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The Knick, Ep. 1.01: “Method and Madness” is a subdued but promising start

Very much in the tradition of shows like Boardwalk Empire, Cinemax’s new series wishes to take us back to a time that most of us know very little about, but rather on a smaller scale, vying for the world of medical experimentation and advancement rather than bootlegging gangsters.

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Banshee, Ep. 2.10: “Bullets and Tears” is a smart, forward-thinking season finale

“Bullets and Tears” makes the best case possible for why Rabbit’s presence this season has at least been important in helping develop the relationship between the man known as Lucas Hood (or Tom Palmer, as he would have been known in another life) and Anastasia.

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Banshee, Ep. 2.09: “Homecoming” sets up the season two endgame

Penultimate episodes in a season of television usually suffer from over-reliance on exposition, because that’s just how they function. It’s something totally excusable, because these episodes are meant to build up to the big bang of the finale, which – if any show on TV right now could pull off – Banshee should be able to deliver with an exclamation.

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Banshee, Ep. 2.06: “Armies of One” – lightning strikes twice

Babak Najafi and John Romano absolutely killed it in last week’s episode of Banshee, which is easily – easily – in the running for best television episode of the year. The director-writer pair returns this week in “Armies of One” and delivers something just as powerful and engaging, but in an entirely different way.

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Banshee, Ep. 2.05: “The Truth About Unicorns” may as well be a film

The die-hard Banshee fan has every right to dislike “The Truth About Unicorns.” So much of what you would expect from an episode of this series is simply not here. That, however, does not mean that “The Truth About Unicorns” doesn’t stay true to the identity of Banshee

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Banshee, Ep. 2.04: “Bloodlines” forces its characters into tough decisions

Alex joins a handful of Banshee characters who find themselves in tough spots in “Bloodlines.”…The more we see of what life is like for the characters in Banshee, the more Hood’s act-first-think-second approach to his job seems like a sound plan.

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How Banshee Became One of Television’s Best Series

One series, though, is leading the charge at the beginning of the year. The most unlikely of heroes, Cinemax’s Banshee, in just a matter of three weeks, has matured into something truly special – something a lot of TV writers refer to as “appointment viewing” when describing other series.

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Banshee, Ep. 2.03: “The Warrior Class” delves into the history of Banshee

“The Warrior Class” has Banshee returning to, again, take the time to develop some of the aspects of the story that have been largely looked over in favor of high-octane action pieces. In this case, the rivalry between the native Kinaho tribe and the Amish presence in Banshee provides a framework in which the main characters do their normal things

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Banshee, Ep. 2.01: “Little Fish” opens the season with precision

Even if the characters in this series don’t reach beyond the tropes they stem from, they’re all a part of the cog that makes Banshee run so well, at least since the back half of its first season. So, when “Little Fish” begins and you get a huge portion of the episode devoted to doing right by those characters and the events they faced last year rather than piling on action and sex scenes, a sigh of relief runs through you if you were one of the people who actually got around to seeing Banshee and accepting it on its own terms.

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