There is some confusion as to whether the diamonds they stole all of those years ago are stashed somewhere, but Carrie né Anna is eager to have The Con leave her to her new life. On a surprise visit to his former love there is obviously something still there but Carrie’s surprise at seeing The Con is genuine. Anna now Carrie is our “hero(?)’s” former business partner/lover and is now married, with two kids, to a prominent local DA. Playing Anna, who is now Carrie Hopewell, the thief-gone-straight who didn’t get caught is the ridiculously sexy Ivana Milicevic. Upon arriving in PA we learn that the Con’s lost love and co-conspirator in the diamond heist he was put away for is now living the family life. He then drives deep into Pennsylvania Dutch territory presumably to hide out from the man he stole from all of those years ago, the ominous “Mr. The Con leaves the salon and notices that he is already being tailed by your typical, boilerplate, TV gangsters. But now The Con just needs a location that his former associate gives up after The Con starts trashing the place. They obviously have some type of criminal history together and we learn later he/she specializes in forged documents, false ID’s and credit cards. Already my head was swimming thinking “what?” His next stop is visiting some type of transsexual salon in NYC where an old associate who happens to be a computer whiz works as a stylist. ![]() Seemingly within minutes of being released from prison with just the clothes on his back the ex-con with no name (Played by Kiwi Antony Starr) grabs a drink, gets laid and steals a car to drive into Manhattan. The show begins simply enough with a convict being released from prison after a 15-year stretch. For now, here is the Banshee pilot in a nutshell that actually does a decent job of covering a broad collection of seedy characters. While I give Banshee points for its pulpy graphic novel feel with no real consequences for any criminal behavior, I will need to see more of a sample before making an informed overall review of the series. With so many different storylines throughout the first hour of the series it became muddled as to what exactly they are going for in this new series which has a 10-episode order. I have tried to analyze the plot and overall feel of the series over the past few days trying, to come up with an accurate description of what exactly Banshee is all about. The pedigree is there, as the show’s Executive Producer is Alan Ball of Six Feet Under and True Blood fame, but the show feels like it is completely out of place in a sea of mid-season replacement programming. ![]() After watching their newest show Banshee I was left scratching my head wondering precisely what kind of show I was watching. Since HBO has set the bar for original programming and Showtime has followed suit, it is no wonder that Cinemax is now throwing their hat into the ring.
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