Last week’s episode of MobLand literally ended with a bang.
Tensions between the Harrigans and the Stevensons hit a boiling point in the wake of Tommy Stevenson’s funeral. As the families tried to maintain appearances, the uneasy peace shattered behind closed doors. Richie (Geoff Bell) privately confronted Conrad (Pierce Brosnan), revealing that he knows Eddie (Anson Boon) was responsible for Tommy’s murder. Though Richie claimed he didn’t want a war, he made one condition clear: Eddie was fair game.
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Maeve (Helen Mirren) wasn’t going to take that threat lightly. The next day, in a brazen act of retribution, she had Richie’s wife, Vron (Annie Cooper), killed via a planted car bomb and blowing up any remaining hope for diplomacy and pushing both families to the brink of all-out war. And you can see the tension mount even further in an exclusive sneak peek of this week’s Episode 6 below.
In the clip from Sunday’s new episode, Richie calls Harry (Tom Hardy), who puts him on speaker with Conrad and Maeve. It soon turns into a declaration of war when Maeve hands the phone to Eddie. With no remorse, he confesses to killing Tommy and adds, with a sneer, that the boy “squealed like a pig.” Conrad, cold and deliberate, asks Richie if he has anything to say. Richie’s response is a single, chilling word: “Run.”
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With the fragile ceasefire obliterated and personal losses mounting on both sides, MobLand barrels into its next chapter with vengeance in the driver’s seat. Loyalties will be tested, and no one seems safe from the storm that’s coming. If last week was the breaking point, this week promises to be the reckoning.
MobLand, which comes from Ronan Bennett (Day of the Jackal) and includes Guy Ritchie as an executive producer, has quickly become a global phenomenon and success for Paramount+. According to Nielsen live-plus-seven-day figures, the series brought in 8.8 million viewers during its debut week, which quadrupled its premiere day viewership of 2.2 million, marking a 298% increase. That explosive growth makes MobLand the biggest global series launch week in Paramount+ history, placing it alongside hits like 1923 and Landman as one of the streamer’s top three debuts to date.
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