I realised as I was 写作 my series finale review that I had spent a shitload of time and words talking myself through the 伯顿 death, so I decided to lift the bulk of that out of my original review and have a dedicated 伯顿 death therapy session. Coz I am a totally normal person.
So it was ever-so-unsurprisingly revealed that Satan McHornFace was NOT Rebecca's killer. Cue my anxiety! I'd read 粉丝 theories about 伯顿 being the killer and it made sense and I was ok with it. The Rebecca-Burton rivalry had been set up long ago, and having it be a central storyline in the end was pretty satisfying.
But to be honest, 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 and Dawson's trip to the shed was pretty dumb, in my opinion. 伯顿 was already a little creepy, so giving him some spooky shed-basement full of 玩偶 was kinda not necessary (unless there is some extensive backstory to this, 'Banshee' writers?! That 你 would perhaps like to share with us in some sort of spinoff form?!?!?!?!?! TELL ME!!!!!). But they had set up Burton's distrust of Rebecca very early on in the series. We didn't need the creepy dungeon vibe to justify this course of action for Burton. But like I said, if the 'Banshee' writers want to share 更多 about this with me, I'm all ears!
兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 running Proctor and 伯顿 off the road scared the shit out of me. It shouldn't have, but it did, because like I said, I was in Anxiety City. From the promos, I knew this was the Hood/Burton showdown, and that meant very soon, I was going to be in a pool of tears. 伯顿 is my favourite 'Banshee' character, and 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 is my 秒 favourite. So there was no good outcome for me 或者 my precious boys here.
The entirety of the Hood/Proctor/Burton showdown was brilliant. Hood's interrogation of Proctor was painful, as Proctor was truly totally vulnerable and desperate for once in his damn life. And their simultaneous realisation that 伯顿 killed Rebecca was chilling, compounded 由 the reveal that 伯顿 was awake and mobile...
兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 VS 伯顿 was truly brutal. I've read a couple of reviews and 粉丝 评论 lamenting that it was not as epic as say 伯顿 VS Nola in 'A Fixer Of Sorts', but, for me, those are two very different fights, for very different reasons, and their level of 'epicness' should really be contextualised. The Burton/Nola fight was an excellently choreographed and frenzied fight between two people who had really just met, and were both hell-bent on getting rid of each other in order to protect 或者 avenge someone else. So there was a panicked ferocity to their fight that has been unrivalled. The 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 VS 伯顿 fight, however, was steeped in the history the characters, including Rebecca and Proctor, had together. Therefore, it was less clinical, and 更多 blunt, emphasising not their techniques as fighters, but rather their emotional states channelled into brute strength and power. 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 was fighting for some justice for Rebecca, and 伯顿 was fighting, yet again, to protect Proctor and his standing with Proctor. So comparing the fights is kinda pointless. The 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 VS 伯顿 showdown was brilliant for what it was, as was the 伯顿 VS Nola showdown.
Anywho... I found the fight really hard to watch because I desperately wanted neither to lose, even though I knew 伯顿 was pretty much a guaranteed goner. I have to admit though I was sucked in 由 the fake-out: when 伯顿 was choking 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 and Hood's dearly departed began flashing before his eyes, I thought 'holy shit they ARE gonna kill him'. It would have been a bold move, but one that would not be out of place on ‘Banshee’. But of course they didn't and I felt like a bit of an idiot, but please 熊 in mind that this entire scene was a trauma for me.
Hood's head-bashing beat-up of 伯顿 was soooooo hard to watch (doesn't that hurt Hood?!), but 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 dragging Burton's body around the car and throwing him down on Proctor was probably the worst part. I think that is when I transitioned from being upset to being numb. It's not that I think 'Banshee' crossed a line (let's be honest, worse has happened in Banshee), but 更多 that this was one of my favourite characters of all time, a formerly powerful and formidable if not odd creature, being reduced to a fairly undignified mess. I was 100% prepared for Burton's death, but not this death...
And then it got worse. 伯顿 was thrown to Proctor for the final indignity... The scene was stunning. Proctor was totally torn, 伯顿 was totally torn up. 给 their history, this was a fucking disastrous end to Team Proctor, and both Proctor and 伯顿 knew it. The final crack of Burton's neck was sickening. Proctor's response was sickening. The whole scene was horrifying. I'm still not sure what I do with it. It was brilliant, but it was confronting.
Peppered throughout the scene were the flashbacks to Burton's murder of Rebecca. Those minimal flashbacks were far, far 更多 sinister, sick and chilling than anything we ever saw from the Satanists. I'm trying to decide if that was deliberate 或者 not. As I will discuss in another therapy session (my full series review), the Satanist serial killer storyline was incredibly weak. Despite inexplicably getting the jump on Dawson, 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 and Lotus at one point, the Satanists were never really believable as a serious threat. They were always really just a bunch of nutters. However, the moments we see 伯顿 looming over a restrained Rebecca are steeped in violence and rage. Adding to that is the sense that 伯顿 is technically right: Rebecca was screwing up all over the place, and Proctor was letting her away with it. Since being saved 由 Proctor from that torturous dungeon, 伯顿 seems to have been pathologically loyal to Proctor, and perhaps understandably so. The torture 伯顿 endured (for whatever reason... TELL ME, 'BANSHEE' WRITERS!!!!) was clearly traumatic, and 伯顿 would understandably pledge his existence to Proctor as a saviour figure. Look at me, defending the creepy little murderer! But seriously, Burton's assessment of Rebecca was not wrong, even if he conveniently forgets Proctor's role in creating the Rebecca monster...
