When Does ‘MobLand’ Season 2, Episode 4 Come Out On Paramount+?

MobLand Season 2 Episode 4 At-A-Glance

U.S. Release Times

New episodes land at midnight PT each Friday with the finale dropping on November 20.

What Is MobLand Season 2 Episode 4 About?

Watch the MobLand Episode 4 promo below:

The official synopsis teases the Harrigans dealing with an unexpected turn of events while Harry tries to clean up the mess before the police close in. Maeve quietly works to get Eddie (Anson Boon) out of London, Seraphina strikes a new alliance and Conrad reasserts his authority, even as his ability to control himself diminishes.

That “unexpected turn of events” is almost certainly connected to Frankie Cooper’s spectacularly violent gambit at the end of Episode 3, and his rather clever use of a helmet. After kidnapping Bella (Lara Pulver), Frankie forced Harry and Kevin (Paddy Considine) into a sit-down where he made it very clear that he wasn’t interested in simply nibbling at the edges of the Harrigan empire. He wants a seat at the table, right at the top. And he wants Conrad and Maeve out of the picture – permanently.

Frankie returned Bella alive, but his parting gift left the Harrigans with an entirely new mess to clean up. Harry has spent most of this series putting out fires started by the people around him, but things are getting increasingly difficult to contain. Between Frankie, Kat McAllister (Janet McTeer), Colin Tattersall (Toby Jones), the police and the Harrigans themselves, Harry is rapidly running out of directions that don’t contain some new threat.

Maeve, meanwhile, continues to be Maeve. Her increasingly strange interest in Eddie took another unsettling turn last week, and now she’s apparently maneuvering him out of London without anyone realizing she’s behind it. Whatever Maeve has planned, I doubt it involves a quiet countryside holiday.

Seraphina also appears ready to make a move of her own, while Conrad—whose behavior has been growing more erratic by the week—is apparently ready to “re-assert” himself. That sounds ominous coming from just about anyone. Coming from Conrad Harrigan, it sounds downright terrifying.

The episode title, “Blank Curtain,” continues Season 2’s musical naming convention, following The Stooges’ “I Wanna Be Your Dog,” Blur’s “Song 2” and The Ramones’ “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg.”

Read my Episode 3 recap and review right here. Read my review/recap of Episode 2 right here. Read my series premiere review here.

I discuss the good, the bad and the ugly – and the “annoying spouse trope” in my MobLand video below:

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!

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?

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.

Is MobLand Worth Watching?

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

When Does MobLand Season 2, Episode 3 Release In Every Time Zone?

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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