‘MobLand’ Star Confirms Eddie Will Become a “Monster” in Season 2's Final Episodes

Image via Paramount+ Published Nov 7, 2026, 8:03 AM EST Therese Lacson is a Senior TV Editor who has been with Collider since 2021. She got started in this business over ten years ago working primarily as an interviewer and critic. At Collider, she works closely with the features team to support the writers and also ideates and develops content daily. She has covered major industry events including Cannes Film Festival, Sundance Film Festival, SXSW, Toronto International Film Festival, and San Diego Comic-Con. Although she reviews and covers both film and television, her focus is in television and her expertise is in fantasy and sci-fi genre shows. Her favorite shows to cover include House of the Dragon, Bridgerton, Fallout, 9-1-1, and Rivals. Sign in to your Collider account With just two more episodes left, MobLand has hit a fever pitch. The Harrigans are at each other's throats, there are enemies coming at them from every direction, and it feels like there's no one fit to take over for Conrad (Pierce Brosnan) as his heir, even as his mental condition deteriorates. Harry (Tom Hardy) is struggling to keep it all together, but there are problems on the home front as Conrad begins to hallucinate and Maeve (Helen Mirren) continues to play her games with Eddie (Anson Boon) and Gina (Teddie Allen). With Tattersall (Toby Jones) implying that there's someone in the Harrigan's circle who is ready to betray them — revealing Archie's (Alex Jennings) body at the bottom of the lake — and the Medusa's (Colm Meaney) son, Mad Dog (Colin Morgan), out for revenge, nothing is certain for our favorite crime family. Collider spoke with Anson Boon about Episode 8, "We Don't Talk Anymore," and where Eddie's head is at by the end of the hour. Boon breaks down Eddie's reaction to the revelation set by Conrad about the true origins of the Harrigan family, and what inspires Eddie to keep going. He also discusses Eddie's lowest point in the episode, when he is confronted by Maeve and rejected by Gina. Then, after explaining Gina and Eddie's complicated relationship, Boon teases whether or not Eddie could be the mole that will bring everything down. Anson Boon Reveals Eddie's Reaction to Conrad's Speech in Episode 8 "I think in that moment with Conrad, he feels like he has nothing to lose..." Image via Paramount+ What's going through Eddie's mind at the point when Conrad is telling him about their family's past? What is his reaction to the revelation that they're not even really Harrigans? ANSON BOON: Yeah, I think it explains a lot. I think that when you hear the story behind how this family was built and the fact that it comes from a place of pain, and it's so broken and so dark and so twisted, it's pretty explanatory of why these characters behave the way they do. I think that was a real education for Eddie at that moment, like, "Oh, yeah, this explains a lot." But actually, I felt quite proud of Eddie for having the courage to be a bit vulnerable at that moment. Being vulnerable in this family is not easy to do at all, because you need to show strength at all times, because it's all about respect. Respect makes power in this family, so it's not easy to be vulnerable. But I think that you're seeing Eddie at the moment at his lowest point. Gina's not talking to him, and he's been very vulnerable with her. He let his guard down for the first time with someone, and she's rejected him. Now his main fan, the person who is rooting for him, bankrolling him, guiding him — Maeve — she's turned on him, and she's bullying him in private as well. He has no one. So I think at that moment with Conrad, he feels like he has nothing to lose, and Conrad speaks to Eddie like a father for the first time. I think that really touches Eddie, and that last line that Conrad gives before he leaves, where he says, I think, "It's not about where you've come from; it's about what you do next." I think that's really poignant, and I'm excited for audiences to see what Eddie gets up to next. Boon Breaks Down Eddie's Lowest Point in 'MobLand' Season 2 "I think this is Eddie at his very lowest point; there's no going any lower, it's only up from here." How was it filming that scene with Helen Mirren, where Maeve gets him on his knees, literally, and records him being begging? Is that the lowest point for Eddie? Or is he going to go lower? BOON: Well, in Episode 8, in general, I think you see Eddie at his lowest point. He found out that Maeve sent him to Ireland purely because she wanted him to go up against the hardest guy in all of Ireland. He's not stupid; he knows she set him up for failure, so he can no longer trust her, and now she's cut him in the face in Episode 7. So you meet him at the start of Episode 8, and as I say, I think he feels like he's got nothing to lose. But after Conrad says that final, poignant line to him, "It's about what you do next," I think he feels slightly bolstered, and he goes into his day and he thinks, "No, I'm going to get my mojo back, and I'm going to tackle things head on," and he goes into that sauna. And again, I felt quite proud of Eddie. He stood up to Maeve for the first time. She's a very dangerous character; she's very frightening. That's not easy to do. But, of course, she's always a step ahead, and I loved getting to see those two go head-to-head, arguing properly for the first time. But she