Banshee

[Kevin D]

"It's Banshee, Pennsylvania, nobody gives a fuck." They should make that the tagline.

[Kevin D]

That may have been their best episode so far. As well as being tremendous fun, they even threw a bit of self-deprecation in there, to their credit. I know nobody on here will be remotely interested, as you all watch the show for it's artistic merit, but the Amish girl rubbed one out in the first 5 minutes. I think that's when you know you're watching world class TV, when you get a bit of masturbation before the opening credits have even rolled.

[Kevin D]

I think it's likely we'll see Hood take out a transvestite heavyweight boxing champion in a brutal 8 minute encounter at some point.

 

Close, but no cigar. It was just a heavily tattooed, 6ft 4 Native American man who purposely stabbed himself during the fight. 

 

You must feel ridiculous.

[Kevin D]

Hood's fight this week was quality. Rarely surprised watching TV, but that was pretty brutal.

[Elite]

I am waiting until it finishes then marathon this season. As good as season 1?

[Sugar Ape]

I am waiting until it finishes then marathon this season. As good as season 1?

 

Same here. Can't watch stuff weekly.

[Kevin D]

I am waiting until it finishes then marathon this season. As good as season 1?

Well, I didn't think season 1 was good. It's got roughly the same level of violence and sex, but it's added some humour and self-awareness about how insane it all is, which gives it some charm. Renewed for a third season, too.

[VladimirIlyich]

Is that bird in the opening still greased up? Because if its water her hair is bone dry.

See what I did there.

[Cardie]

Rabbits daughter?

 

They've upped the stakes this series adding an assassin who's fit as fuck and eclipses her and the amish girl.

 

 

[Guest Numero Veinticinco]

I think it pretty much carries on where season 1 left off. I like it. I like the Amish guy the most. Best character by far.

[SCOUSE TAPAS]

Just watched all the episodes so far in season two. It seems better again to me than season one. A bit more weird although I thought the last episode wasnt that good. There is some ace characters in this show to.

[Elite]

Started watching season 2 and had forgotten how ridiculously awesome it is. The asian trannie is hilarious.

 

Oh and that Jacuzzi is the sickest form of aceness I have seen in a while.

[Sugar Ape]

Just catching up with this now since the series is nearly over.

 

That Amish bird masturbating is possibly, nay definitely, my favourite moment of TV of all time.

 

[Cardie]

That German fella creeps the fuck out of me.

 

 

[Kevin D]

I was going to say that the neo-Nazis attacking Emmet's wife and, essentially, forcing her abortion is the most horrific and ugly thing I've seen in a TV show. Then, I remembered I had watched OZ. So, this only barely makes the top 10, but it was still pretty heinous.

[Sugar Ape]

Bang up to date now. Can't wait for the finale.

[Sugar Ape]

Just read this about the final episode.

 

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Continuing with my sneak preview reviews of Banshee - this time, episode 2.10, the season 2 finale, set to air March 14, 2014 - courtesy of a screener disk provided by HBO/Cinemax. As always, these reviews will deal in generalities and avoid specific spoilers.

 

As I've hinted at and even said point blank in previous reviews, this finale is fabulous, in terms of action, surprises, and changes that will affect all of Banshee that comes after. In short, it is one best season finales of any series I've seen, and is well worth waiting for.

 

One way of telling you what the finale is about without giving away specific details is that there are at least five significant deaths. There actually are far more, but by "significant," I mean characters who have played some sort of major role on the show. Here's more about these deaths:

None are by natural causes (sorry, couldn't resist, you already knew that).

2 are heartbreaking, and 3 are very satisfying.

The 5 deaths take place in 3 different locales.

In 1 of the 3 satisfying deaths, we don't know until the point of death that this will happen, and in fact it looks up until that point that the killer will be killed.

All 5 deaths in retrospect are completely logical - but 2 are out of the blue, and, in the case of another, we didn't see it coming at all.

 

[Sugar Ape]

Just watched the last episode then. Very, very slow start that seems a bit of a waste, but good action packed last 20 minutes.

 

Fucking great show.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Right then, just grabbed the entire series 2 in HD, gonna give it some serious hammer today.

 

Love this mentalist series.

[Sweeney287]

Just seen that the second series is on Show Box so will start that tonight.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Just watched the first 5 episodes of Banshee series 2 today (giving my eyes a break before diving back in for some more), but I am swiftly coming to the conclusion that Banshee is the greatest program in the entire history of telly.

 

The acting is right up there with Monkey, The Water Margin and Mr Benn, and there's incredible pussy galore, absolutely dripping out of every single episode.

 

How many other series have made me guffaw out loud several times throughout every single episode ? Hmmm, still thinking.

 

Pissing myself at this beauty...

 

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"Do you know what's worse than getting your testicles crushed with a baseball bat ? Getting them crushed again..."

 

WALLOP.

 

Magical.

[Cardie]

Job is class.

 

[Carvalho Diablo]

Gonna have some tea then crack open another couple of episodes of this sublime series.

 

Is Proctor gonna shaft his niece ? Fucking hell, I would !

 

 

I empty both of them.

[Elite]

I have only the finale to watch, it's such a great show. Highly entertaining with a wealth of great characters.

[Carvalho Diablo]

Best program on the telly, can't wait for series 3.