Post Holiday Blues Streaming 25' - Bondsman - Season One

The Bondsman is a sleeper series on Amazon Prime. Arriving early last month (as a full eight episode binge) Kevin Bacon stars as an undead bounty hunter.

Joining Bacon, Jennifer Nettles, Beth Grant, Aussie Damon Herriman, Maxwell Jenkins, Jolene Purdy, Kathrine Barnes, Mike Kaye, & Jay Ali all star in the Bondsman.

Hub (Bacon) is a backwoods bounty hunter who comes back from the dead with an unexpected second chance at life, love, and a nearly-forgotten musical career. Only to find that his old job now has a demonic new twist.

In the first (short) episode, Hub while tracking down a local bounty, is ambushed and murdered by Gregory Stevens at a road motel. 

Awakening the next day sitting or lying in the public ways, Hub emerges alive but with his wounds from the previous night. He captures an arsonist, 'Tater', who is there to destroy the evidence and help the Earle's collect on the insurance money. 

Returning home, his wounds heal and he enlists his mother, Kitty, a devout church-goer and former bounty hunter, to help him track the Earle's down; she reveals that Clyde was out on bail posted by "Lucky" Callahan, a local bar owner and former Boston mobster currently dating Hub's estranged wife. 

Now knowing that the ambush was a murder-for-hire deal, Hub confronts Lucky but is interrupted by Maryanne and their son, Cade. Instead, Hub pursues the Earles to a local cabin to gather evidence when they are attacked by a demon possessing Pastor Ron from the local church. 

The possessed Pastor Ron kills the Earles, but Hub escapes. At home, he finds Kitty meeting with Midge, his new handler from the Pot O'Gold corporation, Satan's front company on Earth, who explains that he is now a bounty hunter for the devil.

So it's a wild ride, with some country music thrown in for good measure.

I have no idea if a second series is coming along. There is not much about this poorly promoted series online. However it was a fun, super easy watch. Fun to have a horror series with short, easy to consume episodes.

In the finale, Hub is devastated to discover the demon, Lilith, has possessed Cheryl Dawson's body.

Standing over her empty grave, he confesses to Maryanne what happened, leaving her disappointed and distraught. Hub, feeling guilty, attempts to surrender himself for judgment, but Cosmo arrives and drops off the newly resurrected Midge, who explains that the devil isn't done with either of them yet. 

Midge explains that Lilith has escaped before and that she was last recaptured in an abbey outside of Jerusalem; looking at diagrams, Hub deduces that her captors used another pentagram to send her back (the way out is also the way in). 

Cheryl/Lilith arrives in town and demonstrates a hatred of music and an ability to use mind control; for women, this puts them into a fugue state, but the men are forced to kill themselves by ripping their own jaws off. 

Lucky assists the police in searching the Halloran's office and arresting Kitty, Maryanne, and Cade, though Cade is not charged. Sheriff Ruby uses threats against Cade to pressure Maryanne into luring Hub into a trap at the club. 

Hub and Midge create a trap for Lilith which works in luring and keeping her in place; however, she proposes a counter-offer to Hub: she will let Cheryl return, thus erasing the murder and setting Hub free, in exchange for Hub releasing her from the trap. 

Hub agrees and Lilith vacates Cheryl's body and inhabits a Raven instead, with Midge warning that there may be dire consequences for Hub's 'loophole'. Hub arrives with a living Cheryl to the club, where both are immediately arrested due to reports of their recent activities. Maryanne retreats to her dressing room where Lilith returns and possesses her, still alive. 

Lucky arrives to reconcile with Maryanne, but is killed by Lilith, who then takes the stage and holds all the men hostage. There, she offers Hub a new deal: as long as Lilith is free, the devil will keep coming for her (and by extension, Maryanne), so his only means to protect her is to serve Lilith.

Would I watch a second season? Most likely, I do like Kevin Bacon. The Following about the cult like serial killer was solid network TV. Bacon has done well to remain in the industry for as long as he has.

Andor also concludes its final episode this week, the week of TV finales. So expect more TV posts incoming!