Banshee Recap Season 3 Episode 8: “All the Wisdom I Have Left”

In this week’s Banshee recap, Hood and Brock head to New Orleans to track Chayton, and Colonel Stowe searches for answers on the robbery of Camp Genoa.

By Michael Stets — Staff Writer

Lucas Hood is and will always be a man who won’t back down; If he has to open his mouth to prove a point, kick someone’s ass, or make a threatening person disappear by any means necessary, that is what he will do each and every time.The badge that indicates he is the Sheriff of the Banshee Police Department has done little to disguise that. And Hood doesn’t give a shit. He is who he is and follows his own code.

His stubbornness, integrity, the acts of defiance, violence and bloodshed, don’t come without a price tag. So, two deputies have died in two seasons. The latest casualty is, of course, Siobhan, his girlfriend, who had her neck snapped like the wishbone on a turkey. Despite his abilities and kill or be killed lifestyle, he does have a moral conscience and a heart, it is just not visible most of the time. But, he has been reeling from the loss of Siobhan and he has to restore balance and order to his life. Which he will do in his own fashion.

That means the town of Banshee will be put on hold because nothing else matters at this point in time, but vengeance, revenge and rummaging the country until Chayton Littlestone is found and killed by any means necessary. Hood cannot do anything else. He is incapable of it until Chayton is killed as brutally as he murdered poor Siobhan.

The episode begins on location, somewhere on the Bayou in Louisiana. Hood, along with Brock are taking a swamp boat into dangerous territory in search of Chayton. They received word last episode from Kinaho Deputy Aimee King that the Redbones leader had sought refuge with the 18th Ward, another Indian gang of misfits.

After a brief introductory scuffle, the leader tells them Chayton has left and is probably headed for the French Quarter. Hood and Brock would find him soon after, back in the underground fight organization. After Chayton snaps the neck of a dude called “The Slayer,” he meets eyes with Hood and both of them run toward each other and immediately begin to fight.

“The lady cop, she was your girl? Good.”–Chayton says to Hood

Once again fight choreographer Marcus young delivered the goods on some great action between Hood and Chayton. The two go back and forth until Brock fires his gun in the air to halt the fight. The fight promoter intervenes when he is informed Hood and Brock are cops and tells Chayton to leave. By this time, his cronies have guns on both of them and he lets them know they need to get out too for putting a dent in business, since Chayton is a fan favorite.

Back at The Forge, Job questions Sugar on why he took $125,000 from the money they stole from Camp Genoa, when they haven’t all discussed what they are going to do with it yet. Sugar informs him that it’s only a “small taste” of what he has coming to him and it’s a personal matter that he needs to handle. Sugar was using the money to give to Oscar Cruz Jr., the son of a boxer that he put in a coma during his fighting days. Job does some digging and finds out that the Cruz Jr’s father has been dead for years and his son was playing Sugar. Job shows up at the gym and fights Cruz Jr., knocking him out and taking the money back. Hoon Lee and Frankie Faison have developed a great chemistry between them. Whether the scene is leading toward the two of them like a buddy-cop duo, or a serious discussion, they can get the viewer to laugh hysterically, or sit and watch intently.

“Float like a butterfly, motherfucker.”–Job tells Oscar Cruz Jr. after knocking him out.

Burton catches Rebecca sending someone out to continue her dealings of MDMA with the Salvadorans, which she has been doing behind her Uncle’s back. Burton tells her he won’t inform Kai, but that she must come clean and tell her Uncle what she has been up to. Rebecca then tries to seduce Burton. When she unbuttons his pants and reaches inside his underwear, her face changes to disbelief as she realizes he has no penis. Burton is castrated like a eunuch. Only in Banshee do you get such craziness within a story.

Rebecca tells him that his word versus hers will force her Uncle to choose between the two of them and that Kai won’t choose someone that isn’t family. This, of course, leads to Burton having flash backs of the days he was tortured and almost killed, before Proctor found him and rescued him (there is more on that in Banshee origins on welcometoBanshee.com). Hence, the origin behind Burton being that of a loyal dog to Kai.

Finally, there are repercussions for Rebecca’s dealings with the Salvadorans. Proctor, who has been taking in prayer and getting back into the good graces of the Amish and his father, takes Emily along with him to another religious service. The Black Beards show up heavily armed–much to the shock of his father and all in attendance–and take Proctor and Emily with him. Rebecca pulls out a gun and shoots at the SUV as it drives away. She turns back to faces filled with horror and fright at what just transpired. Rebecca is a hot mess and it was only a matter of time until her actions were going to put her Uncle in harms way. Emily is an innocent bystander dragged into this mess. But, she can’t say that her ex-husband Brock, didn’t warn her to steer clear of Proctor.

