[Arles]

Originally Posted by ISiddiqui

Were there really 8 or 9 "major" bad guys in the show? Burris, Osip, Chief of Police in Vinci (who was killed in the airport)

Here's the badguy hierarchy:

Spoiler

1. Tony Chessani (pulled all the strings on the land deal/russians/bad cops): ends up being mayor and having the land deal go as expected
2. Geldof (the new AG who made sure the Casper case got pinned on the mexicans and shut out the good cops): won election and helped the land deal
3. McCandless (looked up his name): head of catalyst who got the russians involved and made a killing off the land deal. Again, nothing bad happened.
4. Holloway (Chief who helped cover the cop conspiracy): died
5. Burris (Cop who shot the parents, Paul and helped pin the old AG's death on Ray): appears to have gotten promoted to Holloway's spot.
6. Osip (head of the russians): died.
7. Older Chessani (mayor who helped screw Frank long before Caspere bit it): died

You could also throw in Blake, the mexicans and Dixon (partnered with Burris), but I think those 7 makeup the primary bad guys.

And it's not so much that 4 of the top 5 profited enormously from the season, it's that we had to keep track of all 7. Making matters more confusing, we really only got a full introduction to Osip. 6 of the top 7 were virtual blips on the season - to where I had no idea on 5 of their names going into the finale.