Banshee is right on top of its game in season 3, which is consistently delivering edge-of-your-seat television...
This review contains spoilers.
3.3. A Fixer Of Sorts
After two episodes of predominantly setting up future storylines, Banshee threw away any sense of restraint this week for an hour of the kind of all-out carnage and mayhem that only this show could deliver. Starting with the jaw-dropping opening minutes – which I’ll get to in a moment – A Fixer Of Sorts rarely let up, both escalating ongoing conflicts and paying off long standing ones with no shortage of bloodshed. In short, this was one of the best episodes Banshee has ever delivered. The confidence and boldness of the writers was on full display this week, and it’s hard to see how the game can be lifted much more from here.
This represented the first episode this season more or less built around a standalone plot.
This review contains spoilers.
3.3. A Fixer Of Sorts
After two episodes of predominantly setting up future storylines, Banshee threw away any sense of restraint this week for an hour of the kind of all-out carnage and mayhem that only this show could deliver. Starting with the jaw-dropping opening minutes – which I’ll get to in a moment – A Fixer Of Sorts rarely let up, both escalating ongoing conflicts and paying off long standing ones with no shortage of bloodshed. In short, this was one of the best episodes Banshee has ever delivered. The confidence and boldness of the writers was on full display this week, and it’s hard to see how the game can be lifted much more from here.
This represented the first episode this season more or less built around a standalone plot.
- 1/26/2015
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
A quick review of tonight's "Banshee" coming up just as soon as I grab that hood ornament... "Banshee" is a show that doesn't particularly lend itself to weekly analysis, but "A Fixer of Sorts" was the show operating at such peak efficiency that it warrants mention. First, the Burton/Nola fight was insane, both for the graphic brutality of it — each of them suffering injuries that would have killed or at least crippled them in a more grounded series — and just the way it was shot, particularly the sequence when the camera appears to do a full orbit around the car while they're fighting inside it. I don't know if that was really a single take or if there's a digital cheat in there somewhere, but it looked amazing. And yet even as those two are tearing each other to shreds, there's still that unexpected thoughtfulness that makes "Banshee" more than just well-executed pulp exploitation.
- 1/24/2015
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
by Sean Colletti and Randy Dankievitch
Sean Colletti: Second seasons are notoriously difficult to pull off. We saw the collapse of Homeland after putting together an exciting debut season, and it’s certainly not alone in recent promising shows that have struggled to improve upon themselves—or even just prevent themselves from declining. Two shows, though, have really stood out to me this year in terms of upping their games in their second seasons. Both Arrow (The CW) and Banshee (Cinemax) have come from relatively meager beginnings to grow into two of the most entertaining and rewarding TV experiences for me at the moment.
And I think it’s specifically that idea of coming from those beginnings that impresses me. Shows like Hannibal and The Americans came out swinging and brimming with confidence, so the differences between their first seasons and what we’ve seen from their second seasons so...
Sean Colletti: Second seasons are notoriously difficult to pull off. We saw the collapse of Homeland after putting together an exciting debut season, and it’s certainly not alone in recent promising shows that have struggled to improve upon themselves—or even just prevent themselves from declining. Two shows, though, have really stood out to me this year in terms of upping their games in their second seasons. Both Arrow (The CW) and Banshee (Cinemax) have come from relatively meager beginnings to grow into two of the most entertaining and rewarding TV experiences for me at the moment.
And I think it’s specifically that idea of coming from those beginnings that impresses me. Shows like Hannibal and The Americans came out swinging and brimming with confidence, so the differences between their first seasons and what we’ve seen from their second seasons so...
- 3/21/2014
- by Randy Dankievitch
- SoundOnSight
Considering you might be reading this just after watching the shattering end to this week’s Banshee, it’s going to be hard to talk about “Evil for Evil” in such a way that doesn’t trivialize the bleakness of the hour, while also conveying how freaking stoked we should about the heater the show is on. Stretching back to “Armies of Ones,” Banshee has stopped it with the detours, and finally started getting to the meaningful action. And I’m not just talking about semis careening into drug warehouses, or bareknuckle boxing on a moonlit highway; what’s making things click so well lately is the sense that we’re done winding up the characters and plotlines for the season, and finally get to see them let loose. And wouldn’t you know it: Banshee is a pretty damn fine show when its toys are playing together.
While earlier...
While earlier...