Inside a hotel within the French Quarter, Hood is laying in bed anxious and restless, awaiting his next showdown with Chayton. It comes sooner than later as he breaks into the hotel room and attempts to stab the Sheriff. Hood avoids him and a knife fight ensues, with both fighters getting sliced and diced. Brock enters the room and Chayton kicks Hood into the wall and escapes over the second-floor railing onto the street below and takes off running. Hood grabs the shotgun from Brock and heads out in pursuit, following the trail of Chayton’s blood, which leads him out of the French Quarter, through a cemetery and then onto an abandoned pier.

“I underestimated you. You’re not a cop. You’re people deal in lies. You will never understand purity or true purpose of a spiritual calling.”–Chayton tells Hood

Chayton realizes this is the end of the road and starts preaching to Hood about purity, true purpose and being a warrior. The man who took Siobhans’s life seems completely content that he is about to die and truly believes he will become something even greater in death because of all he stood for. Chayton then begins to describe what it was like to kill Siobhan and Hood fires the shotgun at him blowing a hole in his side. Chayton began chanting and Hood finished him off with a blast to the face. His lifeless body dropped to the floor. When Brock catches up, the two of them dump Chayton over the side into the Mississippi River.

Geno Segers was simply an iconic villain. He was both menacing and witty as Chayton Littlestone and really delivered each and every time out, whether it be through violence or just with dialogue. Segers presence dominated every scene he was in. His presence will be missed. Whoever signs on as the next villain to visit Banshee in Season 4 will have their hands full.

Hood tells Brock that he can’t go back top Banshee. Brock tries to convince the Sheriff otherwise and tells him between the two of them, they can take care of Proctor for good. Before this season, these two were always going at one another, but now they are slowly developing a bond. Brock respects the fact that he has never, ever, backed down from Proctor, or any man for that matter. Deep down inside he knows Hood is not true law man, but he does admire him in his own way.

On the flip side, Hood knows a guy like Brock is needed in order for the BPD to run smoothly, and Brock had his back to hunt Chayton down without question, so he too respects his Deputy a great deal. Who would’ve thought after the first season?

“The only thing I care about is my town. Kai Proctor has been having his way with us, all of us, for way too long. And you, you’re the first guy that bastard couldn’t own. Add together, you and me can take him down for good.”–Brock tells Hood

At Miles Diner, Carrie gets a visit from Colonel Stowe. She is uneasy at first, but when she goes over to his table she does a convincing job of acting surprised about his facial bruises and also when he informs her that Camp Genoa has been robbed. Stowe asks for some insight due to Carrie’s father being a notorious criminal, but she tells him she wouldn’t be of much help due to how complicated her relationship with her now deceased father was.

At Camp Genoa, Stowe’s computer expert goes over the investigation of the robbery and informs the Colonel how the robbery was successful, from someone getting close enough to steal his voice and handprint, the encryptions being stolen and how the safe was drilled out. They know it was a team of four people, but are surprised at the role that Hood played and how he was able to fight Colonel Stowe, who is a trained killer. Stowe showing up at Miles Diner, means he is already suspicious about Carrie, due to their prior relationship. I’d imagine he will start following her to locate Job, Sugar and Hood in order to get back the money that was stolen.

“We are going to hunt them down and take back what they stole from us and then we will make them pay.”–Colonel Stowe tells his men

With two episodes left and Chayton disposed of, it’s a safe bet that the crew and Stowe are headed for an ugly showdown, perhaps in the style of the crazy shootout with Rabbit in the Season 1 finale. Or, maybe Stowe and Hood will fight to the death since Hood had to shoot Chayton to kill him. And let’s not forget Proctor is in the custody of the Black Beards. Will Rebecca and Burton be able to save him? And will they ask the Salvadorans for help? Plenty of unanswered questions remain inside the town of Banshee.

Bonus:

The post-credits scene shows Chayton’s dead body floating in the Mississippi with an alligator swimming underneath the surface.

Music:

The song playing during the opening credits is called “Baton Rouge” by The Fabulous Gin Sisters.

The song in the closing credits is called “Animal” by Sweet Bump It.