Pierce Brosnan’s patriarch is ruthless, but is his wife actually pulling the strings?
But we’re getting ahead of ourselves.
He gathers 10 or so men in a London restaurant’s backroom and convinces them to shake hands.
Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza and Paddy Considine as Kevin Harrigan in ‘MobLand’.Credit:Luke Varley/Paramount+
The criminals reluctantly accept the arrangement, but they refuse to apologize to each other.
After offering Harry an eloquent apple orchard analogy, he orders him to prune the rotten fruit.
This results in Harry returning to the meeting with two of his own hired guns and slaughtering both gangs.
Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan in ‘MobLand’.Luke Varley/Paramount+
We quickly learn the two should not be hanging out together, as they belong to rival crime families.
The bloody altercation brings all kinds of chaos, scaring off Tommy in the process.
The two take off into the night.
Paddy Considine as Kevin Harrigan and Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan in ‘MobLand’.Luke Varley/Paramount+
The next morning, we catch up with Conrad at his mansion in the English countryside.
Conrad’s happy with the news, but he also wants to expand into fentanyl dealing.
Archie bristles at this suggestion, warning it could start a war with Richie Stevenson, Harrigan’s rival.
(L-R): Helen Mirren as Maeve Harrigan, Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan, and Anson Boon as Eddie Harrigan in ‘MobLand’.Luke Varley/Paramount+
Kevin’s got a “situation.”
Eddie came home the previous night covered in blood.
Harry shifts into high gear, doing what he does best.
But it seems the previous night’s problems are far from fixed.
Richie responds by getting on the horn with Kevin, demanding to know where his son is.
But Eddie has already lied to his dad, denying that he even hung out with Tommy.
So aside from a few choice expletives, Kevin has nothing to share with Richie.
But Stevenson doesn’t buy it.
We later catch up with Jan at home, where she’s helping her daughter with homework.
She wants him to attend couple’s therapy.
Harry reluctantly agrees to go to one session.
While Jan’s trying to repair her marriage, Harry’s still trying to fix Conrad’s escalating situation.
Conrad and Harry decide a meeting should be set up with Richie before things get out of hand.
At the face-to-face, Richie demands to speak with Eddie in person.
Harry denies the request, but promises to get to the bottom of things.
Harry agrees to the timeline, but then puts in a secret call to Conrad.
While Richie survives the day, another character isn’t so lucky.
With the episode drawing to a close, we return to the Harrigan estate.
Conrad is holding a meeting, which includes family and “family.”
She tells him to watch Archie’s reaction when the F-word is mentioned.
At the meeting, Conrad announces his decision to expand the family empire into the lucrative fentanyl trade.
Archie, again, objects to this idea.
Conrad excuses himself to the bathroom, while Maeve approaches Archie and calls him out on his betrayal.
“Stick or twist, baby, stick or twist,” she coldly replies.
Executing his childhood friend clearly upsets him.
