"We see this multiple times in this week's episode, most notably when prison guard Kevin Jackson tips Mike off that his boss, Torres, has another drug shipment coming in on a gas tanker truck. Mike tells Kevin not to worry about anyone finding out he's been spilling insider info, saying, "If any of this lands on their radar, I'll handle it." Kevin, a savvy young man, replies, "I hear the words you're saying. They're just words.""
"Words are all Mike ever has to offer. Sometimes this keeps him out of trouble. Earlier, when ADA Evelyn Foley blames him for the missing witness in her grand jury case, Mike has an easy dodge. "There are things I do not do." Or to put it another way: He doesn't do much at all. What can Evelyn charge him with? Grunting suggestions at cops and criminals?"
"As bracing as it is, though, to hear so many Kingstonians speak the truth aloud about Mike, it doesn't do much to help this particular episode, the season's weakest. As often happens with prestige-y crime dramas as they near the end of an arc, this week's Mayor of Kingstown, "My Way," is overstuffed with characters and plot. Yet it's also hesitant to move anything towards a resolution, since there are still three episodes left to fill."
Supporting characters increasingly see Mike McLusky as the cause of Kingstown's problems rather than its fixer. A prison guard confronts Mike about a drug shipment and dismisses Mike's promises as mere words. Mike repeatedly relies on verbal evasions instead of concrete action, even when ADA Evelyn Foley accuses him of contributing to a missing witness. The episode includes a violent drug-hijack carried out under Mike's suggestion, which unknowingly plays into a scheme to implicate Frank Moses. The installment feels overstuffed with characters and plot, offering little resolution and functioning largely as a recap.
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