I really liked it -- I can't decide if I like S3 or S4 better, but those are my two favorite so far. Then S1 then S2 -- and we'll see about S5 when I get to it.
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol
Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy?--Peter Griffin
Believe me, if you went to a Ruths Chris, you would remember paying way too much for an overhyped steak that doesn't even have the decency to be served with a baked potato.
The BBC has finally decided tp show the Wire over here now. So something like 7 or 8 years too late the BBC are ridiculously over hyping it and everybody is walking around talking about this "brilliant new show". Somebody at work had the gall to tell me about it and that i should watch it cos it was right up my street??
I watched it years ago fuckwit was the response to that
I would rather die on my feet than live on my knees!
I started Season 5 last night and watched the first disc (3 eps). So far so good, but we'll have to see how it compares. I'm still sad it's the last season to watch.
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol
Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy?--Peter Griffin
...dot com bold typeface rhetoric. You go clickety click and get your head split. 'The hell you look like on a message board Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?
I'm re-watching season 3 for the first time. Two eps in. Forgot it was so slow starting (though no less fascinating; its pace is in stark contrast to the last three episodes of season 2).
...dot com bold typeface rhetoric. You go clickety click and get your head split. 'The hell you look like on a message board Discussing whether or not the Brother is hardcore?
Finished up Season 5 tonight -- I liked the extended last episode, and the entire season overall. Hmm, now to think about how I'd rank each of the seasons. Will have to think about it. But all in all, thank you especially to Blib for getting me hooked on such a fabulous show, probably the only series that could rival The Sopranos!!
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol
Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy?--Peter Griffin
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I thought that the last episode did a great job a wrapping up each character. I liked how some of the characters ended up taking the place of others, like how
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Sydnor is the new McNulty, Dookie is the new Bubbles, and Michael is the new Omar. My favorite moment of the last episode is when Slim Charles shot Cheese and said "that was for Joe" and no one had a problem with it. I also liked how Valcheck became Commissioner (very fitting).
Here's the final montage if anyone wants to see it again. I love how they brought back the season 1 version of the theme song (my favorite season).
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I've only Just stumbled on to this show as of two days ago. Finished season 1, Bout to start on Season 2. I guess I'm way behind the rest of you.
Great show. Interesting format.
The hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters. Cus D'Amato
I just wanted to bump this thread. Currently Watching season 3. This show is fabulous.
There's another Wire thread discussion going in a different subforum, don't look unless you've seen it all though.
Long as I remember The rain been coming down. Clouds of Mystery pouring Confusion on the ground. Good men through the ages, Trying to find the sun; And I wonder, Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.
I just wanted to bump this thread. Currently Watching season 3. This show is fabulous.
Me too. Season 3, episode 7.
Finished watching it in a few days after that post. Lost lots of sleep over it, but when I got hooked, there was no way out. The best show I've seen, hands down.
"Fire cannot kill a dragon." -Daenerys Targaryen, Game of Thrones
In season 5, there are two things that I don't understand which might be sloppy writing or a strange way of character development. Both go in the same direction.
Warnung! Spoiler!
1) Kima Greggs is shocked when she hears from McNulty how he and Freamon manipulate the "homeless murders" to get manpower and equipment to actually do real police work. After one day or so she tells Daniels about it. She soesn't even give McNulty a chance to fix it. After all the things McNulty has done for her and the trust that has been buit between them, I don't find that believable from her. 2) Even more strange, I find the behavior of Herc. First, he gives Marlo's number to Carv to run that drug boss down. A few weeks later, he betrays Carv and tells Levy about the wire on Marlo. I don't see anything causing Herc to change his mind.
In season 5, there are two things that I don't understand which might be sloppy writing or a strange way of character development. Both go in the same direction.
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1) Kima Greggs is shocked when she hears from McNulty how he and Freamon manipulate the "homeless murders" to get manpower and equipment to actually do real police work. After one day or so she tells Daniels about it. She soesn't even give McNulty a chance to fix it. After all the things McNulty has done for her and the trust that has been buit between them, I don't find that believable from her. 2) Even more strange, I find the behavior of Herc. First, he gives Marlo's number to Carv to run that drug boss down. A few weeks later, he betrays Carv and tells Levy about the wire on Marlo. I don't see anything causing Herc to change his mind.
What do you think?
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1) Everyone is ethically challenged in different ways. Kima beat Brodie (IIRC) b/c of the asault on a fellow police officer. That aside she has always been by the book and tries to do the right thing by the book. So to make up crimes and lie to other police officers crosses a line for her. She also recognized that it wasn't so much about solving crimes as it was about McNulty's destructive and actually untrue need to prove that he's smarter than everyone else and stick it to the higher-ups.
2) I think that having been (correctly) drummed out of the police force for actions that he and others had done previously to less well connected citizens, Herc's attitude is that he's now looking out for Herc, first and foremost.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Good, what you write about K., I understand. But if it's true what you write about
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Herc, then why does he give Marlo's number to Carv at all?
I'm not sure.
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There are two ways of looking at it. One -and considering Herc's relatively low intelligence I think this is more likely is that IIRC he was hanging out with Carver and felt bad about how things went down and wanted to help someone who was his best buddy. In addition he missed police work. Working for a notorious drug defense attorney has to be somewhat irritating/humiliating for Herc.
The second and less plausible explanation imo is that Herc is nowhere near as dumb as he appears. He is excellently placed to play both sides against the middle. Both the cops and the defense attorney think he's a mole who will feed them inside information. So he gave the number to Carver to get his renewed loyalty/friendship and then gave the tip to the attorney for the same reason. It may be a while before the cops or the attorney figure out that Herc is using them both.
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives." Winter is Coming Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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