{"id":35893,"date":"2024-06-03T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35893"},"modified":"2024-06-02T18:14:37","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T22:14:37","slug":"mayor-of-kingstown-season-1-2022-starring-jeremy-renner-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=35893","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Mayor of Kingstown&#8221;: Season 1\u00a0(2022) starring Jeremy Renner \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2024\/z060324zview_mayorkingstown1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mayor of Kingstown: Season 1<\/strong><\/em><em><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(2022)<\/p>\n<p>Created by: <strong>Taylor Sheridan, Hugh Dillon<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Director: <strong>Taylor Sheridan <\/strong>(Eps. 1, 3); <strong>Ben Richardson<\/strong> (Eps. 2, 4); <strong>Guy Ferland<\/strong> (Ep. 5-6); <strong>Clark Johnson<\/strong> (Eps. 7-8); <strong>Stephen Kay <\/strong>(Eps. 9-10)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Teleplay: <strong>Taylor Sheridan<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(Eps. 1-10) &lt;Ep. 1 story by <strong>Taylor Sheridan, Hugh Dillon<\/strong>&gt;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stars: <strong>Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa<\/strong><strong>, Taylor Handley, Emma Laird, Derek Webster, Pha&#8217;rez Lass, Aidan Gillen, James Jordan, Michael Beach, Nichole Galicia, Michael Reventar, George Tchortov, Scott Gibson, Jose Pablo Cantillo, Necar Zadegan, Derek Basco, Joe Parro, Connor Smith,<\/strong> <strong>Mandela Van Peebles, Andrew Howard, Adam Clark<\/strong> and <strong>Kyle Chandler<\/strong><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>You can&#8217;t bury the past.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Plot&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kingston, Michigan is a prison town.\u00a0 The McClusky brothers, Mitch (Chandler) and Mike (Renner) have become unofficial powerbrokers at getting things done.\u00a0 Their connections to the prison, the cops and the gangs have helped keep the peace, solve crimes and ease tensions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But there is always a cost.\u00a0 And sometimes the cost isn&#8217;t cash.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong style=\"font-size: inherit; color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font);\">Thoughts (beware of spoilers)\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Although Kingstown, Michigan is a fictional town, many of the prison scenes were filmed at the Kingston Penitentiary, in Kingston, Ontario.\u00a0 Series co-creator, Hugh Dillon is from Kingston, Ontario.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mayor of Kingstown is well written, well directed and well acted.\u00a0 The production values rival those of feature films.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taylor Sheridan wrote all episodes and directed two.\u00a0 The other season one directors include&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ben Richardson directed episodes of <em>Yellowstone, 1883, 1923<\/em> and <em>Tulsa King<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Guy Ferland directed episodes of <em>Sons of Anarchy, The Walking Dead, The Strain<\/em> and <em>Yellowstone<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Clark Johnson directed episodes of <em>The Shield, The Wire, The Walking Dead<\/em> and <em>Luke Cage<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Stephen Kay directed<em> Get Carter<\/em> and episodes of <em>The Shield, Sons of Anarchy, Yellowstone<\/em> and <em>1883<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Jeremy Renner is perfect as the no-nonsense Mike McClusky.\u00a0 Other standouts in the acting department include Dianne Wiest, Hugh Dillon, Emma Laird and Nichole Galicia.\u00a0 Tobi Bamtefa, Hamish Allan-Headley and Pha&#8217;rez Lass are new to me, but actors to watch for.\u00a0 Actually, I should probably list every supporting actor\/actress because they are all perfectly cast.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The surprises, twists and ever building tension make each episode must-see tv.\u00a0 I look forward to season 2 and beyond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: inherit; 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