Wouldn’t it be funny if Mike McLusky’s unofficial reign as the “Mayor of Kingstown” were ended by someone with a real job, who actually does that job?

So far this season, the city’s new prison warden, Nina Hobbs, is proving to be a formidable foe for Mike, because she’s been employing a radical strategy: following the rules. Mike can’t just pop by anytime anymore, just because he thinks his concerns are urgent. Visiting hours are visiting hours. A meeting with the warden requires an appointment. It’s a wild concept Nina is putting into play: operating like a normal business .

In this week’s “People Who Died” (titled, I assume, after the great Jim Carroll song ), Nina allows Mike to barge in one last time, so she can express her exasperation. She promised to keep Kyle safe and secur

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