The series takes place in the fictional small town of Banshee, Pennsylvania. When he finds her, the protagonist learns that she is now a married mother of two living under the assumed identity of Carrie Hopewell. When the incoming Sheriff is killed, the protagonist takes on his identity as Lucas Hood, becoming the town's new Sheriff, using his own brand of unorthodox methods.
Banshee sees Hood struggle with adapting to his new identity while dealing with the machinations of local crime lord Kai Proctor Ulrich Thomsen and remaining hidden from Rabbit. During the course of the series, 38 episodes of Banshee aired over four seasons, between January 11, , and May 20, In February , Banshee was renewed for a fourth and final season of 8 episodes.
This was two fewer than the 10 episodes in each of the first three seasons. Originally scheduled to premiere on January 29, , the start of the season was delayed to April 1, Calvin Bunker brings a large posse of men to Proctor's house, and threatens to kill him, but Senator Mitchum, a secret leader of the Brotherhood, emerges from the house, removes Calvin from authority, and sends the men away.
Agent Dawson interrogates Bode's wife about the murder of Rebecca Bowman, and concludes that Rebecca's killer is still free, as her murder falls outside of the cultists' established pattern.
Upon arrival at Proctor's house and finding no one home, Hood and Dawson find a hidden basement in his toolshed, where they find bloodstained instruments of torture. Hood also finds Rebecca's necklace, and concludes that Proctor must have killed her. He does not reveal this to Dawson, and leaves without her. Meanwhile, Proctor and his aide, Burton, are carrying out their drug deal with Emilio Loera of the Colombian cartel, when they are surprised by Carrie and Job, who have slaughtered Proctor's men in order to undermine the cartel's confidence in him.
