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There is a show on Cinemax called Banshee. You can also see the first season for free if you have Amazon Prime. Because it's coming from Cinemax, it has a lot of adult content. If you're still interested and need something to watch before Daredevil comes back on, this is the show to watch. I know I made it sound like a filler, pass the time type of show, but this show has everything. I will also say that this show only has three seasons and the next season comes out this year as it has been cancelled. This should not steer you away from the show. It has a lot of action in every sense of the word.
It's about a master thief who served 15 years in prison after his last theft almost gets his girlfriend arrested. When he is released, he tracks down his girlfriend to the small town of Banshee. She has a new identity and a new life. The only thing he wants is her, but she has settled down and has been hiding out from her father, who is the person they stole from. He is not ready to leave and after a series of events, adopts the identity of the new sheriff, Lucas Hood.
He makes for an interesting sheriff who gets the job done, but there is a trail of bodies and loose ends that plague him. His former girlfriend's father is a well-connected Ukrainian, who wants revenge and what they stole. Every time the town goes through something, it leads her father closer and closer to them and it doesn't help that Lucas makes a great sheriff as well as a great thief. He continues stealing, making friends and enemies along the way.
Lucas is the good fake sheriff who likes stealing, Ana/Carrie is his former lover/almost former thief, Job is a computer hacker/comic relief and Sugar is a bar owner/ex-con/wise person who helps them. The town has Amish people, Native American tribes and a former Amish guy, who is currently a gangster. Lucas and Ana know how to fight and Job is trans and awesome. He's like the Lafayette of the show with how sassy he is and the show is from the creators of True Blood. Sugar is an ex-boxer full of wisdom.
This show has great fighting scenes like you wouldn't believe. There are some fighting scenes that look like Mortal Kombat, but it doesn't look fake. If you played Mortal Kombat, there are parts where you do special moves that are so powerful, that they show what bones are breaking inside the body. This is how intense their fight scenes are. It has funny parts, gangster parts, nasty and gory parts and lots of violence, fighting, shooting and sleeping around.
The story line is good, the action is better than expected, it has good character development and a high rating. It is not for kids though, so don't let them watch. I guess there were so many great shows that this one kind of fell under the radar, but this is definitely a show to watch. Watch out for Kai's right hand man and see if you can watch it without binge-watching it.
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