It’s a very light week for new TV-on-DVD & Blu-ray releases, but both of this week’s titles are worth picking up—Banshee Season 2 (Blu-ray & DVD) and Shameless Season 4 (Blu-ray & DVD).

Banshee Season 2 (Blu-ray & DVD)

From executive producer Alan Ball, creator of the hit HBO series True Blood, Banshee charts the continuing twists and turns that follow Lucas Hood (Antony Starr), an ex-convict who assumes the identity of sheriff of the rural, Amish-area town of Banshee, where his former lover and partner-in-crime (Ivana Milicevic) lives under the alias Carrie Hopewell. The release is packed with extensive bonus content exploring the world of the show and is perfectly timed for New Year’s Day binge-watching in advance of the Season 3 premiere in 2015.

Season 2 of Banshee takes up immediately after the events of the Season 1 finale, when Carrie’s father, gang kingpin Rabbit (Ben Cross) was left for dead after a climactic warehouse shootout. Carrie, now exposed and estranged from her husband and kids, is torn between her devotion to her family and her connection to Lucas, who had given himself up in order to save her years earlier.

The new season finds Lucas, having escaped detection after being interrogated by FBI agent Jim Racine (guest star Zeljko Ivanek), with his hands fuller than ever as sheriff, dealing with (among other things) the murder of a Kinaho tribe girl, the continuing escalation of tensions between Amish overlord Kai Proctor (Ulrich Thomsen) and Kinaho tribe leader Alex Longshadow (Anthony Ruivivar), as well as the unwelcome appearance of a surprise visitor: the reprobate son of the real (and late) Lucas Hood.

Blu-ray with Digital Copy Bonus Features (including all DVD features):

• Inside the Title Sequence: Uncover the clues behind each episode’s opening title sequence with this interactive feature
• Twitter Commentary with Cast & Crew: Take a look back at the cast and crew ofBansheelive tweeting during the season premiere and finale

DVD Bonus Features

• Banshee Origins: Find out the story before the story with a dozen prequel videos featuring the cast of Banshee
• Conversation Between Olek & the Albino: See both sides of Olek and the Albino’s phone call from Banshee Origins
• Zoomed In: Episodes 1-4 & 6-8: Go on set with the cast to see how key adrenaline-filled scenes were created.
• Audio Commentaries with Cast & Crew
• Deleted Scenes
• Episode Recaps
• Trailers

Shameless Season 4 (Blu-ray & DVD)

The more things change, the more the Gallaghers stay the same. Whether it’s employment, education, or healthcare, the Gallaghers have issues! Season Four of SHAMELESS finds the Gallaghers braving another brutal Chicago winter and waiting on the medical fate of their flawed and permanently pickled patriarch Frank (William H. Macy).

With oldest daughter Fiona (Emmy Rossum) in a stable job and relationship, and newly graduated Lip (Jeremy Allen White) enrolled in college, it seems like the Gallaghers might finally have a shot at happiness and realize the middle class American dream. But with Ian still missing, Debbie and Carl dealing with their adolescent hormones, and neighbors Kev and Veronica pregnant with multiple babies, moving up isn’t so easy when you’re down and out. The Gallagher life…it ain’t no tea party!

Bonus Features

• 2 All-New Featurettes Being Gallagher and Shameless Neighbors
• Unaired Scenes