Banshee

66
Metascore
2013-2016
4 seasons
Cinemax
Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
TV-MA

Ex-con and master thief Lucas Hood assumes the identity of a murdered sheriff and continues his criminal activities. His past seems to haunt him via those he betrayed years earlier. This ex-con imposes his own brand of justice where violence erupts at every turn in the not-so-quiet Amish town of Banshee, Pennsylvania.

66
Metascore
2013-2016
4 seasons
Cinemax
Action & Adventure, Suspense, Drama
TV-MA

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