Banshee has been a strong win for Cinemax, generating buzz, drawing solid ratings, and aligning itself to become the channel mainstay that Strike Back became upon its breakout. While Cinemax has yet to match up with premium power players HBO and Showtime, it’s well on its way to building a reputation as the home for exciting programming with the type of edge that cannot be found anywhere else. The network’s next original scripted series will be 10-episode medical drama The Knick, to star Clive Owen and premiere sometime this coming summer.

Created by Alan Ball (True Blood), Banshee stars Antony Starr as Lucas Hood, an ex-con who manipulates his way into becoming the sheriff of Banshee, Pennsylvania, a rural town deep in the heart of Amish country. Once there, he finds that his former partner-in-crime Carrie (Ivana Milicevic) has also sought refuge in the town, only in her case, she’s trying to go legitimate by marrying the Banshee prosecutor and having children. Soon enough, though, figures from Lucas’ and Carrie’s past begin hunting them down and the two will have to do whatever it takes to protect themselves and the ones they love.

Banshee airs Fridays at 10:00 on Cinemax. You can check out the full second season premiere below.

Have you been watching Banshee this season? How do you think season two compares to the show’s first season? What do you hope to see happen during the third season next year?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0o-vC1ARtI

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In addition to Starr, Banshee stars Ivana Milicevic (Casino Royale) as jewel thief Carrie Hopewell, hiding in plain sight in Banshee, Pennsylvania; Ulrich Thomsen (Festen) as intimidating businessman Kai Proctor, whose reach might extend beyond the bounds of law; Frankie Faison (The Silence of the Lambs) as a former boxer who owns the town bar; Ben Cross (Star Trek) as crime boss Mr. Rabbit, who has been looking for his top two thieves ever since they separated themselves from him nearly two decades ago; and Rus Blackwell (Monster) as Carrie’s husband Gordon, a powerful attorney and veteran of the Gulf War who has no idea about his wife’s decidedly checkered past.

Joining the cast this season will be Emmy winner Zeljko Ivanek (Damages) as a renegade FBI agent who has been on Rabbit’s trail for the past fifteen years; Tatanka Means (Tiger Eyes) as Hoyt Rivers, in charge of Alex Longshadow’s security; and Julian Sands (24) as a dangerously amoral Ukrainian priest.

You can check out a trailer for the first season of the series below.

Will you be watching Banshee this season? What did you think of the first season of the show? Where do you hope things go during season two?

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Banshee stars Antony Starr as ex-con Lucas Hood on the run from the mob. To protect himself, he heads to the tiny town of Banshee, Pennsylvania and assumes the identity of the town sheriff, though he doesn’t cease his criminal activities upon settling into his new location. While Hood may think that he’s too off the radar to be tied back to his former self and that he has free reign in such a desolate place, that’s not so. The target is on his back once again and Hood has to find a way to keep order in the town, continue his thievery, and prepare to face the gangsters that are hunting him down. With time on his side and his former criminal partner in town, Lucas Hood might be able to exorcise the demons from his past once and for all.

In addition to Starr, Banshee stars Frankie Faison as Sugar Bates, a former boxer who owns a popular local bar; Ivana Milicevic as Carrie Hopewell, Hood’s former partner who is also hiding out in Banshee under a new identity; Rus Blackwell as Gordon Hopewell, Carrie’s DA husband; Ryann Shane as Deva Hopewell, Carrie and Gordon’s daughter; Ben Cross as Mr. Rabbit, a Ukrainian gangster hunting for Lucas and Carrie; and Ulrich Thomsen as Proctor, a Bansee businessman who looks at himself as being above the law.

The series premiere of Banshee airs Friday, January 11th at 10:00 on Cinemax.

Will you be watching Banshee? What do you think about the first official trailer – enough to make you tune in? Where do you expect the season to go, based on the trailer?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vMPOqzYLwk

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