Synopsis:
This CINEMAX action drama charts the final twists and turns that follow Lucas Hood, an ex-convict who assumed the identity of sheriff in the Amish-area town Banshee, where his former lover and partner-in-crime was living under her own alias, Carrie Hopewell. The final season takes place two years after Lucas gave up his badge after a bloody, multimillion-dollar heist at the Camp Genoa Marine Base which proved costly: Carrie’s husband Gordon was killed, and Lucas’s longtime computer-hacker partner, Job, was abducted by a shady criminal ring. After settling a score with a “recruiter” from Lucas’s past whom he hoped would have intel on Job, Lucas went on a bender before being rescued by an unlikely savior, Proctor’s niece. Emerging from a self-imposed exile, Lucas returns to Banshee to find it a changed town. Brock Lotus is now sheriff, Kai Proctor is the mayor, and the old “Cadi” police station has been replaced by a state-of the-art facility. A new deputy with ties to Proctor, Nina Cruz, has joined Brock’s team, along with Kurt Bunker, the skinhead-turned-deputy who continues to make amends for his dark past while fighting the racist overtures of the group led by his younger brother Calvin. After reuniting with Carrie, their daughter Deva, and ex-boxer Sugar Bates, Lucas becomes immersed in a new Banshee crisis: rooting out a vicious serial murderer whose latest victim is someone near and dear to his heart.
What We Thought:
Banshee is a show I’ve never watched on its regular night and time. It’s always been something I’ve binged later on. For some reason I originally thought it was a genre show like True Blood or Haven, but it’s more a crime drama.
In fact the show is closer to a Justified or Sons of Anarchy. It’s not quite as over the top as Sons and lacks the noir vibe of Justified, but I’d compare it most to that one.
Season 4 is the final season and you can watch it on Digital HD like I did. It starts with Lucas coming out of hiding because of the death of a major character. I won’t say who in case you aren’t fully caught up on previous seasons. He’s been hiding alone in the woods or at least he tells everyone he was alone. The bulk of the beginning of the season centers around the murder and similar murders and who did it.
The Job storyline wraps up pretty good early on too. Lucas and the gang finally make gains on Job while the mayor is running town and taking care of his boys. The Bunker brothers come into play in different ways as well. Plus Eliza Dushku joined the cast.
The show does remind me a lot of Justified. You have a charismatic lead with multiple women. You have small town leaders doing things they shouldn’t. There’s drug making and drug dealing and White Supremacists. It just doesn’t have that Elmore Leonard swagger I guess.
Banshee is a solid little crime drama. Being on paid cable it could have positives basic cable doesn’t allow. I think Season 4 played out pretty well. Season 3 ended in a big way that going forward two years was smart. They used flashbacks to tie in storylines and explain characters better and I liked that. It was never a must see immediately show to me, but it’s a good binge. Get it on Digital HD today.
RECOMMENDED!
Cast & Crew:
- Anthony Starr
- Ivana Milicevic
- Ulrich Thomsen
- Frankie Faison
- Hoon Lee
- Lili Simmons
- Matthew Rauch
- Eliza Dushku
Recommended If You Like:
- Justified
- Sons of Anarchy
- Fargo
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