Banshee is the kind of show that leaves you scratching your head wondering, "What is this?" The headlines would have you believe that Lucas Hood (the main character) is an ex-con master thief who gets a second chance at life by taking the identity of the new sheriff in the town of Banshee. There are a couple of problems here. The first is that Lucas meets the sheriff in a bar who provides laughably bad exposition which is almost as contrived as, "You know, I was hired without anyone knowing what I look like and if I died, it wouldn't matter because I have no family and no one knows that I came here." He is shot 45 seconds later. The other is that the writers seem to forget that Lucas is a "master thief" because during the course of season 1, he makes one attempt to steal a painting and completely messes it up by his own stupidity. Making us wonder, just how good of a thief is he really?
The rest of the season is dedicated to proving to the viewer that Lucas is not only stupid but also a bonified asshole who does almost everything in his power to make the town and the police suspicious of him. Strangely, all of his behavior has the town MILFS and underage Amish models flocking to his door swooning.
The violence in this show is (HILARIOUS)like watching a live-action Tom and Jerry cartoon. Lucas is beaten within an inch of his life almost every episode but he just gets up and usually gets laid afterward. One of the MILFS I refer to above also takes a beating that normally would be hard to watch but through Wile E. coyote logic not only lives but starts running around her son's school bleeding everywhere. The school nurse finds her and suggests that she lie down and sleep it off.
After finishing the season, I am not sure if the show is just dumb or tongue and cheek. What I am sure of is that everyone in Banshee would be better off if he just died because other than getting sexy ladies to drop their drawers, he gives no reason for the viewer to like him.
While this show is not good, it certainly is entertaining. Anyone who enjoys gratuitous (sometimes cartoonish) violence and Grade A T+A will find this to their liking. However, viewers who like to ask the question "why?" will end up laughing out loud.
The rest of the season is dedicated to proving to the viewer that Lucas is not only stupid but also a bonified asshole who does almost everything in his power to make the town and the police suspicious of him. Strangely, all of his behavior has the town MILFS and underage Amish models flocking to his door swooning.
The violence in this show is (HILARIOUS)like watching a live-action Tom and Jerry cartoon. Lucas is beaten within an inch of his life almost every episode but he just gets up and usually gets laid afterward. One of the MILFS I refer to above also takes a beating that normally would be hard to watch but through Wile E. coyote logic not only lives but starts running around her son's school bleeding everywhere. The school nurse finds her and suggests that she lie down and sleep it off.
After finishing the season, I am not sure if the show is just dumb or tongue and cheek. What I am sure of is that everyone in Banshee would be better off if he just died because other than getting sexy ladies to drop their drawers, he gives no reason for the viewer to like him.
While this show is not good, it certainly is entertaining. Anyone who enjoys gratuitous (sometimes cartoonish) violence and Grade A T+A will find this to their liking. However, viewers who like to ask the question "why?" will end up laughing out loud.