MobLand
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MobLand Season 2 returns this Friday with its third episode, following last week’s increasingly tense installment and the arrival of a dangerous new player in the Harrigans’ already crowded field of enemies.
Episode 3, titled “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg,” picks up with Frankie Cooper (Johnny Flynn) no longer content to circle the Harrigans from a distance. Meanwhile, Maeve (Helen Mirren) is digging for secrets, Kevin (Paddy Considine) and Harry (Tom Hardy) are plotting their next move and Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) is a ticking time-bomb just waiting to explode. Maeve is a firecracker, which makes the two quite the combustible pair.
Here’s when MobLand Season 2, Episode 3 comes out on Paramount+, what to expect and the complete remaining Season 2 release schedule.
MobLand Season 2 Episode 3 At-A-Glance
| Season 2 Global Premiere | Friday, September 18, 2026 |
| Episode 3 Release Date | Friday, October 2, 2026 |
| Episode 3 | “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg” |
| Streaming On | Paramount+ |
| Expected Release Time | 12 a.m. PT / 3 a.m. ET |
| Number Of Episodes | 10 |
| Release Day | Fridays |
| Season Finale | Friday, November 20, 2026 |
| Created By | Ronan Bennett |
| Showrunner | Jez Butterworth |
| Executive Producers | Jez Butterworth, Guy Ritchie, Tom Hardy, and others |
| Season 2 Writers | Jez Butterworth, Esther Watson |
| Season 2 Directors | Guy Ritchie, Anthony Byrne, Lawrence Gough, Brady Hood, Zetna Fuentes, Daniel Syrkin |
| Starring | Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan, Helen Mirren, Paddy Considine |
| Season 3 | Renewed |
U.S. Release Times
New episodes land at midnight PT each Friday with the finale dropping on November 20.
| Time Zone | Release Time |
|---|---|
| Pacific | 12:00 a.m. |
| Mountain | 1:00 a.m. |
| Central | 2:00 a.m. |
| Eastern | 3:00 a.m. |
What Is MobLand Season 2 Episode 3 About?
Watch the MobLand Episode 3 promo below:
The official synopsis reads:
“Maeve probes Conrad for secrets, positioning herself against threats old and new; as Frankie forces a high-stakes sit-down, Kevin and Harry game out their strategy.”
Frankie Cooper was mostly lurking around the edges of the story when we first met him, but that appears to be changing quickly. Kat McAllister (Janet McTeer) and Colin Tattersall (Toby Jones) brought Frankie into the picture as a weapon against the Harrigans, and after a bloody introduction at the end of last week’s episode, he’s forcing a sit-down with the family. That almost certainly won’t be a friendly chat over tea and biscuits. We still know very little about Frankie, but we know one thing: He’s not afraid to make a big entrance. One imagines his exits will be just as dramatic.
Harry and Kevin, meanwhile, appear to be working together to figure out how to deal with this new threat. Given Conrad’s increasingly erratic behavior, the two men may have to worry just as much about what’s happening inside the Harrigan family as what Frankie is planning outside it (of course that’s been true since the series premiere).
Then there’s Maeve, who seems to be cooking up her own schemes yet again and manages to get away with it no matter how badly she screws things up for everyone else. I think she’s perhaps a tad too confident in her own abilities and risks overplaying her hand, however. Of course with Maeve you never really know what to expect.
The episode title, “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg,” continues Season 2’s musical naming convention. It’s also the title of a 1985 Ramones song, following The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and Blur’s “Song 2.”
Read my review/recap of Episode 2 right here. Read my series premiere review here.
MobLand Season 2 Release Schedule
Unlike some streaming series, and just about everything on Netflix, MobLand won’t arrive all at once. Paramount+ is releasing one new episode every Friday for ten weeks, with the Season 2 finale landing November 20. This means that I’ll be able to review each episode as they come out here on this blog. Be sure to follow along here and on my YouTube channel as I’d love to hear your thoughts on the show as well!
| Episode | Title | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Episode 1 | I Wanna Be Your Dog | September 18 |
| Episode 2 | Song 2 | September 25 |
| Episode 3 | Bonzo Goes To Bitburg | October 2 |
| Episode 4 | Blank Curtain | October 9 |
| Episode 5 | Birdland | October 16 |
| Episode 6 | A Different Corner | October 23 |
| Episode 7 | TBA | October 30 |
| Episode 8 | TBA | November 6 |
| Episode 9 | TBA | November 13 |
| Episode 10 | TBA | November 20 |
Season 2’s musical episode-title theme continues with Episode 3. “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg” is a Ramones song released in 1985, following The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog” and Blur’s “Song 2.” Later titles currently listed include “Blank Curtain,” “Birdland” and “A Different Corner.”
What Happened In MobLand Season 1?
MobLand
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Major spoilers for Season 1 ahead.
Season 1 revolved around the increasingly bloody war between two London crime families: the Harrigans, led by Conrad Harrigan (Pierce Brosnan) and his formidable wife Maeve (Helen Mirren), and the rival Stevenson family, led by Richie Stevenson (Geoff Bell). Caught in the middle was Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy), the Harrigans’ supremely capable fixer and longtime friend of Conrad’s son Kevin (Paddy Considine). Harry’s competency is rivaled only by his saint-like patience, which he must tap into regularly given the nature of his employers.
