In the latest Banshee recap, Hood, Carrie and Sugar rescue Job with the help of Fat Au, and Brock arrests Hood for the murder of Rebecca Bowman…
By Michael Stets — Staff Writer
Last we left off in Banshee, Brock had a blood sample linking Hood to the murder of Rebecca Bowman, Calvin Bunker was planning an attack on Proctor, Carrie was still active as a vigilante and, of course, Job was very much alive.
The pot has been simmering for two weeks and now it’s inching closer to a boil while each missing piece of information from the two-year gap between seasons is starting to show itself in order to fully complete the puzzle and catch us up on what led this Pennsylvania town to its current status.
Rebecca’s death has had a sizable impact on the town of Banshee and Job’s disappearance has splintered a group of close friends into respective isolation. Both have led Hood back into town, where he is on the trail to find his friend and bring Rebecca’s murderer to justice. But, as we know from seasons past, it’s only a matter of time until he finds himself in trouble again.
Hello Leo
While brooding at his cabin, Hood gets a visit from Carrie and their old buddy from New York, Fat Au (Eddie Cooper, who last appeared in Season 2). It turns out they hadn’t exhausted every possible avenue in attempt to find Job after all. Fat Au was able to lean on someone from the Pentagon and he got the list of all the mercenaries who were at Camp Genoa and they cross referenced that with the list of the deceased to find the one man who was not on it: Leo Fitzpatrick. They hunt down Leo, who is teaching a college class and bring him back to The Forge to find Job’s whereabouts. The chase scene to capture a fleeing Leo had a fun and fast-paced feel to it with Hood and Carrie running through stair wells, onto trains and in between moving cars until Fat Au opened the door of his SUV to stop Leo in his tracks.
Leo reveals that Job was interrogated for three months straight, but he did not break. We saw him get doused with the fire hose last week, and in this episode we are privy to Job being subjected to ultra-violet light torture. With some prodding from Fat Au and a knife, Leo saves his toes by spilling the info on how they can rescue Job. He makes a call and they head up and exchange all the money from the Camp Genoa score in exchange for their friend. But after a shootout, Leo and a few others get away and, of course, have taken all the money they were hoping to recover.
Job offers a brief moment of levity by saying “it’s about motherfucking time,” but his mood hits a somber tone when they return to The Forge and he learns that the money is all gone. It’s safe to say Job will never be the same after what he endured. He moves in with Carrie in her new house and succumbs to his emotions later on and cries hysterically while sitting against the wall with the lights out. Seeing Job as a shell of his former self is quite a roll change for Hoon Lee, who was magnificent in taking Job down an entirely new path and showing the effects of how the town of Banshee can rear its ugly head with most dire of consequences.
Grieving in the Company of Strangers
Proctor heads to a diner on the outskirts of town and meets a homeless drifter who can’t afford to buy a slice of pie. Proctor sees this and offers to pay for the young girl’s meal. Next thing you know they are back at his home and he’s offering her a place to stay. Clearly she reminds him of his niece Rebecca, and the scene offers a clear view into Proctor’s grief and how he is dealing with it. This girl, Jennifer, can’t replace Rebecca, but he is trying to fill that void and does what is most familiar to him in order to remind himself of those feelings of looking out and taking good care of her. In the morning he catches her about to leave with a bunch of stolen jewelry and property. She threatens Proctor, but he slaps her to the floor and begins to choke her while saying how she is ungrateful after what he gave her. In reality, he is really visualizing yelling and choking Rebecca and unleashing all the anger he has for his niece for dying and for the trouble she put herself in during the last days of her life. Jennifer manages to escape after Proctor lets up when he realizes what is happening. It was truly a terrific scene that shed a light on Proctor’s vulnerability and how he is processing the death of his niece.
The Origin of the Bunker Love Triangle
In a flashback, Kurt returns home after being in the hospital burn unit as a result of having his brother torch his tattoo off. He is paranoid another attack by the Neo-Nazis is headed his way. An unexpected visitor stops by, Maggie, and brings him groceries and checks on how he is doing while expressing her hatred for her husband. This is clearly the beginning stages of their affair. Fast forward to present day and the two are having a romp at her house while Calvin is a work. She receives a phone call from Calvin, but she doesn’t answer. Sitting in his cubicle at work, Calvin is suspicious as to why that is. Maggie and Kurt engage in some post-coital discussion and she wants the two to be together and for Kurt to kill Calvin. Calvin may hate his brother and what he stands for, but he’s not killing his brother for Maggie, and he makes that clear to her. I promise you this will not end well. These Bunkers have far more issues than Archie and Edith.
Taco Tuesday
This week we are introduced to the leader of the Aryan brotherhood, Randall Watts (Chance Kelly), who calls all the shots from prison. Calvin pays him a visit and gets reprimanded in the process for trying to deceive Proctor by running a porn studio. Randall more or less tells him to run along and shut up because he doesn’t want to miss lunch since it’s “Taco Tuesday.”
Vigilante News
Carrie has been moonlighting as the town vigilante, and doling out street justice to offenders that get off the hook, but shouldn’t. Carrie is made aware of certain cases by Kurt Bunker, but now it seems the Banshee Police Department—namely Deputy Cruz—are hip to what’s occurring. Proctor is broached on the topic and asks if it’s Brock, which Cruz quickly shoots down. Proctor tells Cruz to get him a name.
Hood Takes the Fall
Brock already had the blood sample from the SUV that matched to Hood, but he wasn’t ready to pull the trigger on his arrest just yet because like any good cop, his gut tells him it’s really not Hood. The Bowman’s came to the BSD and asked for Rebecca’s body to be sent home so they no longer have to delay her funeral. Brock explained that the investigation is still ongoing and the autopsy on her body has yet to be completed. Brock drops in on the coroner to try and expedite the process and is given a shocking piece of information: Rebecca was pregnant with Hood’s baby. It is likely they slept together one night up at the cabin at some point. Now, Brock has no idea of about Hood’s relationship with Rebecca or their history for that matter, and he finds Hood at The Forge and arrests him. Hood has the itch to fight and resist, but thinks better of it and cooperates. He is shocked when Brock informs him of Rebecca’s pregnancy and maintains his innocence. Carrie is aggravated at seeing Hood get arrested and Cruz gets in her face as Brock yells for her to stand down. Looks like those two will tango before season’s end.
One man is freed on the same day the other gets locked up, in true Banshee-esque fashion. Job may be free from captivity, but he is now mentally imprisoned from the torture he had to endure for the last few months. Hood finds himself in an impossible position now, based on what Brock has on him, but lucky for him the serial killer appears to still be on the loose as a random young woman gets attacked by a hooded man at the end of the episode. It’s likely Mayor Proctor will interfere with matters regarding Hood’s arrest at some point, but not before FBI agent Veronica Dawson arrives in the next episode. Only five episodes left. Talk to you next week #Fanshees.
Best Quotes of the Week
“So, did I miss anything while I was gone?”
~ Job
“She was still alive when he filleted her chest and cut her heart out. That’s some real ‘Temple of Doom’ shit.”
~ Coroner
“I assume there is a good reason this son of a bitch is still breathing?
~Sugar
Music
The track playing in the final montage is called “Golden and Green” by The Builders and the Butchers.
The track playing in the closing credits is called “High on a Wire” by The Black Box Revelation
