MobLand – Season 1 Episode 9 'Beggar's Banquet' Recap & Review
Beggar's Banquet
Episode 9 of Mobland starts with Eddie waking up to find Conrad lurking in his room. He wants to have a chat but we don't see the full context of this until later in the chapter. One thing's for sure though – it's not good news. Off the back of this, Eddie ignores Jan in the kitchen and heads outside with a coffee, asking the dog who's better off here. This is, of course, a metaphor for his own life where he feels trapped in a cage and used as a pet for the Harrigans.
Elsewhere, Kevin has gone AWOL, determined to get revenge on Rigby for the abuse he suffered back in prison. He plays the role of a taxi driver, taking the guy back home. Kevin manages to work his way into Rigby's house, and eventually confronts him about the abuse.
Rigby has had bad memory loss over the years and anything beyond 5 years back is a bit hazy. That doesn't really help Kevin get closure, who has been haunted by this abuse all season long. Rigby does apologize, after questioning if he actually imagined the whole thing, and tells him that he's found Jesus.
This is enough for Kevin to get his gun out and, after breaking down crying, shoots the guy in the head.
Conrad works with Harry to try and sort out an alliance with Jaime. Conrad is a bit of a loose cannon and jokes about putting a tommy gun in the bathroom before the meet, and it's hard to know if the guy is joking or not. Apparently he is, but either way, this doesn't look like it's going to be a particularly pleasant meet.
First impressions are not great either. Seraphina is here to try and smooth things over and gets down to business in order to make a deal. Jaime has his own reasons for being here. He speaks plainly to Harry, ignoring Conrad completely here, and brings up how the earlier favour was for Kat, not for him.
Conrad gives him four hours to come to a decision, but Jaime simply looks over at Harry and tells him he can understand why he wants to leave the Harrigans. This gets right under Conrad's skin back home, which isn't helped when Maeve questions him about Alice coming to dinner, warning him off doing anything silly.
Alice though is actually buzzing given her undercover escapades. After the murder of those two officers last time out, Colin is now in charge of the case and he recognizes this excitement in Alice. He speaks to her plainly about how she's a risk-taker like him, and encourages her to try and plant evidence at the Harrigan house in exchange for securing a big promotion and a nice payday.
Back at the estate, Maeve speaks to Gina and demands she leave Eddie alone. She threatens her badly, scathingly growling that she'll eat her eyeballs, and scares Gina into running away.
Bella meets with Antoine and organizes traffic here with the Home Secretary. As the group begin talking, we can see that Antoine is wearing a camera on his tie.
Something big is about to go down and it actually comes from this dinner at the Harrigan estate. Colin has bugged Alice's phone and speaks to Richie about the current plan, including a tactical team nearby ready to swoop in as soon as Alice has planted the evidence. Richie agrees that Harry is unhappy and it seems like he's not going to get caught in the crossfire here, which is at least something.
Jaime agrees to the Harrigan deal but only after confirmation that Harry has got the rat out the house. Harry knows who this is and works to resolve the situation before it gets messy. He also has to meet Kat the following day at 5pm too in order to make good on his favour.
The dinner goes ahead that night, minus Gina who's 'not feeling well'. Maeve is a complete loose cannon and speaks about the 'fragility' of marriage, likening it to an egg. It's also worth noting that she grabs Eddie's thigh here, who looks very uncomfortable.
As for Seraphina, she gets right to the crux of the issue. She questions Alice's motives, and why she's not feeling a bit scared, given where she is, but it's Maeve who forces Alice's uncomfortableness to flyoff the Richter scale and leave the table. Then, everything kicks off.
Conrad questions Maeve and things get hostile between them, while Harry slips away and catches up to Alice, who's busy bagging up 'evidence' to plant across the house.
The façade slips here, as Alice knows the game is up. She reveals what's happening, and Harry lets her go. He doesn't tell Conrad either, as he and Maeve wind up at loggerheads… until the police show up.
Maeve and Conrad are both arrested, although they wind up singing as they're taken out, laughing all the while as they're bundled into police cars.
The Episode Review
So it looks like the time of the Harrigans is coming to an end and the final scenes really sum up the absolute chaos that both Maeve and Conrad have caused here. The pair deserve each other, and while they're not entirely evil personified, they're pretty close to being the devil's minions given their cold, calculated and sociopathic tendencies.
It's interesting that Harry decided to let Alice leave without much fuss either, especially as he's always been relatively loyal to Conrad. However, even he can see that the pair have been coming apart at the seams for a while.
While yes, Freddie was one of the moles, it would appear there could be another inside that house working alongside him. We'll have to wait and see if these charges actually stick for Conrad and Maeve though, leaving things wide open for the finale next week.
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