Season 1 | |
No. of episodes | 10 |
Original run | January 11, 2013 |
DVD release | October 21, 2013 (US) September 2,2013 (UK) |
Season chronology | |
previous Not applicable |
next Season 2 |
Season 1 of the Cinemax series Banshee consists of 10 episodes and is premiered on January 11, 2013. The show was developed by True Blood creator Alan Ball and was created by Jonathan Tropper and David Schickler. Ball, Tropper and Schickler are also executive producers along with Peter Macdissi and Greg Yaitanes.
Plot[]
Set in a small town in Pennsylvania Amish country known as Banshee, an enigmatic ex-con poses as a murdered sheriff who imposes his own brand of justice while also cooking up plans that serve his own interests
Production[]
Cast[]
Starring
- Antony Starr as Lucas Hood (10 episodes)
- Ivana Milicevic as Carrie Hopewell (10 episodes)
- Ulrich Thomsen as Kai Procter (10 episodes)
- Frankie Faison as Sugar Bates (9 episodes)
- Hoon Lee as Job (7 episodes)[1]
- Rus Blackwell as Gordon Hopewell (7 episodes)
- Matt Servitto as Deputy Brock Lotus (9 episodes)[2]
- Demetrius Grosse as Deputy Emmett Yawners (8 episodes)[3]
- Trieste Kelly Dunn as Deputy Siobhan Kelly (9 episodes)[2]
- Ryann Shane as Deva Hopewell (10 episodes)
- Daniel Ross Owens as Mayor Dan Kendall (6 episodes)[2]
- Lili Simmons as Rebecca Bowman (7 episodes)[4]
- and Ben Cross as Mr. Rabbit (8 episodes)
Recurring cast
- Christos Vasilopoulos as Olek aka Widows Peak (6 episodes)
- Robert Treveiler as Jackson Sperling (2 episodes)
- Stephen Ware as James Whitford (2 episodes)
- Gabriel Suttle as Max Hopewell (7 episodes)
- Chelsea Cardwell as Beaty (4 episodes)
- Deja Dee as Alma (4 episodes)
- Jessejames Locorriere as Dex Moody (4 episodes)
- Michael Tourek as Tom Moody (4 episodes)
- Marcus Hester as Marcus Moody (4 episodes)
- Alpha Trivette as Israel Proctor (4 episodes)
- Steve Coulter as Elijah Bowman (5 episodes)
- Hunter Garner as Reed Schumacher (2 episodes)
- Matthew Rauch as Clay Burton (9 episodes)
- Stephanie Northrup as Meg Yawners (2 episodes)
- Russell Means as Benjamin Longshadow (4 episodes)
- Anthony Ruivivar as Alex Longshadow (6 episodes)
- Joseph Meissner as Mikhail (5 episodes)
- Stevie Ray Dallimore as Gregor (5 episodes)
- Gunnar Carrigan as Solomon Bowman (2 episodes)
- Melissa Ponzio as Jocelyn Frears (2 episodes)
- Kristopher Kling as Arno Webber (2 episodes)
- Kay Story as Kat Moody (4 episodes)
- Wayne Pére as Senator Robert Schumacher (2 episodes)
- Claire Bronson as Janie Kendall (2 episodes)
- Joseph Gatt as the Albino (3 episodes)
- Derek Cecil as Dean Xavier (5 episodes)
- Samantha Worthen as Miriam Bowman (2 episodes)
- Sheena Zadeh as Daria (2 episodes)
- Doug Kruse as Nathan Mangan (2 episodes)
- Kevin Gage as Lance Mangan (2 episodes)
- Harrison Thomas as Jason Hood (2 episodes)[5]
- Odette Annable as Nola Longshadow (3 episodes)[6]
- Ray Stoney as FBI Agent McAvoy (2 episodes)
- Jeff Chase as Jeffrey Thompson (2 episodes)
Supporting cast
- Griff Furst as Sheriff Lucas Hood
- William Haze as Arthur Ramsey
- Kelly Lintz as Marjorie Klipspringer
- Cedric Stewart as Damien Sanchez[7]
- Mike Pniewski as Douglas Dern
- Michael Roark as Billy B
- Jeff Chase as Dolph
- Leslea Fisher as Chloe
- Christopher Cozort as Aryan Moody
- Chad Kurtz as Baliff
- Vince Pisani as Officer Stillman
- Sam Medina as Tally
- Greg Sproles as Schneider
- C.J. Perry as Crystal
- Anastasia Griffith as Dr. Paradis[8]
Crew[]
Executive Producers
Producers
- Stephanie Laing
Directors
- Greg Yaitanes: episodes 1, 4 & 8
- S.J. Clarkson: episodes 2 & 5
- Ole Christian Madsen: episodes 3 & 6
- Dean White: episode 7
- Miguel Sapochnik: episodes 9 & 10
Writers
Director of Photography
- Christopher Faloona
Episodes[]
Image | Title | Writer(s) | Director(s) | Airdate | # |
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Pilot | Writer: Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler | Director: Greg Yaitanes | January 11, 2013 | #1 |
An ex-con assumes the identity of a lawman in a small, out-of-the-way Pennsylvania town. Upon arriving in Banshee, PA., Sheriff Lucas Hood immediately has a chance run-in with an Amish gangster, while keeping a watchful eye out for the New York mob czar he once double-crossed. | |||||
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The Rave | Writer: Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler | Director: SJ Clarkson | January 18, 2013 | #2 |
Proctor's desperate underling Hanson decides to hold a rave in an Amish barn, selling homemade E pills stolen from Proctor to Banshee youth including Deva, Carrie's rebellious daughter. Catching wind of the plan, Lucas and his team orchestrate a raid, but the effects of a tainted batch of pills send many revelers into convulsions, with one notable fatality. | |||||
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Meet the New Boss | Writer: Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler | Director: Ole Christian Madsen | January 25, 2013 | #3 |
A mixed martial arts title bout is being planned at the local Kinaho Moon Casino, run by tribe leader Benjamin Longshadow and his son Alex. Huge profits are anticipated for Banshee investors, but the enterprise is threatened when the champion angers Lucas. | |||||
