Banshee

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Season 4
  • Network: Cinemax
  • Series Premiere Date: Jan 11, 2013
Season #: 4, 3, 2, 1
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
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  1. NathanWindblown
    May 1, 2016
    0
    Cardboard characters, not believable back scene, Dushku plays cardboard figure of strength which means play-acting kicking butt. Pretty much par for Cinemax and Dushku
  2. Aine
    May 2, 2016
    0
    This show is so bad on so many level but 1st, Cinemax posted on twitter this," The things you say yes to, are.those that define you.." I would say that the things we say no to also define us. I started watching the 1st episode and, since it's Cinemax, I should of known that within the 1st 10 minutes there would be violence, simulated sex, dead bodies and blood. As a woman I am offended byThis show is so bad on so many level but 1st, Cinemax posted on twitter this," The things you say yes to, are.those that define you.." I would say that the things we say no to also define us. I started watching the 1st episode and, since it's Cinemax, I should of known that within the 1st 10 minutes there would be violence, simulated sex, dead bodies and blood. As a woman I am offended by how shows like this portray "strength" in women. Strength is not about physique or how much you can kick ass in real life or play-acting but comes from inside a woman knowing her heart and soul. Banshee portrays women on a very superficial level and bringing Dushku on only reinforces this because she has made this superficial caricature of women her bread and butter. Someone should have said no to this script but given Cinemax blood, gore, poor portrayal of women, I am not surprise.… Expand
  3. LWindblown
    May 6, 2016
    0
    Flimsy plot line with poor writing and actors that are type-cast and superficial.Dusku plays the same role over and over again. but her "Army of Faith" won't let her grow as an actor.. Her Tweets would indicate someone that needs to be heavily medicated. In short, she is a fraud.
  4. DBoggan
    May 1, 2016
    0
    Cinemax? need one say more. blood, guts flowing sandwiched between porn. Banshee fits right in even to the point that Eliza Dushku does butt exercises. Series relies on blood and not character development. Even though the FBI can be dumb as a bock of rocks, does anyone really buy a meth addict getting a badge?
  5. nathanbollard
    May 8, 2016
    0
    The critiques below pretty much sum up this show. I would add that bringing on Eliza Dushku actually hurt the show because it took away the chance to bring finality to the main characters instead of becoming a cardboard cut-out that you usually find on Cinemax
  6. BarbWinslow
    May 9, 2016
    0
    Well, Only about 2 episodes left and then we can put a stake through this awful series. Maybe then Eliza Dushku will grow up and act her age. I am also offended about how she uses her ADD as an excuse for utter stupidity. "Army of Faith"= most idiotic thing said on Twitter. This show had promise but bringing on Dushku wrecked any chance at salvaging the final season
  7. billiegoatee
    May 7, 2016
    0
    Plot is totally unrealistic. Characters have no depth and Dushku as a meth using FBI agent isn't believable.Anyone who has lived near an amish community knows the very foundation of this series is BS
  8. johnbunstead
    May 7, 2016
    0
    EThings written below sum up the problems with this show but then this is Cinemax so one shouldn't be surprise. Dushku's addition adds nothing as she is playing the same old role from the 90's.

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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
  1. 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.
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  2. 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.
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  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.
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