Harry Da Souza saves Gina in MobLand Season 2 Episode 9, but Nervous Breakdown ends with the Harrigans facing a bigger threat than Frankie Cooper. Police are outside the family home, Colin Tattersall is smiling, and a body lies on a stretcher.
Kat McAllister has promised the Harrigans will be gone by tonight, so the cliffhanger asks a blunt question. Is it over for Conrad’s family?
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What Is Frankie and Kat’s Plan Against the Harrigans?
The episode opens with Frankie meeting Kat at a formal event, posing as a waiter. He tells her that Harry killed his son to distract him from the plan, so he is bringing it forward.
“In 24 hours, I will have the Harrigans by the headlocks, and that’s where you come in,” he says.
Kat resists, telling Frankie that Harry has messed with his mind before, but she eventually agrees to the plan. Frankie then receives a call from Colin saying Kevin has taken his bait.
Meanwhile, Gina has run away from the Harrigan house, leaving a “suck my balls, b***h” message for Maeve on the mirror. Maeve is enraged and apparently blames Harry. She then goes to Eddie and tells him his final task to become a Harrigan is to get rid of Harry.
Eddie agrees, blackmails Paul, and takes him under his command. The next morning, Maeve and Conrad head for the coast on a £50-80m heist, but Conrad has a panic attack behind the wheel just as they are about to steal the shipment. After his confession last episode about seeing dead people, I read this as another sign that he is coming apart.
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How Does Harry Save Gina From Frankie?
Harry and Jan are at a safe house, getting ready to go and get Gina, but Jan says she needs a bath first. In the meantime, Frankie learns where they are hiding and sends his men.
Just as Harry receives a call from Gina saying she is five minutes from the house, Frankie’s men arrive. Harry locks Jan in the bathroom and swiftly kills all but one, who reaches the door before Harry finishes him. As the pair leave, Frankie arrives in time to kidnap Gina and drive off.
Kevin urges Harry to accept Frankie’s terms and promises a regime change once Gina is safe. Harry declines, though Kevin says he may try anyway. Harry then walks into the pub alone and tells Frankie he is there to give him one last chance to back off or face the consequences.
Frankie brings up Gina, but Harry brushes him off, saying he doesn’t believe Frankie will kill her. Frankie tests him by ordering his men to kill Gina on a video call, then hands Harry the phone, and Harry calms her.
Harry then turns cold. He tells Frankie a smarter boss would keep eyes inside the room as well as an army outside, to prevent exactly the scenario playing out in front of them, and hints that he could kill him on the spot. Frankie says he only has to make a call, so Harry hands him the phone himself and says:
“Let me be frank with you. The irreparable damage that I could do to your whole system in an instant will be just devastating, mate.”
He gives Frankie seven seconds, and Frankie lets Gina go. Frankie then tells Harry he is finished, because Harry sacrificed himself for his daughter, something Frankie says he would never have done.
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What Does Kat’s Call Mean for Harry?
Colin calls Frankie to say everything is in place, and Kat phones Harry to say the Harrigans will be gone by tonight. She adds that he still has a job and that she looks forward to working with him.
That offer suggests Kat sees Harry as an asset worth keeping, even while she dismantles his family. The episode ends with an overhead shot of the Harrigan house, the police outside, Colin smiling and a body on a stretcher.
The body is chained and badly decomposed, which does not look like someone killed hours ago. Last episode, Colin told suspended Detective Kavanagh that an informant had pointed him to bodies in the Harrigans’ lake. I think this is that body, which would make it evidence against the family.
Is It Over For the Harrigans?
Not yet, in my view. A police presence at the estate and a recovered body hurt the family badly, and Kat clearly believes the job is done. But Harry has just shown that Frankie’s grip is weaker than it looks, and Kat still wants him on her side.
The sharper danger comes from inside the house. Conrad is unwell, Maeve and Eddie are working their own angles, and Kevin is already floating a regime change.
MobLand Season 2 Episode 10 closes the season next week on Paramount+.
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