The uneasy peace between the families collapsed after Kevin’s supposedly wayward son Eddie (Anson Boon) went out partying with Richie’s son Tommy Stevenson. Tommy subsequently disappeared and eventually turned up dead. Harry’s attempts to smooth things over are dashed by Conrad and Maeve’s increasingly erratic leadership. Things . . . escalated rather quickly.
By the finale, Harry discovered that Harrigan attorney O’Hara Delaney was Richie’s mole, having backed what she thought would be the winning horse. Harry turned that betrayal against Richie, luring the Stevensons into an ambush that ended with Richie and O’Hara dead and effectively brought the Harrigan-Stevenson war to a close. But victory only exposed the much more dangerous conflict brewing inside the Harrigan family itself, and invited in new threats from outside to fill the power vacuum.
The Harrigan family tree was one casualty of Season 1’s violence. As Kevin finally confronts his father in prison, asserting his dominance at last, Maeve revealed an enormous family secret to Eddie: Kevin isn’t actually his biological father. Conrad is. And things get twistier still, since Maeve isn’t Eddie’s biological grandmother at all. Eddie is now another potential claimant to the Harrigan empire. Seraphina (Mandeep Dhillon), meanwhile, attracted the attention of the mysterious and extremely powerful Kat McAllister (Janet McTeer) to whom she owes her life, thanks to Harry’s quick thinking.
This placed Harry directly in Kat’s crosshairs, where he found himself facing the kind of offer you can’t refuse: A better job, but only if he’d betray the Harrigans. Harry politely turned Kat down. She was none too pleased.
The season ends on a wild cliffhanger after Harry, victorious, returns home and gets in an argument with his wife Jan (Joanne Froggatt) who accidentally stabs him with a kitchen knife. Harry is left bleeding out as the credits roll.
While the Harrigans technically won their war against the Stevensons, they enter Season 2 divided, vulnerable and surrounded by ambitious enemies, corrupt police and internal strife. Juicy material for a second season, no doubt. The long-suffering Harry will have no time to rest anytime soon.
Is MobLand Worth Watching?
MobLand
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I was a bit late to the show, but I absolutely loved it once I got going and Season 2 is already just as good, and has the potential to be even better. Hardy is a great central protagonist, calmly fixing the myriad problems that both his enemies and employers cause. Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren really steal the show, however, even if their Irish accents are a bit wonky. (Yes, I know Brosnan is Irish, but that is still not his natural accent). Maeve is such a great, wicked, half-mad witch of a character. I love her. I’ve joked that I’d happily play a GTA-style video game starring Conrad and Maeve.
Beyond these three, you have such a fantastic cast. Paddy Considine will always have a special place in my heart for his tremendous role as King Viserys I in House of the Dragon, and he was terrific in Season 1 of MobLand as well.
If you enjoy gritty UK crime dramas, you’d be crazy to miss this one. It’s also ten episodes per season, which is almost twice the length of a normal BBC crime drama (which are usually capped at six episodes). While Guy Ritchie is involved in the series, this is a much darker, more grounded crime drama than Ritchie’s Netflix show, The Gentlemen, and while it’s not as funny, that grounded nature serves it well.
MobLand Season 2 Full Cast
Here’s the full MobLand cast. Other than a few casualties from the first season’s war, most everyone returns for Season 2.
- Tom Hardy as Harry Da Souza
- Pierce Brosnan as Conrad Harrigan
- Helen Mirren as Maeve Harrigan
- Paddy Considine as Kevin Harrigan
- Joanne Froggatt as Jan Da Souza
- Lara Pulver as Bella Harrigan
- Anson Boon as Eddie Harrigan
- Mandeep Dhillon as Seraphina Harrigan
- Jasmine Jobson as Zosia
- Emmett J. Scanlan as Paul
- Janet McTeer as Kat McAllister
- Toby Jones as Colin Tattersall
- Teddie Allen as Gina Da Souza
Joining the cast this season are Johnny Flynn as Frankie, Ophelia Lovibond as Kavanagh and Mayor of Kingstown star Tobi Bamtefa as Dog. Flynn’s Frankie appears to be the most significant newcomer, emerging as a potentially dangerous new adversary for Harry and the Harrigans. (Harry and the Harrigans would have made a great name for this show, actually).
When Does MobLand Season 2, Episode 3 Release In Every Time Zone?
| Location | Time | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles (PT) | 12:00 a.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
| Denver (MT) | 1:00 a.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
| Chicago (CT) | 2:00 a.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
| New York (ET) | 3:00 a.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
| London (BST) | 8:00 a.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
| Paris / Berlin (CEST) | 9:00 a.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
| New Delhi (IST) | 12:30 p.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
| Tokyo (JST) | 4:00 p.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
| Sydney (AEST) | 5:00 p.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
| Auckland (NZDT) | 8:00 p.m. | Friday, Oct. 2 |
Will There Be A MobLand Season 3?
Paramount announced that MobLand would return for a third season on Thursday, September 3. The renewal announcement keeps details to a minimum. We know that Tom Hardy, Pierce Brosnan and Helen Mirren will return but we don’t know when. Season 1 came out in March of 2025 so Season 2 is roughly 18 months later, which is pretty quick for modern television. With a release cadence like that we could potentially get Season 3 in late 2027 or early 2028.
Be sure to check back on this blog for my Season 2, Episode 3 review as well as more thoughts on my YouTube channel. I’m also reviewing Apple TV’s excellent UK spy thriller, Slow Horses, and a number of other shows. I am a juggler of TV shows, and have many careening through the air as we speak, but MobLand remains one of my favorites.
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