Banshee (TV series)
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| Genre | |
| Created by |
Jonathan Tropper David Schickler |
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| Composer(s) | Methodic Doubt |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 38 (list of episodes) |
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| Executive producer(s) | Jonathan Tropper David Schickler Peter Macdissi Alan Ball Greg Yaitanes O.C. Madsen Adam Targum |
| Producer(s) | Chad Feehan Robert F. Phillips |
| Location(s) |
Charlotte, North Carolina (Season 1-3) Vandergrift, Pennsylvania (Season 4) |
| Cinematography | Christopher Faloona |
| Editor(s) | Chris A. Peterson |
| Running time | 43–59 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Your Face Goes Here Entertainment Tropper Schickler Productions One Olive |
| Distributor | HBO |
| Release | |
| Original network | Cinemax |
| Picture format | 1080i (HDTV) |
| Original release | January 11, 2013 – May 20, 2016 |
| External links | |
| Website | |
Banshee is an American action television series created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler originally appearing on the Cinemax network beginning on January 11, 2013. Set in the small town of Banshee in Pennsylvania Amish country, the series' main character is an enigmatic ex-con (Antony Starr), who assumes the identity of Lucas Hood, the town's murdered sheriff, to hide from powerful crime lord Rabbit (Ben Cross). Imposing his own brand of justice, Hood attempts to reconcile with his former lover, Rabbit's daughter, Anastasia (Ivana Miličević), who has herself adopted an assumed identity, married, and raised a family during Hood's incarceration. Hood struggles to maintain his new identity while still embracing crime alongside his partners Job (Hoon Lee) and Sugar (Frankie Faison), and coming into conflict with local kingpin Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen).
The series was developed as part of Cinemax's drive to develop original content. A 10-episode second season debuted in January 2014. Banshee was renewed for a third season that same month, which debuted in January 2015. In February 2015, the series was renewed for an 8-episode fourth and final season. The final episode aired on May 20, 2016.
A man is released from prison after serving 15 years for planning to keep $15 million in diamonds that he was stealing on behalf of his employer, a Ukrainian mob boss named Rabbit. His former lover and accomplice, Rabbit’s daughter Anastasia, took off with the diamonds. Rabbit is after him because he thinks the man will lead him to his daughter and the diamonds. The man flees to the small fictional Pennsylvanian town of Banshee, where Anastasia has been living under the alias of Carrie Hopewell, the wife of the DA with two children. Lucas Hood, the new sheriff, arrives in town and is immediately killed when he intervenes in a dispute between local criminals and a bar owner. The man takes Hood’s identity and has to impersonate the sheriff and deal with ex-Amish crime lord Kai Proctor, sort things out with "Carrie" and get his share of the diamonds while evading Rabbit.
Season 1 focuses on Hood's attempts to restore his relationship with Carrie under the looming threat of Rabbit finding them. Hood completely disregards the law while clashing with Proctor and pursuing his often criminal activities, alienating his deputies. Rabbit eventually tracks him down and Hood surrenders to spare Carrie. Carrie leads some criminal accomplices and the deputies in a raid to free Hood and shoots Rabbit.
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