- 3/1/2014
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
Banshee, Season 2: Episode 7 – “Ways to Bury a Man”
Written by Doug Jung
Directed by Loni Peristere
Airs Friday nights at 10 on Cinemax
With so many different directions to go and so few episodes left in its second season, Banshee surprises in “Ways to Bury a Man” by sticking to a plot it could have easily moved on from and by bringing back an essential dynamic of the series to the forefront. That plot and dynamic center around Jason Hood and Kai Proctor, respectively. In last week’s episode, Burton killed Jason and cleaned up the murder scene to give off the impression that the kid skipped town without saying goodbye to Hood. You’d be justified in wondering how Burton and Proctor would have missed something like that huge bag of cash in the bathroom, but for narrative purposes, it’s essential to tipping off Hood that there’s foul play involved.
Written by Doug Jung
Directed by Loni Peristere
Airs Friday nights at 10 on Cinemax
With so many different directions to go and so few episodes left in its second season, Banshee surprises in “Ways to Bury a Man” by sticking to a plot it could have easily moved on from and by bringing back an essential dynamic of the series to the forefront. That plot and dynamic center around Jason Hood and Kai Proctor, respectively. In last week’s episode, Burton killed Jason and cleaned up the murder scene to give off the impression that the kid skipped town without saying goodbye to Hood. You’d be justified in wondering how Burton and Proctor would have missed something like that huge bag of cash in the bathroom, but for narrative purposes, it’s essential to tipping off Hood that there’s foul play involved.
- 2/22/2014
- by Sean Colletti
- SoundOnSight
Now that’s more like it. Much as the slow start to Banshee’s second season has had me pining for the days it would just do one-off episodes (like last week’s enjoyable British invasion), “Ways to Bury a Man” is the first time since the tail-end of season one that it’s felt like all the stuff surrounding the procedural escapades is cohering into an exciting whole. This time last year, we had the episode “Wicks,” a fine enough bit of backstory-fill that was ultimately self-contained. A year later, with a slew of new characters and dynamics set up, Banshee is finally at the point where its main plot can begin in earnest: a war between Hood and Kai Proctor that’s going to smash a semi through what little veil of normalcy this town had left.
Up until now, Kai and Hood have been mostly accommodating of one another,...
Up until now, Kai and Hood have been mostly accommodating of one another,...
- 2/22/2014
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
It’s nearly two weeks late, didn’t air on a Sunday, and certainly wouldn’t pass network FCC regulations, but all the same, this week’s Banshee was 100% what you’d call a post-Super Bowl episode of TV. If you were a New Girl or Brooklyn Nine-Nine fan who suffered (or celebrated, if you’re from Seattle) through the big game just to watch the new episodes airing immediately after, you might have noticed how slightly “off” each show was from its established rhythm. When not cashing in on guest stars like Prince and Adam Sandler, both New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine were serving up simplified, easily accessible versions of themselves, downplaying the idiosyncrasies of the characters and comedy that won them devoted fans, instead emphasizing loud, easy gags, like a 2-minute riff on the proper pronunciation of “panties.”
Fox having command of over 100 million sets of eyeballs for...
Fox having command of over 100 million sets of eyeballs for...
- 2/15/2014
- by Sam Woolf
- We Got This Covered
Banshee, Season 2: Episode 4 – “Bloodlines”
Written by Evan Dunsky
Directed by Oc Madsen
Airs Friday nights at 10 on Cinemax
“You’re finally being a chief. Don’t ruin it by second-guessing yourself.”
With so much duress weighing down on him, Alex Longshadow doesn’t have time for second-guessing. This lesson is Nola’s parting gift before riding off into the night. Alex joins a handful of Banshee characters who find themselves in tough spots in “Bloodlines.” Rabbit decides to return in an attempt to explain to his daughter the guiding force behind his “insanity” – complete and total love. Anatstasia continues to live out her short sentence designed to let her stew in the ramifications of her past decisions. Rebecca, in a state of psychological fragility after last week’s events, is stuck trying to figure out how to find her brother in spite of her family’s scorn. The more...
Written by Evan Dunsky
Directed by Oc Madsen
Airs Friday nights at 10 on Cinemax
“You’re finally being a chief. Don’t ruin it by second-guessing yourself.”
With so much duress weighing down on him, Alex Longshadow doesn’t have time for second-guessing. This lesson is Nola’s parting gift before riding off into the night. Alex joins a handful of Banshee characters who find themselves in tough spots in “Bloodlines.” Rabbit decides to return in an attempt to explain to his daughter the guiding force behind his “insanity” – complete and total love. Anatstasia continues to live out her short sentence designed to let her stew in the ramifications of her past decisions. Rebecca, in a state of psychological fragility after last week’s events, is stuck trying to figure out how to find her brother in spite of her family’s scorn. The more...
