Google took me there.
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upside_down_frown — 9 years ago(June 11, 2016 08:46 PM)
I was reading an online article that was reviewing all the TV opening credits of new shows that year or season. The reviewer actually didn't think too highly of Banshee's credit sequence, but I was very intrigued. I watched the first episode, recognised Antony Starr straight away from Outrageous Fortune, and was hooked from the word go.
You can't always judge a show from it's credit sequence, but I found a few shows to watch this way that I had either never heard of or wasn't convinced from just reading written blurbs about the show, like The Red Road, and The Leftovers. -
somf — 9 years ago(June 12, 2016 03:04 PM)
I kept having this beautiful young Amish girl sneak over to my apartment and have sex with me. One day she said if you think this if fun you need to watch Banshee, cause it will remind you of us with violence added in, plus it is really popular with all my cross dressing Asian hit men friends. So that is how I came to watch the show.
Truth is I really liked 6 feet Under and True Blood and wondered about Alan Ball's new show and what the heck was it doing on Cinemax. Banshee was much better than his previous two shows BTW. -
LeonardPine — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 02:39 AM)
My friend raved about it to me. It sounded good, but when he told me about Hood ripping the cagefighter's hand apart I decided it was a must see!
Probably one of my favorite TV series ever.
I usually get fed up with series after a little while. Not with Banshee.
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rissa-rissa — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 07:09 PM)
I came across it by mistake. I was still reeling from the show Spartacus ending. One night I happened to be flipping through channels and noticed the first episode of Banshee had just aireddecided to watch the replay and stuck with it ever since, although I have to say the ridiculous opening scene in downtown Manhattan almost blew it for me.
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spambag — 9 years ago(June 23, 2016 10:23 PM)
I spend some amount of time in a cabin high in the mountains during the winter - it has the luxury of solar and generator electricity, so I have a bluray player there. Last fall I picked up season 2 of Strike Back to watch in the evenings, and when I opened it one night I found a thin envelope inside with the pilot episode of Banshee.
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peterf-48005 — 9 years ago(June 25, 2016 01:44 AM)
I was watching random fight scenes from tv shows on youtube, I saw the thumbnail to the Albino fight scene in Banshee at one point. I watched it and was absolutely blown away. I had to watch the show at that point. I started the first episode and was hooked, then I binged all three seasons. I still have to watch season 4. One of my all time favourite shows.
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jacewoods — 9 years ago(June 25, 2016 02:36 PM)
Intrigued because Alan Ball was Exec Producer. This is the same man who bought us American Beauty, Six Feet Under and True Blood I knew it would be a hit, my only concern would he drag the story line out like in his last two. Much to my dismay this should have gotten a 5th season. Now you can watch Hood or whatever his name was on American Gothic Weds on CBS.
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zwixxx — 9 years ago(July 16, 2016 05:33 AM)
Saw the poster, saw it was on cinemax, had seen Strike Back, from the name I thought it was about a Banshee (didn't take too close a look at the poster), tried ep1. From the point that by-stander got shot in the head I knew this was the show for me.
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kimmostar — 9 years ago(July 19, 2016 06:26 AM)
Watched the 3rd episode of the show on tv by just happening to have the tv turned on at night. Then I watched the first two eps and the third again. There was no coming back. Luckily for me, the series had ended just 2 months ago I was able to watch them all straight.
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Go_Blue_99 — 9 years ago(July 25, 2016 10:08 AM)
I was getting free Showtime due to some promotion from DirecTV. I decided to check out the Showtime original shows, and started watching Banshee even though Id never heard of it.
Ive still never met anyone IRL who watches it. I told a buddy to watch it, but he quit after Season 1 as he didnt care for it. -
huggybizzzle — 9 years ago(July 26, 2016 09:01 AM)
Received a Cinemax ad in the mail with Hood on the cover of the flyer. The title sounded intriguing and the character looked like he meant serious business, so I checked it out on a streaming website. About a week later, I ended up buying Seasons 1 & 2 on blu-ray in preparation for Season 3.
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Eric266 — 9 years ago(August 05, 2016 11:33 AM)
I've had a crush on Ivana Milicevic going back years. I heard she was going to be in this and decided to give it a look. Ironically, she plays my least favorite character of the entire show's main cast.
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gergelyszabo — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 06:16 AM)
I don't remember what the title was, but I clicked on a video here on the imdb home page where someone talked about how it was worth watching so I checked it out.
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horst69 — 9 years ago(September 12, 2016 06:47 AM)
It was mentioned a lot on Imdb and other message boards .
I just finished the first episode; so far, it's a contender for the most corny, most cliched TV show I have ever watched .
But it's early days, maybe it gets better .
The lead actor is hopeless, though, as generic as it gets .