Banshee

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Season 4
  • Network: Cinemax
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 11, 2013
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
Metascore
77

Generally favorable reviews - based on 4 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
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  1. Hitfix
    Reviewed by: Alan Sepinwall
    Mar 31, 2016
    83
    For the most part, the new season (I've seen four of the eight episodes) is excellent. Tropper and company find new contexts for most of the characters to match their altered surroundings. ... But in the middle of this comes a brand new kind of story for the show, and one that made me cringe not with delight at Banshee's latest impressive bit of the old ultraviolence, but with concern that Banshee had become TV's latest drama to prominently feature a serial killer.
  2. Yahoo TV
    Reviewed by: Ken Tucker
    Apr 8, 2016
    80
    Tucked away on Cinemax and by now almost doggedly proud of both its cult status and its utter unpredictability, Banshee remains a pure pleasure machine, at once vulnerable and sturdy, and determined to go out on its own terms, whatever the hell those may be.
  3. Collider
    Reviewed by: Allison Keene
    Mar 29, 2016
    80
    The bottom line is that Banshee is both the same as it ever was and full of new purpose.
  5. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Jeff Jensen
    Mar 28, 2016
    67
    With so many broken relationships and so much change, the story feels alienated from what came before. [1/8 Apr 2016, p.99]
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User Score
7.1

Generally favorable reviews- based on 133 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 95 out of 133
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 133
  3. Negative: 34 out of 133
  1. Wolfenstein51
    Apr 18, 2016
    10
    Well, what can I say. I love this show and am very sad that this is the last season. The reason I really like this show is that it plays byWell, what can I say. I love this show and am very sad that this is the last season. The reason I really like this show is that it plays by its own rules and Cinemax just lets the creators run with their crazy ideas. I usually hate flashbacks in shows (Arrow, cough, cough), but it is done very well here. I still think Season 2 is the best season out of ANY TV show I have every seen. Season 4 is shaping up to be right behind Season 2 and I am exciting to see how it all ends.… Full Review »
  2. toastedalmond
    May 10, 2016
    9
    Gritty fun. Like an adult graphic novel put to the screen. Cartoonish realism I would call it. If you like sex, violence and action, andGritty fun. Like an adult graphic novel put to the screen. Cartoonish realism I would call it. If you like sex, violence and action, and can suspend disbelief just enough, this is a 4 season ride that you can really enjoy. The characters of Job, Kai Proctor, Sugar Bates, Kurt Bunker are some of my favorites.

    I am amused by users (or more likely same person multiple times) who review a late season of a show and rate it a zero. I really did laugh out loud. To repeatedly watch a show that you can't stand enough to pretend to know about it, especially season after season is hilarious. There is a song about that. "Too much time on my hands..."

    I am pretty sure it is the same person multiple times because they all sound similar and more tellingly, mention their bizarre hatred of Eliza Dushku. It was worth the laughter though, thank you.    … Full Review »
  3. Hufter
    Jul 27, 2016
    10
    Astonishing good series.
    I loved the storyline, the terrific "over the top" fighting-scenes. They were marvelous.
    I´ll surely miss a    Astonishing good series.
    I loved the storyline, the terrific "over the top" fighting-scenes. They were marvelous.

    I´ll surely miss a sequel..... This is the best series in a decade    … Full Review »
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