Does Bunny Really Think He’s Still The “King” In Mayor Of Kingstown? (2024)

Warning! SPOILERS about Mayor of Kingstown season 3, episode 5 ahead.

Bunny was the one who came out on top after Mayor of Kingstown season 2’s deal with the gangs, but his story arc in season 3 raises many doubts about his standing remaining the same. Season 3 began with Mayor of Kingstown season 3’s new partnership causing chaos within Bunny’s organization, dismantling his drug distribution, and prompting Raphael to make an expensive deal with another gang so that the Crips could still sell non-contaminated drugs inside Anchor Bay. New arrivals and returns threatened Bunny, but only Mayor of Kingstown season 3, episode 5 confirmed the extent of Bunny’s problems.

Mayor of Kingstown presented various challenges for Bunny, with the prison riots in season 1 dismantling his gang’s hierarchy within the prisons and season 2 delivering him to Anchor Bay so that order could return to Kingstown. However, Bunny’s problems didn’t stop there, after AB-affiliated correctional officers threatened and beat him up, making Mike go out of his way to protect him and keep his end of the deal. However, Mayor of Kingstown season 3’s beginning established Bunny’s relative safety, going as far as letting him self-proclaim a “formidable monster,” before introducing the biggest threat for him to date.

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Bunny's Reaction May Very Well Show His & Konstantin's Leagues Are Different

Learning that Russian mafia boss Konstantin Noskov was behind the Crips’ contaminated drugs immediately prompted Bunny’s violent reaction in Mayor of Kingstown season 3, episode 5. The Crips’ punitive raid against Noskov’s Cavo bar almost took out Mike, who was there to discuss precisely Konstantin’s involvement in contrasting Bunny’s operation, and didn’t even cause Konstantin to falter, instead prompting him to compare Bunny’s gang to animals. While Bunny’s actions undoubtedly let his thoughts about the ordeal be known, they also didn’t dent Konstantin's operation, nor did they scare him, highlighting how different the two criminals were.

Mayor of Kingstown season 3, episode 5’s ending finally warned Mike of the Russian mafia’s deal with AB, showing how far Konstantin’s schemes had continued unchecked. However, Konstantin’s relentless attention to his deals also showed how much he and Bunny were in different leagues. While Bunny had thought hitting Cavo would have let Konstantin know he should back down, as similar actions would have inspired such a reaction from other gangs, Konstantin’s operation went on without a glitch, proving Bunny’s knee-jerk reaction as myopic as Konstantin’s plans continued without the smallest hitch.

How Bunny's Hubris Risks Being His Downfall In Mayor Of Kingstown Season 3

Bunny Was Instead Reasonably Scared & More Ready For Challenges In Seasons 1 & 2

Mayor of Kingstown season 3’s premiere presented Bunny as someone sure of his good luck and power, with the gang leader talking to Mike straight away about his ambitions beyond Kingstown. While Bunny badgered Mike to uncover who was behind the contaminated drugs, he rarely thought his entire operation could have been in danger, instead patting himself on the back for the idea of having a spy in the form of his cousin the correctional officer within Anchor Bay. Bunny evidently underestimated Konstantin, or he wouldn’t have considered the matter of the contaminated drugs ended.

Bunny’s hubris might be the thing that will decrease the Crips’ importance as a gang in Kingstown, as he didn’t attentively evaluate how big of a threat Konstantin’s organization was. Bunny’s reaction is completely out of character compared to his attitude in Mayor of Kingstown season 2, when he was rightfully afraid of what it meant to be in prison and how that could have meant enemies would have come for him. Hopefully, Mayor of Kingstown season 3 can still save Bunny, or it will risk his complete fall from grace due to Callahan and Noskov.

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Mayor of Kingstown is a drama-thriller series starring Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky, who takes over for his brother as the head of the family. The McLusky family are power brokers in Kingstown, Michigan, where the business of incarceration is the only thriving industry. Tackling themes of systemic racism, corruption, and inequality, the series provides a stark look at their attempt to bring order and justice to a town that has neither.

Cast

Pha'rez Lass , Jeremy Renner , Derek Webster , Hamish Allan-Headley , Hugh Dillon , Dianne Wiest , Aiden Gillen , Taylor Handley , Kyle Chandler , Tobi Bamtefa , Emma Laird

Release Date

November 14, 2021

Seasons

3

Network

Paramount

Streaming Service(s)

Paramount+ , Prime Video , Apple TV+

Writers

Taylor Sheridan

Directors

Taylor Sheridan

Showrunner

Taylor Sheridan

Main Genre

Drama

Creator(s)

Hugh Dillon , Taylor Sheridan

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