Hey Lisa - been away for a while hence the delay in commenting. I respect everyone else's opinion on Quarry, but this is coming from one of your original Banshee comrades for what that is worth.
After three episodes I have seen, there are many characters on this show that at least appear to be based on Banshee characters thus far, even the opening sequence has quite a few similarities. Here are just a few of my Quarry = Banshee characters...
Mac = Hood. Others have already talked about the similarities and differences. The only thing I will disagree with that someone else said, is that I think Hood was also conflicted about dishing out violence.
Buddy = Job'ish. Is the gay intelligence gathering badass. While him and Mac did not "come up" together, they seem to have immediately developed this friendship out of necessity and some mutual platonic affection.
The Broker = Proctor'ish. Older "crime boss" type character who seems to have everything locked down and sees something in Mac and is trying to utilize the potential he sees.
Karl = Burton'ish - Sort of creepy sidekick to the Broker who instead of not talking much at first, is more wisecracking and may or may not be dangerous.
Detective Olson = Brock'ish. Younger, clean cut and less jaded, but not entirely happy with "the system", seems to know some of the players in a dead body case and appears to be a bit of a "towney" with a need to protect.
Joni & Ruth = Carrie'ish. Seems he split Carrie into two people. Ruth being the mom, struggling to take care of her two children but starting out with a dead husband right away. And Joni displaying some latent baddassery but clearly not "trained" like Carrie was.
Obviously it is very early in the series and these characters will of course change/morph into whatever suites the story line, or whatever they actually are that has yet been revealed. However there are, at least in my humble opinion and at this early stage, more clear similarities to characters from Banshee.
Again, I am not criticizing what others are posting and I could be completely off base, but in my humble opinion, I just feel like hardcore Banshee people will see the same things I see in these characters. They just seem to me to much more closely resemble each other.
EDIT: Bmwash is spot on, nowhere near the action of Banshee and likely will never get there considering when the show is taking place.
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