- 2/2/2014
- by Sean Colletti
- SoundOnSight
Check out these sneak peek clips from "Banshee" Season 2, episode 3, titled "The Warrior Class."
Above is the most exciting development -- Jason Hood has come home to roost, as it were. He has a hunch his father, the real Sheriff Lucas Hood, is dead and the man pretending to be him, our Sheriff Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), is the man who killed him.
In the menacing fashion we all know and love, Lucas reminds the boy that maybe threatening the man he thinks killed his father in cold blood is not the smartest idea.
What do you think Jason wants? Will he make trouble for the faux Sheriff?
Below, Carrie got off with a warning for the vicious prison fight she took part in, while the case of the week looks to be the death of a Kinaho girl who was dating an Amish boy and a Native American gang might be behind it.
Above is the most exciting development -- Jason Hood has come home to roost, as it were. He has a hunch his father, the real Sheriff Lucas Hood, is dead and the man pretending to be him, our Sheriff Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), is the man who killed him.
In the menacing fashion we all know and love, Lucas reminds the boy that maybe threatening the man he thinks killed his father in cold blood is not the smartest idea.
What do you think Jason wants? Will he make trouble for the faux Sheriff?
Below, Carrie got off with a warning for the vicious prison fight she took part in, while the case of the week looks to be the death of a Kinaho girl who was dating an Amish boy and a Native American gang might be behind it.
- 1/23/2014
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
When we last left "Banshee," Pa., a shootout involving nearly every main character left Lucas Hood tortured, many bad guys dead, Brock and Sugar shot and Rabbit having seemingly escaped again while sporting two bullet holes. Plus, Kai Proctor and his pouty-lipped niece Rebecca accidentally killed Mayor Dan. Oops.
We've seen the "Banshee" Season 2 premiere and here are a few slightly spoilery details to tide you over until the show returns.
Zeljko Ivanek makes a dramatic entrance as Agent Jim Racine, who has been tracking Rabbit for 15 years. He's got a lot of questions for everyone involved in the shootout, particularly Carrie and Lucas. In the end, though, he's got bigger fish to fry than some local sheriff and his deputies, much to Agent Xavier's consternation.Despite a new Fed breathing down their necks, Job, Lucas and Carrie are up to their old tricks by halfway through the premiere episode,...
We've seen the "Banshee" Season 2 premiere and here are a few slightly spoilery details to tide you over until the show returns.
Zeljko Ivanek makes a dramatic entrance as Agent Jim Racine, who has been tracking Rabbit for 15 years. He's got a lot of questions for everyone involved in the shootout, particularly Carrie and Lucas. In the end, though, he's got bigger fish to fry than some local sheriff and his deputies, much to Agent Xavier's consternation.Despite a new Fed breathing down their necks, Job, Lucas and Carrie are up to their old tricks by halfway through the premiere episode,...
- 12/18/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
It’s lucky 13 for the fun and fabulous Coney Island Film Festival! That’s right, 2013 will see the 13th annual edition of this New York City staple that combines the fine art of filmmaking with the rambunctious art of sideshow performing on Sept. 20-22.
The fest opens on the 20th with the documentary More Than the Rainbow, a profile of Matt Weber, an NYC cab driver who moonlights as an art photographer. The film is directed by Dan Wechsler.
Other docs screening at the fest include the uplifting tale of A Clown’s Recovery, directed by Matthew Broomfield; the sports drama of One Wall: Kings of Coney Island, directed by Joe Glickman; the profile of a Coney Island legend in The Commander in Chief, directed by Jim McDonnell; the struggle of Bending Steel, directed by Dave Carroll; and World Circus, directed by Angela Snow.
But, there are also fiction films in the mix,...
The fest opens on the 20th with the documentary More Than the Rainbow, a profile of Matt Weber, an NYC cab driver who moonlights as an art photographer. The film is directed by Dan Wechsler.
Other docs screening at the fest include the uplifting tale of A Clown’s Recovery, directed by Matthew Broomfield; the sports drama of One Wall: Kings of Coney Island, directed by Joe Glickman; the profile of a Coney Island legend in The Commander in Chief, directed by Jim McDonnell; the struggle of Bending Steel, directed by Dave Carroll; and World Circus, directed by Angela Snow.
