Mayor of Kingstown returns with Season 4 on Sunday, October 26, 2025, exclusively on Paramount+. The 10-episode season puts Jeremy Renner’s Mike McLusky in a pressure cooker from the opening scene, and the fallout touches every alliance in Kingstown.
Release and where to watch
New episodes of Mayor of Kingstown stream Sundays on Paramount+. Paramount+ plans currently start at $7.99/month for Essential (with ads) and $12.99/month for Premium (no ads), as listed by SFGATE on October 26, 2025. Season 4 consists of 10 episodes.
Cast and creators
- Jeremy Renner as Mike McLusky.
- Edie Falco as Nina Hobbs, the new warden at Anchor Bay Correctional Facility.
- Lennie James as Frank Moses.
- Laura Benanti as Cindy.
- Hugh Dillon as Ian Ferguson (also co-creator with Taylor Sheridan).
- Tobi Bamtefa as Deverin “Bunny” Washington.
- Taylor Handley as Kyle McLusky.
- Derek Webster as Stevie.
- Hamish Allan-Headley as Robert.
- Nishi Munshi as Tracy McLusky.
- Aidan Gillen as Milo.
- Emma Laird as Iris.
- Richard Brake as Merle Callahan.
- Lane Garrison as Carney.
- Necar Zadegan as Evelyn Foley.
- Michael Beach as Kareem.
- Photography credit cited in coverage: Dennis P. Mong Jr./Paramount+.
Premiere recap and major beats (spoilers, Episode 1 “Coming ’Round the Mountain”)
The Season 4 opener introduces Frank Moses (Lennie James) in a grisly sequence on the train tracks. Mike McLusky (Jeremy Renner) learns that Kyle (Taylor Handley) must serve six months for the attempted murder of Robert (Hamish Allan-Headley) stemming from the bridge shootout. Kyle accepts the sentence “for the right reasons,” but Mike braces for the “gauntlet” his brother will face inside.
Ian (Hugh Dillon) identifies the decapitated victims as Russian gangsters, signaling that “the devil we don’t know” has arrived. Mike warns Bunny (Tobi Bamtefa) and asks that Raphael (D Smoke) and the team protect Kyle on the inside. In a tense yard shift, the Colombians want a change to the status quo.
At Anchor Bay, Carney (Lane Garrison) trains newcomer Cindy (Laura Benanti) on ad seg and flags Kyle for special protection since “he’s a policeman.” Evelyn Foley (Necar Zadegan) pressures Ian to give up Robert after Ben Morrissey’s death. And the new warden Nina Hobbs (Edie Falco) makes her stance clear to Mike. She’s “honored” to meet the “mayor,” but rejects his usual overtures: “I’m not Kareem. There’s no more free passes. This is my castle now, and only I can lower the drawbridge.”
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What Jeremy Renner, Hugh Dillon, and Edie Falco say
Jeremy Renner frames the Mike–Bunny dynamic this season as a fragile trust built over time: “They’re as close to family as you can have and as close to trusting as you can have… [Although] most of Mike’s dealings are angsty anyway.” He adds that it’s “like family,” but the leash is short: “I’m really giving you a lot of trust rope, but you screw me, I’ll want to bury you.”
Hugh Dillon explains Ian’s choice to hide devastating news from Mike about Iris (Emma Laird): “He thinks he’s protecting Mike from his blind spots… in his world, he feels that it’s best if Mike doesn’t know. All Ian’s ever doing is trying to help.”
On joining the show as Nina Hobbs, Edie Falco embodies the series’ unpredictable edge, with creators praising how “it has an unpredictable velocity that you cannot look away from… [Falco’s] character is that personified.”
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Themes and stakes
Co-creator Hugh Dillon has said Season 4 is about “consequences,” adding, “The past doesn’t catch up with you. It reloads.” He also teased the tone as “a detonation, not an escalation. The blade’s sharper. The cuts go deeper.” Those quotes map onto the premiere’s shock-and-awe opening, the gangland power vacuum after the Russians, and the moral costs Mike faces to shield family and allies.
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What’s next for Season 4
Mike must keep Kyle alive while negotiating with Nina Hobbs, who “won’t tolerate” old loyalties to Kareem (Michael Beach). Frank Moses’ debut suggests a ruthless external force that could upset Bunny’s hard-won detente. Evelyn’s pressure on Ian keeps Robert and the entire bridge-shootout fallout front and center. With 10 episodes and weekly Sunday drops, expect the prison yard alliances—Crips, Colombians, Aryan Brotherhood—to reshape fast, with Merle Callahan’s “dark days” explicitly over.
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Everything you need to know to watch
- Premiere date: Sunday, October 26, 2025.
- Where to watch: Paramount+ (subscription required).
- Plans noted in coverage: Essential $7.99/month; Premium $12.99/month.
- Release pattern: Sundays on Paramount+.
- Season length: 10 episodes.
Mayor of Kingstown conclusion
Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 escalates the stakes for Mike McLusky while introducing Nina Hobbs, Frank Moses, and Cindy as immediate disruptors. For fans seeking the signature mix of hard choices and bruising consequences, the Sunday, October 26 Paramount+ premiere sets the tone.
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