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Half Deaf Is Better Than All Dead | Writer: Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler | Director: Greg Yaitanes | February 1, 2013 | #4 |
A botched museum heist in Harrisburg has unintended consequences, as Lucas, Carrie and Job renew their partnership, at least for the moment. Later, after coercing redneck henchman Arno to offer up incriminating evidence, Lucas and Emmett arrest Proctor for Hanson's murder, but are detoured on the way to the jail. Sugar looks for a cut; Kendall gets roughed up; Lucas and Carrie love the ones they're with... | |||||
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The Kindred | Writer: Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler | Director: SJ Clarkson | February 8, 2013 | #5 |
A band of marauding bikers known as the Kindred make their way into Banshee. At the annual Banshee Spirit Festival, Carrie catches their eye, and they force her into an alley where they hold her at gunpoint. Sugar sees what's happening and tries to calm the situation. He takes out two of the bikers before he's hit from behind with a pipe. The gang leaves one of their men, Tally, alone with Carrie to give him a "moment of intimacy." Noticing the commotion, Siobhan arrives on the scene and finds Tally attempting to rape Carrie. He tries to drop his gun at Siobhan's command, but Carrie doesn't let him, and Siobhan is forced to shoot him dead. | |||||
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Wicks | Writer: Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler | Director: Ole Christian Madsen | February 15, 2013 | #6 |
An ex-con named Wicks passes through Banshee and recognizes the sheriff from their time together in prison. When Lucas arrived in prison 15 years ago, it was Wicks who gave Lucas the lay of land. Mr. Rabbit had hired a man known as the Albino to terrorize Lucas; Lucas was only safe in solitary and the prison infirmary where Wicks was working. Wicks told Lucas about Billy B, the Albino's handsome squeeze. To buy himself some time, Lucas took a shiv to Billy's face, landing in solitary for three months. | |||||
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Behold a Pale Rider | Writer: David Schickler | Director: Dean White | February 22, 2013 | #7 |
At a local drug store, Deputy Yawners is purchasing a pregnancy test for his wife when he stumbles upon two thugs in banshee masks try to rob the store. In the confusion, one of them shoots and kills the cashier, while the other one lets Emmett go. The former college running back follows them to Banshee High School where they have forced their way inside. The thugs take several hostages including the teacher--who is Mayor Kendall's wife--and several students spending their Saturday in detention, including Deva. | |||||
Upload | We Shall Live Forever | Writer: Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler | Director: Greg Yaitanes | March 1, 2013 | #8 |
Carrie wakes up after spending the night-and morning--with Lucas. She prepares to leave, but Lucas begs "Ana" to stay. "That person, Ana, is dead," she tells him; last night was her way of saying goodbye. Lucas gets Carrie to admit that Deva is, in fact, his child, but she tells him that if he ever loved her, he'll leave Carrie and her family alone. If he doesn't, she warns, "I'll kill you myself." | |||||
Upload | Always the Cowboy | Writer: Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler | Director: Miguel Sapochnik | March 8, 2013 | #9 |
Lucas arrives at the hospital with Carrie, who is unconscious from her fight with Olek. As the doctors work to stabilize her, Gordon bursts in and demands to know what's been going on between his wife and the sheriff.. | |||||
Upload | A Mixture of Madness | Writer: Jonathan Tropper & David Schickler | Director: Miguel Sapochnik | March 15, 2013 | #10 |
Lucas comes under heavy fire at the Cadi. He takes cover behind a car as three of Rabbit's machine gun-wielding thugs close in on him. Lucas empties his clip and anticipates the worst, but when the gunfire dies down, it's Proctor who's standing there--he's taken out all of Rabbit's men. "Guess you owe me one," he tells the sheriff. |
Trailer[]
Banshee First Official Trailer for Banshee on Cinemax
Banshee Official Trailer
Videos[]
References[]
- ↑ Hoon Lee is cast in the new Alan Ball series, BANSHEE, SirenSong Entertainment, March 14, 2012
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 True Blood exec's cinemax series Banshee casts leads, Digital Spy, March 2, 2012
- ↑ Antony Starr, Demetrius Grosse Cast in Alan Ball's Banshee, Digital Spy, March 12, 2012
- ↑ Exclusive: Disney Channel Starlet Takes Racy Turn in Cinemax Drama Series Banshee, TV|Line, April 10, 2012
- ↑ Alan Ball's new series 'Banshee' casts Harrison Thomas, Digital Spy, September 19, 2012
- ↑ 'House' star Odette Annable joins 'Banshee' TV drama, Digital Spy, August 6, 2012
- ↑ Danielle Watts, Cedric Stewart, Ty Olsson Join Series, Deadline, July 2012
- ↑ Exclusive: Cinemax's Banshee Snags Once Upon a Time Princess Anastasia Griffith, TV|Line, September 22, 2012