, that she can't ever be whole again after her assault. Mike relates to this, even when Iris says that the only options are to live with part of you missing or to finish what was started.

## Cast and characters

### Starring

* Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky
* Dianne Wiest as Mariam McLusky
* Hugh Dillon as Ian
* Tobi Bamtefa as Bunny
* Taylor Handley as Kyle McLusky
* Emma Laird as Iris
* Derek Webster as Stevie
* Hamish Allan-Headley as Robert
* Pha'rez Lass as P-Dog
* Aidan Gillen as Milo Sunter
* Kyle Chandler as Mitch McLusky

### Guest starring

* James Jordan as Ed Simmons
* Jose Pablo Cantillo as Carlos Jimenez
* Michael Beach as Police Captain Kareem Moore
* Nishi Munshi as Tracy McLusky
* Adam Clark as Warden Mills
* Necar Zadegan as Assistant D.A. Evelyn Foley
* Derek Basco as Keno
* Rob Kirkland as Captain Walter

### Co-starring

* Rob Stewart as Captain Richard Heard
* Tim Post as Ernest Van Ackle
* Dru Viergever as Guard #3
* Kym Wyatt McKenzie as Command Sergeant
* Mark Rainmaker as Command Guard
* Paulino Nunes as State Watch Commander
* Craig Fraser as Tunnel Inmate
* David Chinchilla as State Trooper
* Charlie Benger as State Police SWAT Officer
* Caleb Phillips as Communication Specialist
* Kassandra Santos as Detective
* Ben Sanders as Patrol Officer
* Krista Morin as News Anchor
* Michael Friedman as Negotiator
* Drew Zeran as Chief Caleb Meacham
* Michael Park Ingram as State Police Command Officer
* Anwar Knight as News Reporter
* Johan DeNora as Guardsman Brian
* Chase Lawless as Sniper
* Len Gunson as Pilot

## Gallery

### Promotional Videos

Season finale sneak peek of "Mayor of Kingstown"
## Trivia:

* On January 07, 2022, Chase Lawless revealed that he will play a heavily armed member of the National Guard that gets sent to one of the prisons at the heart of the series.

## External Links

* Mayor of Kingstown at the Internet Movie Database
* Follow Mayor of Kingstown (@mayorofkingstown) on Instagram
* Mayor of Kingstown on Wikipedia
* Follow Mayor of Kingstown (@kingstown) on Twitter
* Watch *Mayor of Kingstown* on Paramount+

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mayor of Kingstown” LOGLINES - ViacomCBS Express
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Calgary-born actor, fight choreographer Chase Lawless lands role in Mayor of Kingstown, indie films - Calgary Herald