Matthew Rauch

The show adds new variables in the mix of groups trying to protect Bo, and examines the motivations of Skouras and his group in a solid follow-up to the pilot.

Babak Najafi and John Romano absolutely killed it in last week’s episode of Banshee, which is easily – easily – in the running for best television episode of the year. The director-writer pair returns this week in “Armies of One” and delivers something just as powerful and engaging, but in an entirely different way.

One series, though, is leading the charge at the beginning of the year. The most unlikely of heroes, Cinemax’s Banshee, in just a matter of three weeks, has matured into something truly special – something a lot of TV writers refer to as “appointment viewing” when describing other series.