'Mobland' Season 1 Episode 1 "Stick or Twist" Recap
- Je-Ree
- Apr 4
- 2 min read
Long live Queen Helen Mirren. She is dominating Paramount+ with 1923 and now Mobland which has gained 2.2 million viewers since the premiere dropped. She did not have many scenes in the pilot but the scenes she did have proved that she is the one to look out for in the Harrigan family. Pierce Bronson’s Conrad may be King, but Helen Mirren’s Maeve is definitely the Queen.
We open with Harry (Tom Hardy) having a meeting with two mob families who cannot apologize to each other. When he goes to update Conrad on the outcome of the meeting, Conrad tells him in not so many words how to handle it. Harry returns to deliver the good news and takes both families out. So, it is now noted should Harry be giving you good news and your name is not Harrigan, the news really is not good at all.
Harry is the enforcer and cleanup for the mob family. He is also a family man himself who is having marital problem with his wife Jan (Joanne Froggatt, Downton Abbey) but seems to have a strong relationship with his daughter. Jan wants to go to therapy but Harry is reluctant. The question that remains unanswered is if Jan knows what Harry does for a living. Jan has been doing therapy on her own unsuccessfully but met a friend (possible love interest). I am keeping my eye on those two.
The grandson of Conrad, Eddie has been hanging out with is friend Tommy who is the son of a rival mob family. When they are out Eddie stabs someone and returns home but Tommy never makes it back. Eddie is keeping quiet and now Tommy’s father Richie is out for blood. Harry takes care of the man Eddie stabbed by scaring him into keeping quiet but now a war is coming.
Conrad wants to take over the fentanyl in the city and Richie stands in his way. He sends his best friend and deal maker Archie out to handle things and later in the episode calls a family meeting with all the kids (one he clearly had with another woman and Maeve treats her like she doesn’t even exist) and Archie to discuss the next move. Before the meeting Maeve tells Conrad that Archie has betrayed him with Richie. Which goes back to an earlier scene in the episode where Maeve first sees Archie and said she thought he was dead. Conrad has a hard time believing it at first but when Maeve tells him to mention “the fire” watch his reaction. Conrad does just that and it confirms that Archie has been working with Richie. Conrad shoots him dead much to Maeve’s delight. Conrad is upset and does not want Maeve to touch him.
This dynamic is so interesting. Is Conrad even in charge or is Maeve the one pulling the strings? What did you think of the episode? Drop a comment and remember to vote in our poll.
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