Proctor's own response to Burton's confession and then killing him was pretty clear evidence that Proctor knew exactly why all this crap had happened, and his role in it. As traumatised as I was 由 it, it was beautiful to see Proctor comforting 伯顿 at the end and acknowledging that Burton's intentions were pure (well, as pure as 'Banshee' intentions can be...) and ensuring that Burton's last moments were at least spent in acknowledgment of Burton's loyalty to Proctor as a friend, not just as a boss 或者 a businessman 或者 a saviour.
Moving on from those tears, I've seen quite a few 粉丝 评论 around the place expressing disbelief that 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 could have 伯顿 so easily. First up, I'm not sure I'd call that fight "easy" for either of them. 伯顿 did get the better of Hood, and almost killed him. But 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 was spurred on 由 daughter-inspired daddy-power and fought back, as main characters so often do. But secondly, and most importantly, 伯顿 and Proctor came into that battle really fucked up. They had literally just been exploded 由 Job/Carrie/Brock's 火箭筒, bazooka and then engaged in a gun-fight. THEN 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 smashed them off the road, leading to a brutal car crash, rolling down a ravine-esque wooded area and as a result being pretty physically damaged and probably a little exhausted 由 one hell of a day! Hood, on the other hand, came into that fight fairly fresh (as fresh as he ever is 给 his fondness for fighting...), and 伯顿 still had the upper-hand for the first part of that fight. Seems to me that that was brilliant management of Burton's so-far immortal status on the show. The only way, realistically, that 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 could have beaten 伯顿 was if he was already seriously injured and exhausted.
Anyway, for me, the fight was brilliant and traumatic, a perfectly horrifying blend of brutality and high emotional stakes, an art that 'Banshee' has perfected over its 4 seasons. I still don't think I have processed what I witnessed fully, as it was incredibly tough to experience Burton's death so closely, and so suddenly after the confirmation of his role in Rebecca's death. But I will forever be in awe of Antony Starr, Matthew Rauch and Ulrich Thomsen for their 表演 throughout the series, but in this scene in particular. My heart... it hurts... 你 bastards!
So it was ever-so-unsurprisingly revealed that Satan McHornFace was NOT Rebecca's killer. Cue my anxiety! I'd read 粉丝 theories about 伯顿 being the killer and it made sense and I was ok with it. The Rebecca-Burton rivalry had been set up long ago, and having it be a central storyline in the end was pretty satisfying.
But to be honest, 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 and Dawson's trip to the shed was pretty dumb, in my opinion. 伯顿 was already a little creepy, so giving him some spooky shed-basement full of 玩偶 was kinda not necessary (unless there is some extensive backstory to this, 'Banshee' writers?! That 你 would perhaps like to share with us in some sort of spinoff form?!?!?!?!?! TELL ME!!!!!). But they had set up Burton's distrust of Rebecca very early on in the series. We didn't need the creepy dungeon vibe to justify this course of action for Burton. But like I said, if the 'Banshee' writers want to share 更多 about this with me, I'm all ears!
兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 running Proctor and 伯顿 off the road scared the shit out of me. It shouldn't have, but it did, because like I said, I was in Anxiety City. From the promos, I knew this was the Hood/Burton showdown, and that meant very soon, I was going to be in a pool of tears. 伯顿 is my favourite 'Banshee' character, and 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 is my 秒 favourite. So there was no good outcome for me 或者 my precious boys here.
The entirety of the Hood/Proctor/Burton showdown was brilliant. Hood's interrogation of Proctor was painful, as Proctor was truly totally vulnerable and desperate for once in his damn life. And their simultaneous realisation that 伯顿 killed Rebecca was chilling, compounded 由 the reveal that 伯顿 was awake and mobile...
兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 VS 伯顿 was truly brutal. I've read a couple of reviews and 粉丝 评论 lamenting that it was not as epic as say 伯顿 VS Nola in 'A Fixer Of Sorts', but, for me, those are two very different fights, for very different reasons, and their level of 'epicness' should really be contextualised. The Burton/Nola fight was an excellently choreographed and frenzied fight between two people who had really just met, and were both hell-bent on getting rid of each other in order to protect 或者 avenge someone else. So there was a panicked ferocity to their fight that has been unrivalled. The 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 VS 伯顿 fight, however, was steeped in the history the characters, including Rebecca and Proctor, had together. Therefore, it was less clinical, and 更多 blunt, emphasising not their techniques as fighters, but rather their emotional states channelled into brute strength and power. 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 was fighting for some justice for Rebecca, and 伯顿 was fighting, yet again, to protect Proctor and his standing with Proctor. So comparing the fights is kinda pointless. The 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 VS 伯顿 showdown was brilliant for what it was, as was the 伯顿 VS Nola showdown.