But, there are also fiction films in the mix,...
- 9/17/2013
- by Mike Everleth
- Underground Film Journal
Feature James Stansfield 24 Jul 2013 - 07:00
James explores the extra online material that accompanies season one of Banshee, in his opinion, the best new Us show on TV...
When you see Alan Ball’s name next to the credit of executive producer, you can assume that a show isn’t going to be one for the all the family. Having steered cult hits like Six Feet Under and True Blood, Ball’s shows are usually stacked with characters that inhabit greyer areas of life, hold one or two secrets, and lashings of adult content. His latest, Banshee, is no exception.
Over the course of a ten episode first season, Banshee welcomed its audience into a murky, but enthralling world. An unnamed ex-con played by Anthony Starr, tracks his sweetheart of fifteen years ago, Ivana Milicevic’s Ana/Carrie Hopewell, to a small Pennsylvanian Amish community where he finds she’s...
James explores the extra online material that accompanies season one of Banshee, in his opinion, the best new Us show on TV...
When you see Alan Ball’s name next to the credit of executive producer, you can assume that a show isn’t going to be one for the all the family. Having steered cult hits like Six Feet Under and True Blood, Ball’s shows are usually stacked with characters that inhabit greyer areas of life, hold one or two secrets, and lashings of adult content. His latest, Banshee, is no exception.
Over the course of a ten episode first season, Banshee welcomed its audience into a murky, but enthralling world. An unnamed ex-con played by Anthony Starr, tracks his sweetheart of fifteen years ago, Ivana Milicevic’s Ana/Carrie Hopewell, to a small Pennsylvanian Amish community where he finds she’s...
- 7/23/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Review James Stansfield 1 Jul 2013 - 23:15
James salutes an all-out action episode of Banshee, which draws its first impressive season to a close...
This review contains spoilers.
1.10 A Mixture of Madness
Over the last nine weeks, Banshee has presented us with a complex mix of character relationships, and more secrets than Laura Palmer’s diary, punctuated with breath-taking moments of violence. For its season one send off though, Banshee threw off the covers and romped through an hour of all-out action, capped off with a head-spinning final ten minutes.
For the first time since the pilot episode, the character given the most focus is Anthony Starr’s Sheriff Lucas Hood. Pre-credits and throughout the episode, we’re treated to some conversations Hood had with his parole officer halfway through his time in prison. We know Hood served his full fifteen-year sentence, so we immediately know this can’t end well...
James salutes an all-out action episode of Banshee, which draws its first impressive season to a close...
This review contains spoilers.
1.10 A Mixture of Madness
Over the last nine weeks, Banshee has presented us with a complex mix of character relationships, and more secrets than Laura Palmer’s diary, punctuated with breath-taking moments of violence. For its season one send off though, Banshee threw off the covers and romped through an hour of all-out action, capped off with a head-spinning final ten minutes.
For the first time since the pilot episode, the character given the most focus is Anthony Starr’s Sheriff Lucas Hood. Pre-credits and throughout the episode, we’re treated to some conversations Hood had with his parole officer halfway through his time in prison. We know Hood served his full fifteen-year sentence, so we immediately know this can’t end well...
- 7/1/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Harrison Thomas has joined the cast of Banshee. Thomas will play a recurring character named Jason Hood, reports Deadline. Banshee is the new Cinemax series produced by Alan Ball, who is stepping down as a showrunner on True Blood after the fifth season. Banshee follows an ex-convict and master thief (Anthony Starr), who flees Pennsylvanian town Banshee as he is hunted down by gangsters he betrayed. Demetrius Grosse recently (more)...
- 9/19/2012
- by By Kristina Bustos
- Digital Spy
Amy Irving has been tapped for a recurring role on ABC’s midseason drama series Zero Hour, which stars Anthony Edwards as a man who, after spending 20 years as the editor of a skeptic magazine, becomes involved in one of the most compelling conspiracies in human history. Irving, repped by TalentWorks and Rugolo Entertainment, will play a seemingly innocent, philanthropic and ordinary mother who turns out to be anything but. Married into money and well connected to the community through the charity that she runs, her plans border on both mysterious and dangerous. Also cast as recurring in Zero Hour is Lost alum Ken Leung. He will play Father Reggie, a mysterious priest who knows more than we initially think. He is with Hartig Hilepo Agency Charlie Hofheimer has booked a recurring role on ABC’s medical drama on Private Practice, playing a father whose daughter goes missing from the hospital.
- 9/19/2012
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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