Power in silence — Janet McTeer’s Kat rewrites the rules of MobLand with one chilling phone call
In a series built on bullets, betrayals, and bloodlines, MobLand has finally shown its hand — and it’s wearing a power suit at 40,000 feet.
Episode 7 of MobLand doesn’t just raise the stakes — it detonates the playing field. After weeks of escalating war between the Harrigan and Stevenson crime families, a single voice on the phone shatters every illusion of who’s really in charge. That voice? Belonging to Kat McAllister (Janet McTeer), a calm, enigmatic figure who appears for mere seconds but manages to eclipse every gangster, cartel enforcer, and warlord introduced thus far.
When gods walk among gangsters
Richie Stevenson’s rampage has reached its peak. Fuelled by grief over the murder of his wife and son, he’s locked and loaded, ready to annihilate the Harrigans one bullet at a time. But as cartel assassin Jaime Lopez prepares to execute Seraphina Harrigan, a phone rings — and just like that, the execution is called off.
Not with violence. Not with threats. With a name — Kat.
The men fall silent. The order is reversed. The storm stops mid-thunder. Kat McAllister doesn’t scream, doesn’t bluff — she simply commands.
Kat isn’t just rich — she’s untouchable
From her private jet, Kat isn’t sweating the turf wars of London. She’s buried in financial documents, too busy managing global chess pieces to notice the small-time drama happening on the ground. But when Donnie, her elusive emissary, gets a call from Harry Da Souza (Tom Hardy), the game changes. She answers. She saves lives. She resets alliances with a few syllables.
Who is Kat McAllister?
Her American accent alone makes her stand out among MobLand’s thick-accented rogues gallery. But it’s her reach — extending into the highest echelons of the cartel — that begs the question: is Kat even part of the criminal world at all?
The CIA theory — and why it fits too perfectly
The most compelling theory circling fans right now? Kat isn’t a cartel queen or billionaire puppeteer — she’s CIA. The kind of CIA that doesn’t just know about the drug trade, but controls it. That infamous shadow realm where the Agency doesn’t stop crime, it manages it.
Her influence over Jaime Lopez, a ruthless cartel enforcer, adds weight to this theory. He doesn’t question her. He doesn’t negotiate. He complies. If Kat represents the interests of American intelligence — keeping the drug pipelines flowing but contained — then suddenly, the squabbles in London look like child’s play. Richie Stevenson? Conrad “100 Guns” Harrigan? They’re footnotes.
Harry Da Souza — a cleaner with a past too dangerous to name
And then there’s Harry. Tom Hardy’s simmering fixer doesn’t just survive chaos — he orchestrates it. In Episode 7, he single-handedly decimates a warehouse of armed men, extracts intel from a gang leader with surgical efficiency, and traces kidnappers from nothing but a tattoo. These aren’t the tools of a common criminal.
They’re the calling cards of a covert operative.
If Kat is CIA, then Harry being ex-MI6 — or SAS — fits like a bullet in a chamber. The way he makes one call to Kat, knowing full well the cost. The way he defers to her, even while holding a gun. Their relationship carries the weight of history — covert operations, international missions, debt paid in blood.
Kat tells Harry he now owes her a favor. The kind of favor that could cost him more than his life — it could cost him his cover.
MobLand goes international — and deeper into the shadows
The move to Antwerp in Episode 7 isn’t just geographical — it’s strategic. It signals that MobLand is no longer content with turf wars and London grudges. With Kat McAllister on the board, this story is going global. The show’s smaller players are being dwarfed by international giants, and the rules are being rewritten.
MobLand’s climax is coming. But this isn’t the war fans expected. It’s something bigger — quieter — more dangerous. The power brokers have arrived. And they don’t need guns to kill. Just silence… and a phone call.