A couple of great shows started new series last week and Monday sees the 2nd season of True Detective premier.
First to last week's new stuff. Wednesday on Sky Living saw Hannibal season 3 begin. The end of season 2 saw Hannibal laying waste to several former colleagues who had grown to suspect his involvement in multiple murders, each more grotesque than the last. The new series sees Hannibal in Paris with his former shrink, played by Gillian Anderson (She is in some good shows at the moment, hopefully The Fall will return later this year.) and back into the swing of things by dining on a professor and taking his identity. We are left wondering who survived his bloody American exit.
Hannibal dinning with (or on?) a guest.
Also arriving on our screen last week was series 3 of Banshee. I hope all small American towns aren't as corrupt.The main character stopped at bar just outside the town of Banshee in the first episode of series one to wet his whistle as did a fellow traveler who got involved in a bar fight with two locals. Moments later three men were dead and a man we would soon know as Hood stole the identity of one of the dead guys; the new sheriff of Banshee, a guy named Hood. Since then he has been handing out summery justice in the town while trying to keep a lid on the warring criminal gangs of off the rail Amish led by Proctor and a native American tribe who get through their leaders at a pace. Throw into this Hood's criminal past and willingness to take down scores where he can, it's fast paced and ludicrous. Watch it and enjoy, don't think too hard about the meaning.
Hood relaxing.
That brings us to a new starter next Monday, 22 June. True Detective. The first series was brilliant. Dark, very dark. Set in Louisiana it followed a couple of state detectives in their quest to track down a serial killer in the bayou. Brilliantly played by Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson we see their lives fall apart as they track the suspect through a complex web of petty criminals, corrupt local cops and pastors connected to the Governor. Season 2 is by the same writer, Nic Pizzolatto, and see the action move to south California. Corrupt local politicians are to the fore. I'm looking forward to it.
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