twists on him, and she tries to make out that he's the one who's been coming on to her this whole time, which is obviously not true, and she totally humiliates him. On top of that, after this scene, you see him come out of his bedroom, walk around the landing, and he makes eye contact with Gina, and he goes to speak to her. And me, as the actor, I think that he was going to admit to her in that moment — this is a little secret that I've not told anyone else yet — but I think he probably would have admitted to her that he knows he was wrong to trust Maeve and that Gina was right, and that he's going to listen to her from now on. I don't know whether he would have been able to say the word "sorry." It's not a word that people in the Harrigan family use a lot, let's be honest, but I think he would have said something to that effect. And in that moment, Gina looks him in the eyes, she slams the door in his face, and she rejects him. So, then, the next time you see Eddie, he's stood at the end of the pier in the lake in the back garden, and he's in tears because he's so sad. And if you think about what happened in between Gina rejecting him and that moment, Kevin's in the living room with Conrad, talking about Eddie saying the worst stuff about him, just dragging Eddie's name through the dirt. And I can tell you, as someone who has walked around that house a lot, the geography of it: Eddie had to walk right past that living room to get outside. The door was open, so he might have heard that conversation. I think this is Eddie at his very lowest point; there's no going any lower, it's only up from here. I'll tease that in Episodes 9 and 10, you might just see the monster that has been created by all of these people being so bad towards him. Boon Reveals If There's Still Hope for Gina and Eddie in 'MobLand' "So it's a little bit like Ross and Rachel in Friends, really, isn't it?" Image via Paramount+ Do you think there's any hope for Gina and Eddie after this? Because I think she was really betrayed by his actions in Ireland, but I do like them together, and it makes me sad that it seems like it's the end for them. Can you tease whether there's going to be some sort of reunion or reconciliation? BOON: Well, obviously, I know what happens, so I have to be very careful. I agree with you; I like them together, especially after you see that basically Maeve set Eddie up for failure in Ireland, and Gina was right. But I think what Eddie said in that moment — so there's the moment where the car pulls up outside the Medusa's house, and Eddie has been open with Gina: they're here to do a mission, they're here to kill the Medusa at Maeve's instruction. And Gina erupts; she says, "Why do you trust this mad old woman?" And Eddie said, "Because it's my family, and they're all I've got." And I think those two lines there, those two sentences, summarize everything. That is everything. That's all Eddie's got. It's the only thing he's ever known. His family business. Everyone does it; everyone is a gangster in his family, and that's what he wants to grow up and be. Power is his currency, and so I think that's why he trusted Maeve; that's why he had to stick to it. But now he knows he was wrong, and he was gonna tell Gina that, and she rejected him. So it's a little bit like Ross and Rachel in Friends, really, isn't it? It's like one of them realizes that they were wrong, and they go to get back with the other one, but then the other one's moved on, and it's like we're seeing they've had this kind of weird tug-of-war at the minute, and they're just missing each other emotionally. They're just not quite at the same level in places. So it does definitely come to a head, and I'm excited for you to see what happens. Boon Teases If Eddie Will Betray His Family in 'MobLand' "...he really wants to be able to trust them, but at the moment he's not really being shown that he can trust them." Image via Paramount+ At the end of Episode 8, you see Eddie at the pier like you mentioned, and there's this narrative that Tattersall is pushing that somebody in the family or somebody close to the Harrigans is a mole and knows about the body at the bottom of the lake. How loyal is Eddie to his family at this point, and should we be worried about him betraying them? BOON: The weird thing about the Harrigan family is they're like a coin, right? On one side, they really love each other, and they really, really stick up for each other. If anyone messes with their family, they'll be killed. And yet, on the other side, you constantly have to look over your shoulder because you can't trust anyone. There's this huge portrait that hangs in the entrance hall to the Cotswold house, above the staircase, of all of these dogs, eating each other. It's an incredibly dramatic painting; it's really dark, and we always talk about it as a cast that it really summarizes this family — this family of dogs who are constantly nipping at each other's heels. So, it's difficult; it's that dichotomy of him really wanting to be able to trust them, but at the moment he's not really being shown that he can trust them. That's a diplomatic answer. I look forward to the next two episodes, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of Mad Dog. I'm sure that's going to be a wild ride. BOON: It's going to rear its ugly head, isn't it? Release Date March 30, 2025 Network Paramount+ Directors Daniel Syrkin Cast Pierce Brosnan Conrad Harrigan