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Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS for the Mayor of Kingstown season 3 finale!
This article contains a discussion of suicide.
Summary
- Showrunner Hugh Dillon has confirmed the major character deaths seen in the Mayor of Kingstown season three finale, confirming that none of the dead will be returning.
- The tragic deaths of Captain Kareem and Iris lend a brutal realism to the series, inspired by Dillon’s personal experiences.
- Dillon stresses the importance of authentically representing real-life tragedies, even if they lead to tragic endings for the characters.
Mayor of Kingstown Showrunner Hugh Dillon has confirmed the major character deaths from the season three finale, explaining why they happened the way they did and the tragedy that led to them. Mayor of Kingstown Season 3 ended with Milo finally dead, after being a major problem for Mike and the others in town since the beginning of Season 1. However, the final episode was also full of tragic endings, with Captain Kareem walking into the prison yard, intent on dying, while Iris commits suicide by overdose while on a bus.
Talking with VarietyDillon – who also plays Detective Ian Ferguson – confirmed the devastating deaths in Mayor of Kingstown season 3 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 evolved in such dark ways. Check out what Dillon had to say below:
You should say goodbye. Taylor taught me that, and that’s how we operate. It’s about life. The opium epidemic. I grew up in a prison city, and no one is safe and nothing is sacred. And if you understand that, it can be a grief-driven experience, but you have to put those real-life markers, otherwise it’s just a show. Those are real things that people deal with. I come from a prison city, so I’ve been dealing with that for years. And I’ve had a very close relationship with suicide, like friends who have committed suicide and opiates. And you have to dig into 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 them.
Yes. If we did anything else, it would be corruption. Creative corruption. Because that is the end. So to go back and say, “Oh, he was just sleeping…” They died. That’s 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.
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Source: Variety
