Banshee is an American crime drama television series created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler for Cinemax. The series takes place in the fictional small town of Banshee, Pennsylvania. After serving 15 years in prison for stealing diamonds from Ukrainian gangster Rabbit (Ben Cross), the unnamed protagonist (Antony Starr) travels to Banshee to find his heist accomplice and former lover, Anastasia (Ivana Miličević). When he finds her, the protagonist learns that she is now a married mother of two living under the assumed identity of Carrie Hopewell. Later, when the incoming Sheriff is killed, the protagonist takes on his identity as Lucas Hood, becoming the town's new Sheriff, using his own brand of unorthodox methods. Banshee sees Hood struggle with adapting to his new identity while dealing with the machinations of local crime lord Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen), and remaining hidden from Rabbit. The series premiered on January 11, 2013.
During the course of the series, 38 episodes of Banshee aired over four seasons.
In February 2015, Banshee was renewed for a fourth and final season of 8 episodes. Originally scheduled to premiere on January 29, 2016, the start of the season was delayed to April 1, 2016.
Calvin Bunker brings a large posse of men to Proctor's house, and threatens to kill him, but Senator Mitchum, a secret leader of the Brotherhood, emerges from the house, removes Calvin from authority, and sends the men away.
Agent Dawson interrogates Bode's wife about the murder of Rebecca Bowman, and concludes that Rebecca's killer is still free, as her murder falls outside of the cultists' established pattern. Upon arrival at Proctor's house and finding no one home, Hood and Dawson find a hidden basement in his toolshed, where they find bloodstained instruments of torture. Hood also finds Rebecca's necklace, and concludes that Proctor must have killed her. He does not reveal this to Dawson, and leaves without her. Meanwhile, Proctor and his aide, Burton, are carrying out their drug deal with Emilio Loera of the Colombian cartel, when they are surprised by Carrie and Job, who have slaughtered Proctor's men in order to undermine the cartel's confidence in him. As they try to leave, the Colombians attempt to kill them, but Brock destroys the truck full of drugs with an RPG, giving Carrie and Job a chance to escape. A dazed Loera attempts to shoot Proctor, but Proctor kills him first. Burton executes the remaining cartel henchmen. As they drive away, Hood T-bones their vehicle, sending them into a ravine. Upon confronting Proctor about his involvement in Rebecca's death, Hood realizes that it was in fact Burton who killed Rebecca, and is attacked by him. Hood and Burton face off, resulting in Burton nearly strangling him to death, but is ultimately beaten due to his injuries. Hood leaves a bloodied and crippled Burton for Proctor to finish off.