Banshee tv series season 4 serial#
Banshee tv series season 4 full#

Banshee tv series season 4 full#

Now that weвЂ™ve seen the full story, it simply didnвЂ™t justify the time that was spent on it and was ultimately too separate from everything else to really get away with being part of the final season.Д«ut itвЂ™s hard to be critical considering how much the finale did right. The Bode plot might have worked if it was introduced and resolved in one or two episodes not dragged out the way it was. On the one hand Bode didnвЂ™t kill Rebecca, which is a relief, on the other hand we had to spend several episodes thinking that he did, and the fact that he wasnвЂ™t her killer poses the question of why we spent so much time focussed on the hunt for him. Subplots spent this season treading water and the Declan Bode storyline ultimately amounted to a season long red herring a reveal that I wasnвЂ™t sure whether to be happy or angry about. I respected Tropper saying last year that they simply didnвЂ™t have enough plot to do another two ten episode seasons, but having finished the show I donвЂ™t think there was even enough plot for the eight episodes we got. Part of me wonders if this season would have been better served as a two-part finale special, or even a movie. But the show was called Banshee and the story of his time in the town had reached a natural endpoint.

With the exception of ProctorвЂ™s inevitable demise, all of our principals seemed to get something akin to a happy ending and as Hood rode off on his bike at the end thereвЂ™s a great sense that his adventures will continue. Only a few television shows have ended in a wholly satisfying way, and even after the huge flaws of this season, Banshee pulled it off in an episode that was far more gentle, emotional and heartfelt than we could have expected. When all is said and done, with Declan Bode out of the way and the stage set for the titular requiem, I finished the episode with a smile on my face.

Banshee tv series season 4 serial#

Couple that with a serial killer subplot that could charitably be described as a bit weak, and coming into this series finale I wasnвЂ™t as excited as I should have been, especially not for a show that this time last year I was ready to call my favourite ever.Д«ut hey, the finale was really good. Sure, in some cases it paid off, especially with Job, but I never felt like any of the other characters were really being taken to a place we hadnвЂ™t seen them go before.

Interviews with the cast and creatives had said that, rather than trying to top the action of Season Three they wanted to go more introspective and character-driven this year an inclination I understand, but not one that worked as well as theyвЂ™d hoped. Season Three felt like the fulfilment of all the promise established in that first explosive pilot, and I was ready for Season Four to take the show to greater heights before riding into the sunset. Maybe thatвЂ™s one of the reasons IвЂ™ve been so let down by the fourth season. I always looked on Banshee with a sort of weird pride, and as it came into its third season and critics everywhere started to acknowledge it as one of televisionвЂ™s best and most exciting shows. ThereвЂ™s something special about discovering a show in its infancy, realising youвЂ™re watching something special, and then following it through as it develops and grows and becomes spectacular.