In Mayor of Kingstown, this town continuously collects its dues. And Season 4 Episode 8 devastates us. This is the hour where grief is the main event, and strategy was straight-up cruel. In this episode, we see Mike McLusky learn that even the mayor of hell can still lose everything that matters.This episode hurts viscerally. By the end of this Mayor of Kingstown episode, we witness who’s left standing and at what cost.Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 Episode 8 recap: Mike’s smart moves take a horrible turn View this post on Instagram Instagram PostMike spends most of Episode 8 playing enemies off each other while pretending he’s not bleeding. This time, his target is LJ, aka the irreplaceable right hand who does the job of holding Moses’ empire together.And while Mike’s logic is cold, it is still effective. If he takes out the pillar, the palace collapses on its own. So rather than pulling the trigger himself, Mike manipulates Lamar (Bunny’s driver) into doing the job. He promises Lamar's survival, but of course, that probably won’t be honored.LJ’s death lands hard because of what he represents. He's loyal and has a history. But Moses doesn't heed the warning. He spends his final moment trying to protect Frank even as he’s dying. Without LJ, Moses has no moor.At the same time, in Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 Episode 8, Mike feeds Moses information that points toward the Colombians, and he nudges two violent forces toward each other. But this familiar tactic feels empty, as while Mike is winning professional battles, he’s losing the war at home.Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 Episode 8 recap: Callahan’s revenge and Tracy’s deathSo while Mike is busy creating chaos from scratch, we see Merle Callahan executing some punishment for our hero. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostCallahan is now fresh out of prison, so he takes his time to eliminate disloyalty and burn down Mariam McLusky’s old house. By the end of Mayor of Kingstown Season 4 Episode 8, Tracy (Kyle’s wife) becomes the message.Her murder is rather theatrical, too. What happens is that Callahan forces her to call Kyle so that the act can be a lifelong scar. He wants to show who is boss by chopping Mike down and first breaking his brother.In the aftermath, we see that Kyle attempts to take his own life but barely survives. He had promise Tracy that they would leave Kingstown and give their child a better future, but that too died with her. The fallout between the McLusky brothers is inevitable, as Mike may understand this world, but Kyle never signed up for this kind of life-changing loss.Tracy’s death is the point of no return for Kyle, Mike, and Callahan. The latter has now guaranteed that his own ending in a way, don't you think?Mayor of Kingstown is streaming on Paramount+.