The second season of BANSHEE is as awesome as
the first
season. An ex-convict assumes the
identity of small town sheriff Lucas Hood (Antony Starr) where he resorts to
upholding the law in the small rural Amish-area town of Banshee,
Pennsylvania while also pulling
off some crimes off with his ex-lover Anna/ Carrie Hopewell (Ivana Milicevic)
and other people. He gets into conflicts
with Amish gangster Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen) and Kinaho tribal leader Alex
Longshadow (Anthony Ruivivar). Kai’s
niece still dreams of being with Lucas while Lucas gets involved with his
female deputy. The second season
follows up on the fallout caused by the events in the season one finale as
Carrie believes her father/ Ukrainian gangster rabbit (Ben Cross) may still be
alive. She is estranged from her
husband and kids after her past is exposed.
Lucas continues to walk the line under his fake identity as he escapes
detection from FBI Agent Jim Racine (Zelijko Ivanek), investigates the death of
a Kinaho teenage girl, and the unwelcome arrival of the son of the real Lucas
Hood.
The second season does a good job of further
developing the
characters while setting the stage for whatever may happen in the third
season. Lucas tries to leave the job he
took only to have events throw new obstacles in his path. Also Rebecca, Kai’s
niece, goes through a
transformation that takes her farther away from the Amish girl she once was and
you wonder if she will eventually be like Kai. Lucas starts his
own personal war against
Kai after rescuing Kai’s niece. Each
character is trapped by their past, who they are, and the people around
them. Kai is jealous of anyone that
Rebecca associates with and he even will kill anyone who sleeps with her (as
you wonder if they will sleep together in some form of twisted romance between
uncle and niece). Carrie tries to put
away her past for good while Lucas is still trapped by his past dreams.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Deleted Scenes for THE THUNDER MAN,
THE WARRIOR CLASS, BLOODLINES, HOMECOMING, and BULLETS AND
TEARS
ZOOMED IN featurettes for episodes 1, 2, 3, 4,
6, 7, and 8
explore pivotal scenes and characters of the second season of BANSHEE with the
featurettes alternating between examination of a bad guy for ARMIES OF ONE
and behind-the-scenes of action sequences like the highway heist in the second
season opener
The most important feature on the disc are the
mini-episodes
that form BANSHEE ORIGINS (45 minutes approx) as 12 new segments go into the
past of several characters. You can
watch them before the second season, but I think you may want to watch the
Origins episodes after watching the second season (however they also provide
back story that ties in with the second season).
CONVERSATION BETWEEN OLEK AND
THE ALBINO (Disc 4)
Trailers for BANSHEE Season 2 and the Origins
Comic Con
trailer
Audio Commentaries for THE THUNDER MAN,
THE WARRIOR CLASS, BLOODLINES, WAYS TO BURY A MAN,
and BULLETS AND TEARS
FINAL ANALYSIS:
BANSHEE season two continues to show why this crime noir series is the
best crime action drama you should be watching. Check out the BANSHEE
ORIGINS and the ZOOMED
IN featurettes for a deeper experience of this great show. I can’t wait
to watch season three.
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