Via Grantland:
Jonathan Tropper: The recent announcement that our show would be coming to an end confounded our fans and media alike. Why would Cinemax cancel their flagship show at the height of its popularity? The answer is even more confounding. They didn’t. I did, in consultation with Banshee’s creative team.
Like most creators of television, I am a lifelong TV watcher. I don’t think there are any writers’ rooms in which the writers don’t reference other shows as a matter of daily routine. We all stand on the stooped shoulders of the shows that came before us, while trying our damndest to be original. I am acutely aware of all the shows that I have loved, as well as the shows that wore out their welcome, tried my patience, and let me down — shows that stayed past their expiration date simply because of the not-insignificant revenues that flowed through them. I’m not going to get specific, but we all know the signs: stunt casting, trips to exotic locales, weddings, Mulder leaving, etc. We all know that feeling of helpless frustration when a good show gets left out too long and goes stale.
I was determined from the start not to let that happen to Banshee. Banshee’s premise, by its very implausible nature, was always one with a somewhat limited shelf life. How long can anyone really pull off being a fake sheriff? We always felt that, under the best of circumstances, the show had a five-season arc. And we could have easily done that fifth season. We had the ratings, we had the fans, we had the passion.
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Jack says
Quintessential respect for your decision not to risk going flat on creative original plot that keeps Banshee so very special in the hearts of your fan base! Looking forward to see which Banshee alumni through “creative dream team intervention” is bestowed renewed character depth in a new series. Looking forward to being dazzled ! Congratulations for a spectacular series!
Linette Genus says
Why add more people and more story lines then? Don’t make any sense to end so soon.
Aaron says
To bad the fantastic didn’t happen where the United states government found out who he really was, and in order to catch Carrie’s father, the government. Made the sheriff a real peace officer, and allowed him to become hood also for real. So he and his deputies could officially go after him and his empire, as well as Mr. Proctors.