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SPOILER ALERT: The following reveals major plot points from the Season 4 finale of FX\u2019s Mayans M.C.<\/p>\n
If there was any question left as to Coco\u2019s (Richard Cabral) fate on FX\u2019s Mayans M.C., the Season 4 finale confirms the beloved character\u2019s death as he is finally laid to rest. His life, like that of others running in similar circles, was cut short due to an act of violence that could\u2019ve easily been avoided.<\/p>\n
But there\u2019s no point lamenting how things could\u2019ve been. Instead, Johnny \u201cEl Coco\u201d Cruz was given a hero\u2019s farewell worthy of a Marine who sacrificed for his country. In a particularly emotional scene, Coco\u2019s best friend and brother-in-arms Gilly (Vincent \u201cRocco\u201d Vargas) presented Coco\u2019s daughter with the American flag that draped his casket.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s worth noting Vargas is a real-life combat veteran who served his country proudly as part of the Army.<\/p>\n
The finale also serves as a big return for Kim Coates as Tig in an epic Sons of Anarchy crossover. Although the charming\u2014pun intended\u2014Venus Van Dam (Walton Goggins) was nowhere in sight, seeing Tig in Santo Padre sure was a treat.<\/p>\n
Tig was peeved over the return of \u201cthe demon we all thought was dead out in the desert.\u201d The demon of which he speaks is Isaac (JR Bourne), leader of Meth Mountain that revealed a hidden Sons of Anarchy reaper tattoo on his body at the end of last season.<\/p>\n
Isaac, as it turns out, is the younger brother of Les Packer (Robert Patrick), President of SAMCRO\u2019s San Bernadino chapter. Les was last mentioned in Season 3 as undergoing treatment for cancer but it was confirmed tonight he is still alive and kicking.<\/p>\n
Co-creator Elgin James really leaned into bringing the past into the present when he set up a t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate between Tig and Marcus Alvarez (Emilio Rivera) to discuss club business. Alvarez may have taken the reigns back from his cousin Bishop (Michael Irby) at the start of the season, but he\u2019s still in the dark about a lot of things including Montez\u2019s (Jacob Vargas) death which is what sparked the SAMDINO retaliation against the Mayans.<\/p>\n
Tig and Alvarez open up about getting older and how they\u2019ve changed since last they were on the battlefield together and about past regrets. At the top of that list is the loss of Alvarez\u2019s son Esai (played by Kevin Alejandro in Sons of Anarchy), and his desire to avenge his death. Esai was stabbed in the head by SAMCRO\u2019s Happy Lowman (David Labrava), the same killer who took out EZ\u2019s (JD Pardo) mom Marisol on the order of Dita Galindo (Ada Maris). The banter was as beautiful as it was sad to witness.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou know, what we do, it can get ugly but it\u2019s what we do,\u201d Tig tells Alvarez. \u201cPeople sign up for fodder I say, feed \u2019em to the f***ing cannon. Our day is going to come soon enough, you and me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shout out to everyone who stuck with me on this trip down memory lane but I digress.<\/p>\n
EZ begins to unravel into new territory and won\u2019t listen to reason. Padrino tries to barter peace between the Mayans and SAMCRO but EZ won\u2019t hear of it. He orchestrates the ouster of Alvarez from the M.C. and declares himself the de facto president with a shocked Bishop riding shotgun as his second. With the club on board, Season 5\u2014if the series is renewed\u2014 will see the Mayans go to war.<\/p>\n
More tidbits from the episode will be addressed in our Q&A with Elgin James below.<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: Is it our imagination or is EZ in way over his head?<\/p>\n
ELGIN JAMES: Yeah, we always knew we wanted to go there. In Season 4, we definitely stepped on the gas a little bit. While creating these characters, Kurt [Sutter] and I talked about how EZ had this path out and was going to go to Stanford but that was never going to happen. The universe was going to spit him out back where he belongs\u2014that was always going to be his fate. For three seasons he wasn\u2019t sure if he was in or out but now he\u2019s all in. He\u2019s making the wrong decisions but he\u2019s handling it in the same way he did with his dog when he was little where he did what no one else could. That\u2019s what he\u2019s doing now with the club where there are egos is in the way like with Bishop [Michael Irby], Angel [Clayton Cardenas]. And I don\u2019t say ego in a negative way.<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: Like with Alvarez wanting to barter peace?<\/p>\n
JAMES: Alvarez wants to do what\u2019s right. He has this history that goes back 11 seasons of doing terrible things and now he wants to atone for that. That\u2019s about him and not about the hungry machine that is the Mayans that want to eat and murder people. It thrives on that blood and mayhem. So EZ is in that templo being like, \u201cI\u2019m the only one that can control this monster.\u201d<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: How did Coco\u2019s death push EZ further into darkness?<\/p>\n
JAMES: Since Season 1, they had this connection\u2014it was this cosmic connection. It\u2019s sad that connection was lost in Season 3. I know it was gutting for people when we lost Coco but that\u2019s intentional. There are a bunch of conspiracy theories, I\u2019m sure when they saw Richard Cabral was in the writer\u2019s room this season. But that\u2019s what it feels like; we\u2019ve all lost people that we love. So unless it\u2019s your 95-year-old grandparents, it\u2019s always gutting and surprising. And unfortunately, so often it happens when a person is getting their act together. It was important for us to feel that so we had it set up in a way for people to feel gutted even if it makes them say they\u2019ll never watch the show again. We\u2019re not done exploring the loss of Coco<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: The topic of how EZ got out of jail popped back up this season. Did his deal not die with Kevin Jimenez (Maurice Compte)?<\/p>\n
