Characters are reborn from the ashes of their lives as Banshee nears the end of its spectacular third season.

Spoilersahead forBanshees latest and greatest, Even God Doesnt Know What to Make of You.

Well, if you thought that, youd be half right.

Sheriff Hood is no longer haunted by visions of Siobhan.

Shes truly gone now, banished to the grey realm of slowly fading memories.

Hood has returned to Banshee, despite his better judgment.

But hes not really present.

Its this addled state of second-hand reality that makes for a true noir antihero.

But this is because Job knows Hood better than Hood knows himself.

No amount of I told you sos can mend the damage done by a heist that nearly went sideways.

Job says it best when he tells Hood, We got a lot of history, you and me.

Maybe thats all it should behistory.

Carrie and Gordon provide a nice counterbalance to the bridges being burned between old friends.

Legal papers in hand, the two entertain real doubts about making their divorce official.

Gordon has come out of his funk and Carrie is truly remorseful for the damage shes caused her family.

Plus, Deva needs real guidance before she goes completely off the rails.

Billys just doing his job when he busts a group of dope-smoking teens in an abandoned park.

(And what an apt visual this is, Deva languishing in a neglected, overgrown playground.)

All of this being said, tonights episode really belongs to Proctor.

Like Hood, Proctor has a real nose for trouble.

He also has no problem biting off another mans nose to spite his face.

But the peril he finds himself in is not by his own doingat least, not directly so.

This doesnt sit well with the Black Beards, a Philly crime syndicate with long ties to Proctor.

So it is with Frazier, the Black Beards blind crime lord and Kais one-time friend.

Thanks to Rebecca, Uncle Kai is about to pay the price for her hubris.

Or so it would seem.

Hood and Brock certainly understand the threat he poses to everyone in Banshee.

The only person who isnt fazed or intimidated is Emily.

At this point Id be very surprised if she survives to see season four.

The colonel is no ones fool.

Slowly but surely, hes been piecing together the clues left behind in the wake of the heist.

The weak link here proves to be Sugar, whose identity is easily discovered by Stowes own master hacker.

And thus begins the slow round-up of suspects, starting with Sugar.

With only one episode left this season, well finally get a true showdown between Hood and Stowe.

I only hope there wont be any more collateral damage.

This beingBanshee, Im sure well be saying goodbye to another beloved character.

Some closing thoughts:

Lets get something straight: Brock Lotus is not a cowardnot by a long shot.

Calling him that immediately makes Emily a very unsympathetic character.

Bunker works out his demons by working over his brothers white supremacist friends.

They made Bunker who he isor at least the hate-filled man he used to be.

If that means going after his brother, so be it.

I like the idea of Job being a mythical super hacker replete with fawning fanboys.

It suits him well, this adoration from afar.

That his fans unwittingly refer to him as Job is a nice touch.

Rating:

4.5 out of 5