So I was totally crushing on Iris from Mayor of Kingstown. I think Emma Laird is absolutely lovely. However, her character was driving me up the wall from the very first time I met her.
Throughout the show, Iris had it really bad. However, a lot of the situations she ended up in were self-imposed, mostly due to her own stupidity. Mike went through hell trying to get her free, yet she kept doing dumb things, constantly putting herself in bad situations. If it wasn’t Milo, then it was Konstantine or the cops. One bad decision after another.
It all came to a head in the final episode when Iris apparently got her freedom. But then, out of nowhere, she decides to kill herself. Honestly, there were plenty of times where I thought she deserved it, and Mike should’ve just left her. But no, the writers decided to end her story just when it seemed like everything was finally okay.
Her story is tragic, and honestly, pretty heartbreaking. Even though there were moments when I wanted to throw my hands up at her choices, it’s still tough to watch her go through all that, only to end like this.
Just a life long New Yorker sharing the journey through my lens. Please take note of a post’s date. The views I express here are subject to change and evolving as I grow and learn.
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