JAMES: You gotta wonder\u2026 It is something that came back up and that was one of the premises of the whole show. Even though it went away in Season 1, it never really went away. I think as a viewer, it takes some patience to watch a show where nothing happens in a vacuum. We mentioned Meth Mountain in Season 1 but we didn\u2019t see it until Season 3. There are a lot of things like that tattoo that was on Isaac.<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: A lot was revealed about Isaac and he\u2019s scary.<\/p>\n
JAMES: Isaac\u2019s clubhouse was San Bernadino and he was sent away for doing terrible things. He\u2019s a lost soul, that Isaac Packer. We talk about in the finale how family ties make you make bad decisions. That happened with [Les] Packer who tried to protect his little brother but he probably should\u2019ve just shot him in the back. Instead, he went nomad and started his own\u2014I don\u2019t want to say cult\u2014family. He would\u2019ve still been out there if he hadn\u2019t found out his brother\u2019s sick. In a similar way to EZ, Isaac doesn\u2019t trust anyone to take care of things in his brother\u2019s absence. So he\u2019s coming home to make things right. He\u2019s back now for good and we\u2019ll see that electricity.<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: Could we see the return of Les next season?<\/p>\n
JAMES: We\u2019ll see. He\u2019s not dead!<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: Talk about the return of Kim Coates into this universe.<\/p>\n
JAMES: That was incredible! It was something I wanted to happen since the pilot. It was me and Kurt and we had a list of people\u2014most are dead\u2014that we wanted to come back. Ray McKinnon was always No. 1 for me. And Kim was up there on the list too. It was Kurt who told me we should slow down because we needed to build our own thing first. So when we finally bring Kim in, we\u2019ve earned it. It felt inevitable, like the war. I know it was tough for fans to wait those first two seasons because Kurt was building that bridge.<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: What insight can you share into Tig and Alvarez\u2019s conversation?<\/p>\n
JAMES: To bring back Tig, we had to make sure it was the right time and there was something for him and Alvarez to talk about. I always saw that scene with them; this meeting of two warriors, old and scarred, after 11 seasons. That conversation they had is one I\u2019ve had with Emilio where we talk about being old and still wanting to set shit on fire. You talk about all the damage you\u2019ve caused and not wanting to cause any more. That\u2019s why Tig says, \u201cIt\u2019s not about you becoming an old man, it\u2019s about you becoming a good man.\u201d Kim really put his heart and soul into that scene because he also understands it.<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: Why didn\u2019t you bring back Walton Goggins too?<\/p>\n
JAMES: Dude, that would be the dream! We\u2019ll see what happens. Let\u2019s put that out into the universe. I have a little notebook where I have a list of everyone you want to come back like Jimmy Smits as Nero.<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: Miguel finally discovers the truth about his parentage. How will this change him?<\/p>\n
JAMES: Emotionally it goes beyond having the rug taken out from under you. It\u2019s more like having the earth cracking open and you falling in. At this point, it doesn\u2019t make any sense emotionally. How did they lie to him his entire life? But it also explains why he didn\u2019t fit into his father\u2019s shoes so well. And also why his father kept a distance from him no matter what he did, he could not get his father\u2019s love. It\u2019s also why his mother treated him a certain way. It\u2019s something that breaks you and heals you at the same time. But also, like the Count of Monte Cristo, he was making a plan to get back on top. Part of that was the destruction of EZ Reyes. So now, everything gets more complicated for him because how do you now kill your brother?<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: Does he kill his father?<\/p>\n
JAMES: That\u2019s something for Season 5. You\u2019ll have to wait and see.<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: In the finale, there\u2019s this scene where SAMCRO shoots at EZ and his girlfriend as they\u2019re riding a motorcycle on the highway. This semi-truck is in the way and becomes part of the accident. Is this a nod to Jax (Charlie Hunnam)?<\/p>\n
JAMES: Maybe. We\u2019re all the same DNA. What\u2019s beautiful is that we have this audience that has never seen Sons of Anarchy and we also have fans of the show that watch us. What I think they don\u2019t understand is that we are our own show but there are also these fingerprints [of Sons]. People call us the brown Sons of Anarchy and that\u2019s not what we are. But it also doesn\u2019t mean when we have Kim Coates on set that there isn\u2019t a line of the cast and the crew waiting to get a selfie. Hopefully, we can have Kim back next season and maybe some others for these beautifully artistic and creative moments that are really like heavyweight bouts.<\/p>\n
DEADLINE: With where things are left, what does the future have in store?<\/p>\n
JAMES: We always start with a lot of storylines on the show from Season 1. So we\u2019ve had to go further and further out. Season 4 went back to the peak of how far you can be on a storyline and still make sense. Things were always connected thematically so you have to pay attention. The whole point of this is for Season 5, we can start bringing everything back together. Did you see everybody is coming home? We went far out and now we\u2019re gonna funnel in towards something. I\u2019ll tell you, it\u2019s going to be explosive.<\/p>\n
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