MAYOR OF KINGSTOWN Is Ending as Paramount+ Sets Fifth and Final Season
Mayor of Kingstown is officially heading toward the end of the road. Paramount+ has renewed the brutal crime drama for a fifth and final season, bringing the saga of Kingstown to a planned close with an eight-episode run.
The series, created by Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon, premiered in 2022 and quickly carved out a reputation for its raw look at power, corruption, and survival inside a prison-driven town.
Jeremy Renner leads the show as Mike McLusky, the man tasked with keeping an uneasy balance between criminals, law enforcement, and inmates in the fictional Kingstown, Michigan.
In Season 4 of the series, Mike’s grip on the city began to slip as new forces moved in to claim control after the Russians left a dangerous void. That tension exploded in a violent season finale setting the stage for a final chapter shaped by the fallout of an all-out gang war.
The upcoming fifth season will pick up directly in the aftermath of that bloodshed, promising consequences that ripple through every corner of the city.
Renner is joined by Dianne Wiest, Aidan Gillen, Lennie James, Laura Benanti, Dillon, Taylor Handley, Tobi Bamtefa, Derek Webster, Hamish Allan-Headley, and Nishi Munshi.
Dillon has previously shared that he and Sheridan originally envisioned the story stretching to seven seasons. While Mayor of Kingstown steadily gained critical respect as it went on, it never quite matched the ratings muscle of other Sheridan-led projects like Landman or Tulsa King.
Even so, the decision to end with a shorter final season gives the creative team a chance to land the story with purpose rather than letting it fade out.
Sheridan and Dillon continue to serve as executive producers alongside Renner, showrunner Dave Erickson and Antoine Fuqua.
With one final season left, Mayor of Kingstown has eight episodes to wrap up Mike McLusky’s fight to control a city that thrives on chaos. I hope the show sticks the landing as its been one of Paramount+’s most uncompromising crime dramas.