Anywho... I found the fight really hard to watch because I desperately wanted neither to lose, even though I knew 伯顿 was pretty much a guaranteed goner. I have to admit though I was sucked in 由 the fake-out: when 伯顿 was choking 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 and Hood's dearly departed began flashing before his eyes, I thought 'holy shit they ARE gonna kill him'. It would have been a bold move, but one that would not be out of place on ‘Banshee’. But of course they didn't and I felt like a bit of an idiot, but please 熊 in mind that this entire scene was a trauma for me.
Hood's head-bashing beat-up of 伯顿 was soooooo hard to watch (doesn't that hurt Hood?!), but 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 dragging Burton's body around the car and throwing him down on Proctor was probably the worst part. I think that is when I transitioned from being upset to being numb. It's not that I think 'Banshee' crossed a line (let's be honest, worse has happened in Banshee), but 更多 that this was one of my favourite characters of all time, a formerly powerful and formidable if not odd creature, being reduced to a fairly undignified mess. I was 100% prepared for Burton's death, but not this death...
And then it got worse. 伯顿 was thrown to Proctor for the final indignity... The scene was stunning. Proctor was totally torn, 伯顿 was totally torn up. 给 their history, this was a fucking disastrous end to Team Proctor, and both Proctor and 伯顿 knew it. The final crack of Burton's neck was sickening. Proctor's response was sickening. The whole scene was horrifying. I'm still not sure what I do with it. It was brilliant, but it was confronting.
Peppered throughout the scene were the flashbacks to Burton's murder of Rebecca. Those minimal flashbacks were far, far 更多 sinister, sick and chilling than anything we ever saw from the Satanists. I'm trying to decide if that was deliberate 或者 not. As I will discuss in another therapy session (my full series review), the Satanist serial killer storyline was incredibly weak. Despite inexplicably getting the jump on Dawson, 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 and Lotus at one point, the Satanists were never really believable as a serious threat. They were always really just a bunch of nutters. However, the moments we see 伯顿 looming over a restrained Rebecca are steeped in violence and rage. Adding to that is the sense that 伯顿 is technically right: Rebecca was screwing up all over the place, and Proctor was letting her away with it. Since being saved 由 Proctor from that torturous dungeon, 伯顿 seems to have been pathologically loyal to Proctor, and perhaps understandably so. The torture 伯顿 endured (for whatever reason... TELL ME, 'BANSHEE' WRITERS!!!!) was clearly traumatic, and 伯顿 would understandably pledge his existence to Proctor as a saviour figure. Look at me, defending the creepy little murderer! But seriously, Burton's assessment of Rebecca was not wrong, even if he conveniently forgets Proctor's role in creating the Rebecca monster...
Proctor's own response to Burton's confession and then killing him was pretty clear evidence that Proctor knew exactly why all this crap had happened, and his role in it. As traumatised as I was 由 it, it was beautiful to see Proctor comforting 伯顿 at the end and acknowledging that Burton's intentions were pure (well, as pure as 'Banshee' intentions can be...) and ensuring that Burton's last moments were at least spent in acknowledgment of Burton's loyalty to Proctor as a friend, not just as a boss 或者 a businessman 或者 a saviour.
Moving on from those tears, I've seen quite a few 粉丝 评论 around the place expressing disbelief that 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 could have 伯顿 so easily. First up, I'm not sure I'd call that fight "easy" for either of them. 伯顿 did get the better of Hood, and almost killed him. But 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 was spurred on 由 daughter-inspired daddy-power and fought back, as main characters so often do. But secondly, and most importantly, 伯顿 and Proctor came into that battle really fucked up. They had literally just been exploded 由 Job/Carrie/Brock's 火箭筒, bazooka and then engaged in a gun-fight. THEN 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 smashed them off the road, leading to a brutal car crash, rolling down a ravine-esque wooded area and as a result being pretty physically damaged and probably a little exhausted 由 one hell of a day! Hood, on the other hand, came into that fight fairly fresh (as fresh as he ever is 给 his fondness for fighting...), and 伯顿 still had the upper-hand for the first part of that fight. Seems to me that that was brilliant management of Burton's so-far immortal status on the show. The only way, realistically, that 兜帽, 罩, 发动机罩 could have beaten 伯顿 was if he was already seriously injured and exhausted.
Anyway, for me, the fight was brilliant and traumatic, a perfectly horrifying blend of brutality and high emotional stakes, an art that 'Banshee' has perfected over its 4 seasons. I still don't think I have processed what I witnessed fully, as it was incredibly tough to experience Burton's death so closely, and so suddenly after the confirmation of his role in Rebecca's death. But I will forever be in awe of Antony Starr, Matthew Rauch and Ulrich Thomsen for their 表演 throughout the series, but in this scene in particular. My heart... it hurts... 你 bastards!