The Contract Season 3 Plot
Dante explores his lost identity and battles with his boss, and other problems that arrise.
Season 3 Episodes
10 episodes
1
80
Succession
Deputy mayor Frank Russo is pressured by the public to fix the crime problem in the streets of Chicago once and for all, while Frank makes moves to secure himself as the favored candidate for the upcoming election. Dante enters the final training stages of his new position while Joey, trying to expand the LSN into the drug-trade, is working out a potential partnership with a big time drug organization. Darrel cracks down on street level crime under the noses of the CPD to uncover Shelby's killer.
2
90
Lies
Dante and Belle go on their first date, where Dante begins a string of lies to prevent Belle from finding the truth of his occupation. Frank silences Rose as she tries to shed light on Scott's untimely death. Back at the office, Joey finalizes the LSNs deal between former rival Serbian drug kingpin Ivan Jovanović, the head of the Gold Coast Mob, ran by the Jovanović family, while simultaneously plotting the LSNs retaliation against Aldo who has now cowered into hiding. The state of Chicago's streets worsen by the day sending the public into an uncontrollable panic.
3
90
Not As It Seems
The episode opens with a tense meeting between the Jovanović family and the high-ranking LSN members, where through a tense, dialogue-driven sequence, it's made clear the partnership of the 2 crime giants might not be as solidified as we thought. Joey and Ivan share a solo conversation discussing the GCMs first transaction. Dante contemplates his lost identity, as the emptiness it leaves in him starts to show. When Rose publishes a paper exposing the leading candidate for mayor's corrupt methods of staying ahead, Frank is left desperate when a new competitor gains public favor. Belle struggles to find info on Dante's past to uncover potential secrets he's keeping, leading her to find out about the case of a missing boy 15 years ago.
4
80
Derailed
The episode opens with Joey introducing Dante to the Tasić family. An old Serbian powerful drug-distribution family from Highland. As the family and business has been falling apart, they intend to expand into Chicago, landing a hit placed on Sara Tasić's head, the senior of the family barely holding the business together. Dante overwhelmed yet excited for his new contract with the GCM, instinctively grabs his phone to tell Belle all about it. A strong wave of realization hits Dante as he remembers the lie he must continue to tell. Just then, Dante gets a call from Belle who is eagerly insisting she needs to talk about him with something, but Dante is forced to break the news that he won't be seeing her for awhile. Frank desperate to win over the public, looks for a less moral way to go about things. Similarly, Darrel is sent off the rails once all his leads turn cold, entering gangs and performing inside-investigations into drug organizations as a desperate final move.
5
80
Seal The Deal
Dante sets off to seal his first contract. We start following Agt. Quinn, the most experienced hitman at the LSN. Who is tasked with finding, and returning Aldo Lucchese to Joey alive. Joey has an arrogant conversation with Frank who pleas to do business with Joey, who in a display of his biggest flaw, toys with the mayor before accepting his deal to temporarily slow street-level crime to bring the public back into favor with Russo. Darrel's cover is blown sending him on the run from street gangs all over chicago, after uncovering a potential connection to Shelby's killer. Belle meets with Rose to find out more about the crime/corruption in the city of Chicago.
6
90
The Wrong People
With the help of the GCM, Joey obliterates Aldo's entire crew, kidnapping each member of his immediate family. Quinn returns Aldo to Joey who is surrounded by high-ranking members of the GCM and LSN. Joey ruthlessly murders each member of Aldo's family as Aldo is restrained, forced to watch. Joey ends his rampage by brutally beating Aldo to death in a passionate wrathful monologue about power, and his place on top of the crime business, boasting about how nobody ever messes with him and gets away with it. Dante enters the Tasić estate, displaying his skills as he silently takes out, and evades security while making his way to Sara. With the help from Rose, Belle learns the uncomfortable truth that Dante isn't exactly who he says he is.
7
90
Trojan Horse
Dante makes it to Sara's room and takes out her security. Dante holding her at gunpoint, Sara delivers a haunting, oddly personal speech about identity, and morals, and how the world they live in tends to separate them from who they used to be. When Ivan fails to update Joey on the status of the contract, his instincts kick in, sending him into a panic calling off the contract, sending all available men to the Tasić estate. Darrel's situation bubbles over ending with him being cornered in an alley by one of the gangs he tipped off. Darrel's activities counter the effects of Frank and Joey's deal, leaving Frank missing trying to confront Joey about the unexpected rise in crime when Rose looks to present a potential lead on a cold case from 1989. Right before Dante pulls the trigger on Sara, gunshots ring out from the exterior of the mansion, ending the episode on a cliffhanger as Dante races to finish the job, and escape unseen.
8
100
Course Correction
Dante unsure of what to do, frantically asks Sara what's going on, who calmly reveals Sara's plan to end the cycle of crime in her family, by having them wiped out by Dante and the GCM, who double-crossed Joey in an attempt to take out 2 competitors at once. Darrel cleverly talks his way out by insisting he only has one target in mind, and never planned to take for them to be a casualty in his investigation, insisting if they let him go, he could act as an inside man, lying about still be a detective to the gang. The GCMs men along with Ivan arrive to Sara's corpse. Ivan angrily orders his men to find Dante at all cost. On Dante's way out, he's caught by the GCM, when Joey arrives with dozens of the more skilled men at the LSN, immediately putting a stop to Ivan's plan. Ivan watching everything unfold from the top room of the mansion, makes his cowardice escape leaving his men to die. Frank makes desperate attempts to contact Joey to resolve his issues in the streets.
9
90
Collision Course
As Joey angrily storms off back to the LSN office, he's met by Frank who confronts him on the rising crime statistics. An already furious Joey blows up beating Frank half to death screaming asking why he'd accuse him of breaking his deal, shouting how he's "...NOT ONE OF THOSE BASTARDS WHO'S LOST HIS SENSE OF HONOR". Sara's speech echoes in Dante's mind while he recovers from his injuries, contemplating if he should stay in the game or not. Frank and Rose's meetup is broken up by an angry Darrel who barges into Frank's office telling him he knows he's protecting the man who killed his wife, and that he works for him until he kills the man who did it. Frank explains the situation, threatening violence if she speaks up about this, to Rose who has now fallen deeper down a rabbit hole she might not get of.
10
100
Tunnel Vision
This episode mainly focuses on Dante and his emotions, showing how he's been processing the recent events, trying to convince himself there's a way. He meets back with Belle who begs him to come clean. The episode climaxes between 2 parallel speeches given by Dante who comes clean about everything to Belle, claiming he doesn't know if he can keep going. While Joey, back at the office delivers a high octane, valiant speech declaring war against Ivan and the GCM. The final shot is Belle shockingly comforting Dante vowing to not stop until Dante is freed from his shackles at the LSN.