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TV: Banshee, pilot Episode

Almost good, but just a tad too cheesy. Some of the actors are good - the bad Amish guy, the female lead, Frankie Faisan. But others bring it down - the transvestite, the lead, and the Russian mobster. The show has some good ideas, but it'll be tough to stick with it.  Serial dramas are real challenges -- they inevitably become soap operas unless they have fantastic source material (ie GoT, Deadwood).  Even as good as True Detective was, it was smart to end where it did because the drama was going to spin into nonsense.  The Sopranos and The Wire are exceptions that prove the rule, in my opinion.  Both were created by men with massive stories to tell about cities they lived in -- and could draw from a massive well of source material (ie Mob coverage and/or city of Baltimore stories).