Showtime SPOILER ALERT: This recap of Season 4, Episode 9 contains explicit plot details. In my episode two recap, one of the storylines I told viewers of “The Chi” to keep in mind surrounds Mayor Douda’s need to remind the streets who’s the boss — and how he aims to do so: “Will Douda continue to keep one foot in the streets and the other in City Hall, knowing he’s made a public claim to defund the police?” Based on what viewers witnessed in this episode, Mayor Douda, played by Curtiss Cook, aims to do just that by keeping secrets, and laying down the hammer — or in his case, his walking cane — to keep everyone in line: