Mayor Of Kingstown Season 3 Finale's Major Deaths Confirmed By Showrunner: "This Is About Life"

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Warning: MAJOR SPOILERS ahead for the Mayor of Kingstown season 3 finale!

This article contains discussion of suicide.

Summary Showrunner Hugh Dillon confirmed the major character deaths seen in the Mayor of Kingstown season 3 finale, confirming no one who died is coming back.

The tragic deaths of Captain Kareem and Iris add brutal realism to the show, inspired by Dillon's own experiences.

Dillon emphasizes the importance of portraying real-life tragedies authentically, even if they lead to tragic endings for characters.

Mayor of Kingstown showrunner Hugh Dillon has confirmed the season 3 finale's major character deaths, explaining why they happened the way they did and the tragedy behind them. Mayor of Kingstown season 3 ended with Milo finally dead, after having been a major issue for Mike and others in the town since the beginning of season 1. However, the final episode was also full of tragic endings, as Captain Kareem walks into the prison yard, intent on dying, while Iris commits suicide via overdose while on a bus.

Speaking with Variety, Dillon - who also portrays Detective Ian Ferguson - confirmed the devastating deaths in Mayor of Kingstown season 3's 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 has evolved in such dark ways. Check out what Dillon had to say below:

You should say goodbye. Taylor taught me this, and this is how we operate. This is about life. The opium epidemic. I grew up in a prison town, and no one is safe and nothing is sacred. And if you grasp that, it can be a grief-driven experience, but you have to put those real-life markers in, or else it’s just a show. Those are real things that people deal with. I’m from a prison town, so I’ve been dealing with these things for years. And I’ve had a very close relationship with suicide — like friends who have committed suicide, and opiates. And you’ve got to mine 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 it. Yes. If we did anything else, that would be corruption. Creative corruption. Because that is the end. So to come back and say, “Oh, she was just sleeping…” They are dead. This is 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