Without Proctor, Calvin, or Watts around, they don't really have any leadership. Without the drugs, the Nazi Senator has no reason to back them. They probably go back to what they were in season 1 and 2, ineffectual ne'er do wells who own their own little part of Banshee but are no match for its heavy hitters (Brock,…

Most of the other victims are either one-offs with no name/personality who are just there to establish the villain, or major characters with developed personas who eventually get to respond to the violence in a meaningful way, or at least grow because of it.

Yeah, that was my point. Sorry if that was unclear. The serial killer is the only major antagonist that doesn't have a personal stake in things.

I can dig on al of that, I think the problem is that Maggie isn't meaningfully a character outside of her sexual relationship or lack thereof with each brother; she exists to move the story forward with her sexuality, not as a true character in the sense that the other recurring females usually are.

I think the thing about the killer that's a problem is there's no personal stakes in it for him. Chayton, for all his Native patriotism, HATED Hood and everything he stood for, and wanted to destroy him. He was invested in Hood, and killed Siobhan to attack him personally.

Yeah, it's definitely second. But what it does once or twice a season, Banshee can do six or seven times.

"Please, comic fans, throw out some suggestions in the comments."

Oh, I think I've read the whole site. It's amazing how far ahead of the curve he is in some of his essays (particularly but not exclusively on the topic of diversity).

That Priest article is SO good, and SO sad. He remains my favorite comic book writer ever, and I really wish he'd gotten (or could get) a shot on, say, Thor or Batman. But no, he wrote a Panther ran that hangs with the all-time greats on any book, so he only gets offered black guys.