Banshee S03E08: All the Wisdom I Got Left

Is anyone there? …Oh, looks like you’ve been down here quite some time.

They worked you over real good.
…Always be prepared.

Don’t worry. I’m not gonna hurt you.

I’m not gonna hurt you. I’ll cut you loose. …Just take your time. I’ll be right back.


Let’s go.

…I saved one for you. Come on, let’s go.

Your father demands contrition from everyone except himself.

As I get older, I have far less patience for arrogance disguised as righteousness.

…And yet I stay.

I was not raised to think there was another way.

By the time I came to it on my own, I was an old lady.

I failed you, Kai.

I let the dogma of small-minded men determine your fate when I should
have been protecting you…the way any other mother in the world would
have protected her young.

And now I see you in here, and I know that we put you here, your father and I.

Your crimes, whatever they may be, are my crimes.

You won’t be selling your produce in Banshee anymore.

You won’t be selling your produce… anywhere.

One of the most gratifying scenes ever, imo. Proctor’s a thug, no doubt, but this action was totally justified. The Amish community didn’t give a fuck about Rebecca, or Kai for that matter, and shunned them both out of self-righteous bullshit, so they really have no claim to either one of them.

What’s especially rich is how holier-than-thou they always were toward Kai and his questionable business dealings, how even when he was willing to help them, they literally turned their backs on him, refused to speak to him or acknowledge his existence, and only now that they need to save face and act like they actually gave a fuck about Rebecca are they willing to accept his shady back room deals to get him to release Rebecca’s body from the coroner. “You can fix this,” really, assholes? So his intimidation tactics and bribes are actually acceptable when it’s convenient for you? Go fuck yourselves.

They got everything they deserved. Sanctimonious asswipes.

Also: Clay Burton is a fucking boss. Slay, you glorious bastard. I like how he just….tossed the chainsaw on the side of the road, as if those things are disposable and don’t cost a lot of money