Like always, Banshee has made the unexpected choice, but you can see how it will work.
But by all accounts this was a creative decision made to send the show out on a high rather than let it slowly burn itself out. There’s nothing else that has ever quite managed the same blend of pulp and depth (sorry Sons Of Anarchy), and with the series only just hitting its stride, Season Four seems like an early place to bow out.
The show has always been a gripping, exhilarating delight, but last year it staked a claim as one of the best things on television. The news that this year will be Banshee last still feels strange. Every other option I can think of seems equally unlikely, but Banshee has earned itself the kind of privileged position where speculation can never quite match up to where the story will actually go, so it’s better to just hold on tight and enjoy the ride.
One of Proctor’s enemies is the obvious choice, but, again, obvious isn’t exactly Banshee’s wheelhouse. It follows that after such a catastrophe it would take something as shocking as the death of Rebecca to bring him back.Īt this early stage, I have no idea who the killer could be. After everything that has happened, failure on this level is a new look for Hood, but a logical next step. They followed the leads they had, they got nowhere, and so they gave up and have been grappling with their guilt ever since. The characters of Banshee, as messed up and regularly brutalised as they are, usually tend to succeed in one way or another, so it’s a new feeling to realise that Job’s disappearance left them stumped. It’s the kind of set up that feels like the start of a long-postponed revival or a belated sequel more than a fourth season, but this being the beginning of the end, trying something a little different makes sense and is a pretty exciting prospect.
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Apparently there is a serial killer on the loose, and Rebecca is the third young woman to meet her end in this way. It’s this death that brings our characters back into each other’s orbit. Sugar is more or less the same, Job is still missing, and Rebecca is dead. Bunker has recovered from his brother’s assault and is taking his revenge by secretly sleeping with his wife. Brock is now the Sheriff and struggling with an office he fears has been infiltrated by Proctor, who, by the way, is now the Mayor. Carrie is separated from her kids, having therapy sessions with Dexter’s Sergeant Doakes, and spending her time rebuilding a house and beating up criminals. Instead, the show slowly lets us in on where our characters have been over the course of its first hour back. So of course, that was too easy for Banshee. With the end of season three teasing an exciting new collaboration between Proctor and Hood, the way forward seemed obvious. It’s also so typically Banshee that I feel stupid for not anticipating something like this.
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