The Wire

For all you Wire fans out there...


did you see tonight's episode?!?!? holy crap!!!

 

Yes, I actually saw it last week, since with comcast they put the episode on demand a week early. I was very shocked. I thought that something like that might happen, but i didn't think it would be this early in the season. It sucks that this is the last season.

 

Fantastic episode.

 

I got hooked on "heroes" over Christmas when at my kid's house.
Every spare moment I slapped in the DVD and watched another episode.
But after some reflection and time/space, I feel USED!

I never liked being 'captured'.

Which is why, after reading some comments on the show, I avoided ever watching '24'.

And after getting a little hooked on 'The Riches' I avoided finding out about the second season.

 

we should turn this thread into like "the weekly water cooler" or something like that.

so, your thoughts on the episode? Omar's plan going awry threw a monkey wrench into things. And no Co-Op reaction yet? Next week is going to be explosive. Watch out for Slim.

 

wait, what? what is this show?

 

When the credits hit and the chilling soundtrack ran, I got that feeling that I got after every episode after season 4: the type of feeling where you need twenty minutes to yourself to take everything in. Gotta say it was a long time coming.

And so concludes the best show on TV. Gotta say I'm pretty satisfied with it. Cheese and Snoop went. Partlow in prison. Marlo back to being a corner boy. Slim getting his day and bringing some semblance of 'code' back to the streets. Chris becomes Omar. Dukie becoming Bubbles, as Bubbles becomes human.

Although there are two things I really didn't like:

About half of the episode was devoted to the newspaper conclusion, and it totally fizzled. And that punk got an award, when we all know that fabricators get caught (e.g. Glass, Blair, et al). My biggest complaint about that whole story line was that it just wasn't connected to the streets. Like you take the docks and the Greek out of the show, and the drugs just mysteriously arrive. You take the newspaper out of it, nothing much is different.

And Daniels being commish for like 30 seconds was also kinda weak. His appointing has been building up for 2 seasons, and he goes like that? C'mon. Either its because the episodes got cut or Simon got lazy. I really hope its the former.

All in all I'm going to miss it. And expect some written material about the show and the little club from SW6 we all support.

 

My favorite TV show of all time. I shed tears last night, sincerely. I'm sorry I didn't see this thread before.

 

I watched every episode for 4 years, and now I'm in mourning that it's gone. Never ever has a TV show been written, directed and acted in such a "real" way. You could feel the street 'vibe', and nothing was ever held back. I loved it when Mike popped the world's first female? thug. The way McNulty and Lester kept going after the "real" bad guys, in spite of their bosses, was great TV. It would have ended great for me if that kid on the corner, at the end, hadn't missed Marlo. So long Balmer.............When you walk thru the garden, better watch your back.........Best theme song ever.....gotta keep the devil, way down in a hole.......

 

Greatest show ever! Greatest youtube ever!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Sgj78QG9Bg

 

My favorite is "The game is rigged, but you cannot lose if you do not play". Man that is great.

Never heard of this show, but I'm sure I wouldnt be able to watch something with F bombs every other word.

 

You really should invest in it. Worth it.

And the clip sadly didn't have my favorite quote:

"It's a cold world, Bodie," (Poot)
"Thought you said it was getting warmer," (Bodie)
"The world goin' one way, people another," (Poot)

 

I wish I could claim the credit but it was passed on to me.

'Shit bird' quotes deserve more prominence. I'm still looking for the perfect opportunity to call someone a shit bird in real life. Also Carcetti's deputy definitely(whatever his name was) deserves some face time because he had some beauties. Truth be told the video could have been a half hour long and still missed a few.

I've been slowly working though Generation Kill. Also an all around awesome David Simon series with crazy sick dialogue!

 

A buddy of mine was watching this show on dvd and highly recommended it. Unfortunately, HBO o.d. doesn't have any episodes anymore. So Don, ol' neighbor....did you ever buy it on dvd? :wink:

If not, still sounds like it'd be worth my springing for a season to try it out.