They may have tried to crowbar one too many characters into this pilot but the lines they’re coming out with are an assurance that we’ll remember most of them.Ībout to leave town empty handed, our guy stops off for a few whiskies at a roadside bar. There are times when it has a slick, Tarantino-style feel to it.
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In an opening episode script stuffed full of great lines, it’s here we’re treated to our first one as a disgruntled Hopewell asks Proctor if that is “a judge in your pocket or are you just happy to see me”.Ĭreators David Schickler and Jonathan Tropper have constructed an inaugural script that is rich on quotable dialogue.
Town DA Gordon Hopewell and young Mayor Dan Kendell are on the losing end of a verdict against Kai Proctor, Banshee’s Mr. A Banshee courthouse scene sees the audience begin to meet a few of the show’s plentiful cast members. Much of this opening episode is given over to character introduction. Much like True Blood, the themes of Banshee are set out in a series of images incorporating sex, death and the Amish background of its Pennsylvania location.
When the titles do roll we’re treated to a typical Alan Ball-inspired sequence. You suspect that this is going to be a show which will not do subtle. Bullets fly, there’s a spectacular NYC open top, tour bus crash before our man escapes via motorbike to the town of Banshee.īanshee hasn’t even reached its opening credits and it’s already crammed in sex, robbery, blackmail, a car chase and mass destruction. No sooner has our anti-hero walked out the door than he’s caught up in a vehicular chase through the streets of New York City with two suited individuals.
After a spot of lunch where he leaves the waitress with a very generous tip of a non-money variety, he indulges in a spot of grand theft auto before heading to a hairdressers/underground lair where he threatens to smash everything up until a man known as Job gives up the location of the person he’s looking for.
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