For four seasons, July 2 -- on its own terms, with time to say goodbye.

MGM+ will not bring "Godfather of Harlem" back for a fifth season. Instead, the network announced a two-hour series finale, expected to air in two parts, closing out the crime drama after four seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter's report on the announcement. Production on the finale begins July 10 on the show's Brooklyn set, though the network has not yet set a premiere date for the episodes themselves.

The finale's plot description reads like a mirror of the decision behind it. Bumpy, played by Forest Whitaker, "faces the ultimate reckoning as the walls close in around his empire," contending with enemies converging from political, criminal and personal di...