What about it mate? Any good? Thought it looked interesting but haven't watched anything yet.
Also haven't seen anything of Sons of Anarchy. I know I'm missing on something very good here so I'll probably start watching soon.
Banshee's good as in entertaining but it's the TV equivalent of an action flick. The concept itself is an interesting idea but fairly implausible.
In every episode there's guaranteed to be at least one fight or violent scene and one over-the-top sex scene.
There's some likeable characters. Without spoiling anything, a couple of secondary characters become something of a comedy duo as they profess to dislike each other and regularly trade insults but there's clearly an underlying, mutual respect between them.
In short, it's definitely worth a watch and I always look forward to seeing what will happen in the next episode but don't go into it expecting acting or writing on a par with Breaking Bad or True Detective, for example.
Sons of Anarchy is brilliant in phases but I found it a bit tiresome at times when it comes down to relentless violence and playing one faction off against the other. However, it's really worth sticking with to see how characters develop, along with the relationships between them.
Again, it can be violent for the sake of it at times and the constant, "I love you, brother" lines between club members can be nauseating after a while but the writing is phenomenal and it's difficult to resist squeezing in one more episode before bed!
It's also similar to Game of Thrones in that you feel no character is safe and they could be killed off at any time.
I'll miss it now it's finished but I'm happy with the way it ended and think there was a danger of dragging it out too long.
Hope that helps. Of the two, I'd definitely start chipping away at SoA first and see how you get on with it.
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