Take Three: Banshee

Banshee: Season 1, Episode 3 “Meet the New Boss” (B+)

This episode was the most intense – and violent – hour of this show yet. Seeing Carrie brandishing a gun and kicking ass at the beginning of the episode was unexpected and cool, and she managed quite a meeting with Mr. Rabbit, who, it turns out, is her father. It’s definitely bad timing for Lucas to have decided to engage in a full-on bloody brawl with Sanchez that’s going to be uploaded to YouTube and visible to the whole world, but something tells me that, given the fact that this show just got renewed for a second season, which is exciting, that there’s no way that Lucas’ stint in Banshee will end so soon. Carrie is definitely making sure that Lucas doesn’t feel at home, being extremely rude to him when her husband invited him over for lunch and then standing over him with a gun while he was sleeping. Kai is also trying to impress upon Lucas the fact that he owns the town, though it looks like Rebecca isn’t the only one who isn’t scared of Kai. Watching Sanchez brutalize the poor girl he had come to his room was highly unsettling, and it wasn’t any better to see Lucas get extremely bloody and beaten up when he decided to take Sanchez down. Sanchez asked for it, of course, daring him to come and get him when Lucas told him that he was under arrest, but it was much more disturbing than it needed to be. This show is certainly watchable, and it’s one of the most violent and compelling shows I’ve seen in a while.