Netflix Just Added All Four Seasons of Taylor Sheridan’s ‘Relentlessly Dark’ Crime Drama — and Viewers Say It’s Almost Impossible to Stop Watching

Taylor Sheridan fans searching for their next obsession have just been handed four seasons at once. A brutal crime drama once available exclusively through Paramount+ has landed on Netflix, bringing Jeremy Renner’s acclaimed performance — and one of Sheridan’s most unforgiving worlds — to a much bigger audience.

Mayor of Kingstown originally premiered in 2021 and has steadily developed a fiercely loyal following.

Now all four seasons are available through Netflix as well as Paramount+, giving viewers who missed the series another opportunity to discover why fans have described it as one of the most underrated crime dramas of recent years.

And this isn’t another sprawling Western.

Instead, Sheridan and co-creator Hugh Dillon take viewers inside the fictional Michigan city of Kingstown, where prisons aren’t merely part of the community.

They are its business.

One Family Stands Between Every Side of Kingstown

The story centers on the McLusky family, whose influence places them between almost every competing force in the city.

Police.

Prison guards.

Inmates.

Criminal organizations.

Politicians.

The McLuskys operate as power brokers between those worlds, attempting to maintain some form of order in a place where corruption, inequality and violence are embedded in everyday life.

At the center is Mike McLusky, played by Hawkeye star Jeremy Renner.

Mike spends much of his existence attempting to negotiate between people who rarely have any reason to trust one another.

That gives the drama its relentless tension.

There is always another conflict threatening to explode.

Fans Say Kingstown Feels Like Another Character

The series doesn’t attempt to make its setting comfortable.

Its gloomy skies, prisons and bleak industrial landscape create an oppressive atmosphere that viewers say becomes almost as important as the people inhabiting it.

One fan described the drama as “brutal” and “relentlessly dark,” praising how completely realized its world feels.

Another said Kingstown itself almost becomes another character, highlighting the cinematography and unsettling atmosphere.

That darkness won’t appeal to everyone.

But for viewers who connect with it, the series can become extremely difficult to put down.

Some fans have simply admitted they’re “obsessed.”

Jeremy Renner Holds the Chaos Together

Renner’s performance has attracted particular praise.

His Mike McLusky needs to appear tough enough to survive the people surrounding him while carrying the exhaustion and vulnerability of someone constantly attempting to prevent the next disaster.

One viewer praised Renner for combining “toughness, exhaustion, intelligence, and vulnerability,” describing him as the force anchoring the series.

He’s surrounded by an increasingly recognizable ensemble.

Aidan Gillen is among the major names appearing in the drama, while later seasons introduce performers including Edie Falco, Lennie James and Kyle Chandler.

Co-creator Hugh Dillon also takes a starring role.

Even Stephen King Became Hooked

The show’s devoted audience includes one particularly famous crime and horror fan.

Author Stephen King publicly revealed his affection for the series in 2024, even while joking about the complexity of its story.

“I have no f***ing clue what’s going on in Mayor of Kingstown, but I love this show,” King wrote.

He compared its appeal to The Shield and Sons of Anarchy.

That comparison makes sense.

Like those dramas, Mayor of Kingstown builds an interconnected world where law enforcement, criminals, families and institutions become increasingly difficult to separate cleanly into heroes and villains.

Another Very Different Taylor Sheridan World

Sheridan has become closely associated with Yellowstone and its wider universe, while also creating shows including Landman and Tulsa King.

Mayor of Kingstown demonstrates another side of his television storytelling.

There are no sweeping ranch landscapes here.

Kingstown is claustrophobic, bleak and constantly threatening.

The series tackles corruption, systemic racism and inequality while following people attempting to impose order on a city seemingly designed to resist it.

Fans have praised the result for avoiding throwaway episodes and maintaining an almost relentlessly tense atmosphere.

Four Seasons Are Ready to Binge

For newcomers, Netflix’s arrival means there is now a substantial amount of the story available immediately.

All four existing seasons can be streamed, while the series is also expected to return for a fifth and final season.

No confirmed premiere date for that concluding chapter was provided in the source, although it is expected to arrive either before the end of 2026 or in early 2027.

That gives new viewers plenty of time to catch up.

Dark, violent and deliberately uncomfortable, Mayor of Kingstown isn’t designed to be relaxing television. But with Jeremy Renner at the center of Taylor Sheridan and Hugh Dillon’s brutal prison-town saga, four seasons waiting on Netflix could prove dangerously easy to binge for anyone who likes their crime dramas raw, complicated and relentlessly tense.