I'm a huge Banshee fan from pretty much season 1 so I have always liked Starr but had NO idea his abilities extended this far. In a just world this should be a career/star-making performance for him.

In fact, the entire cast is uniformly excellent in this. I read the comic in prep for this and absolutely hated it. It's chock-full of mean-spirited cynicism but devoid of any substance or useful commentary on pretty much anything. It's the kind of white male rage that I have absolutely zero tolerance for. Thankfully, the show takes the premise and molds it into something that, while not perfect, at least attempts to have something to say about power and celebrity and what it means to be a good human being much less a hero.

It's gory and problematic no doubt but there's a humanity at work here that the comic never had and frankly Ennis, from what I've seen, is utterly incapable of.

This is basically what I wanted from the film adaptation of Watchmen. It's faithful but not slavish and understands what the source material is ultimately getting at all and therefore ends up being vastly superior to the source material. Thankfully they have a great creative team involved in this instead of a Randian moron who can only ape but not interpret.

I'm very much look forward to season 2.