Cinemaxs Banshee serves up violence and pathos in equal measure in tonights hard-hitting premiere.
Spoilersahead for tonights season premiere and last seasons finale.
Its hard to know where to begin with a big, ambitious series likeBanshee.
The worst of it may be that she and Hood are no longer together.
He has moved on, embracing unexpected happiness with Siobhan, one of his deputies.
This is family values,Banshee-style.
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But Hood has a second family now in the Banshee police department.
Emmett may be gone, but he is not forgotten.
But Rebeccas not just into Uncle Kai, the man who was shunned by his family.
And theres no one in town more powerful than crooked Kai Proctor.
But bypassing state-of-the-art military security requires a skilled hacker.
But after a botched score, Job is drawn back to the last place he wants to be.
As I said before,Bansheeis a show with mighty ambitions.
Tonights episode featured 21 speaking partsnot including the main cast.
Its a well-acted show, too.
Blackwell especially manages to do quite a lot with very little screen time.
As Carries embittered husband, he embodies a man who is truly on the edge of hope.
(And Id be quite disappointed if they didnt.)
Kais elderly mother is still in the picture after their unexpected post-shunning reconciliation.
When it comes to big bads, Chayton Littlestone takes the title.
As played by Geno Segers, Chayton isterrifying.
He and Hood already brawled once before, but Id love to see them go at it again.
I wasnt expecting Brock to be sporting a beard.
But each man grieves in his own way, I suppose.
At some point Hood and Carrie will climb into each others beds, right?
Im saying this should happen, but what he and Siobhan have seems almost too good to be true.
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Rating:
4 out of 5
