The writing was a train wreck, the characterization limp, the acting and plotting, shameful and shameless both. I wonder what were missing?. If season five didnt work for you, then it didnt work for you. Although its one of my favorites, the only things in common with "Wire" are forensic psychologists profiling murderous sickos, and helping the police catch 'em. Season 2 was the bravest thing ever seen on TV. After a while, we tired of the gore and wished the series would end. The political corruption, the cronyism, the back-asswards views on racism which prevent all minorities from getting a real say in anything lest they be deemed racist- and most agonizingly, the completely screwball insanity that is the PG County school system is exactly like the way you depicted life in Baltimore. It was especially poignant seeing all the since-deceased (or reformed, theres no way I could overlook or forget Dukie becoming Bubbles) characters roles being filled by the New Age.. After watching the awful Sorkin show The Newsroom that was so dumb and naive it was nice to see some smart and realistic drama about a newsroom. And yes, in real life, there wasnt much written about such in my city. Jack and Liz. There were still good journalists in our make-believe newsroom, and they did some good work just as there are still such souls in Baltimore and every city laboring in similar fashion and to similar result. I wonder whats happening in this city that we dont know about. Good god, this was the most amazing show Ive seen in ever. Flagg on his last day being the only one who could tap in to the police department to get the low down on Burrells removal. If you like your murder mysteries uncensored this is the best one. I watched The Wire a second time few years later and I loved season 2. Web"Wire in the Blood" is the story of Dr.Tony Hill (Robson Green), a slightly eccentric clinical psychologist who works part time with the police force of Bradford, England. This is really a two part TV series.. the first three seasons with Green and Norris.. bit.ly/1780gxl .. in the leads, and the second three with Green and Lahbib.. bit.ly/13Pgcqi .. I understand the story and the tie-ins that you wrote about in this very blog, but I feel like you could have highlighted the bullshit of the media without compromising the core of The Wire, unrelenting, brutal, realism. But it was still damn above all the other things (books, series, movies). I dunno. Every single time I watch this show over again, I notice something I never saw before, and get instant gratification for going back again and re-watching it. Now its so hard to even rank the seasons because they are all so important to the overall story. It still is. Even though I dont like those gay fags fuckin each other but thats the world we live in so no problems. Liz (Michelle Randolph) suffered a miscarriage in the finale, and it now seems she may be unable to have children again. David, I just wanted to take a brief moment (6 years later) to thank you for both an amazing show and this write up of your thoughts and insights into S5. -And Herc? So lets happily concede that all criticism stands and get to the real fun. Site Created by Real Fresh Creative. I just binge-watched the last 3 seasons after slowly going through 1 & 2 and I feel regret that I almost missed out on this amazing thing that started basically a decade ago when I was just starting high school. While he is cold and calculating, from the moment we met him Omar has a big heart and made decisions based on his emotional reaction. The vacant murders and 2 lieutenants getting lengthy sentences in exchange for Marlo exiting the business is not hard to wrap your head around. Maybe the guys just kind of being a dickhead here. If you didnt dig it, then you didnt dig it. However, each action, no matter how small, led to clear and defined reactions that changed the course of events. What is most unfortunate is that your scathing and accurate critique of Washington D.Cs left armpit (with PG County being its right) and really the entire D.C. area will always be written off as great entertainment and remembered as one of the best shows ever on television. This is an entertaining series currently available on Acorn TV. Almost everything in the show from the dialogue to the outcomes felt refreshingly believable. The pictures of his cleaned up corners and happy citizens as a result of Hamsterdam would suggest that the drop was much larger than that 14%. Thanks for the reply. Why couldnt we have gone one more season with the show? Many found it hard to relate to or invest in. | I guess Cedric Daniels, Stringer Bell and Bunny Colvin tried with horrible results. Wouldnt she confront them first? And unsubtle. Marlo gets away clean and he keeps his money, Avon lives happily ever after in prison, McNulty gets screwed, the lying reporter wins a damn Pulitzer, and oh yeah, OMAR GETS KILLED BY A LITTLE KID?! Ohhh, and the commissioner and Senator Davis, you might as well have been talking about our infamous Marion Barry and his cronies all over the place. I dragged it past sarcasm, past cynicism, and all the way to balls-out snide. It was too subtle for me to catch on my first watch, and Im sure a 10 hour binge made it even easier to gloss over. When I say Im an addict to this show I honestly feel like the fiends depicted in the show that dont creep out of their addiction like Bubs happened to do. During the political campaign in Season 3, when Royce was facing pressure from Carcetti, there is a subtle glimpse into the racial component. And, just like the black counterparts, almost all of them gain some level of career advancement, be it Rawls promotion to superintendent, Pearlmans to judge, Hurks ascension in the legal realm (admitably his is more honest than the others, since he wanted the same things McNulty and Freamon wanted, and he actually suffers the consequences of his mess-up in Season 4), Carcetti, Templeton, etc. Robson Green is incredibly impressive (and maybe a little bit scary) as eccentric psychological profiler Dr. Tony Hill, and Hermione Morris does a great job as tough DI Carol Jordan, a woman in what is still very much a man's world. Im watching Treme now. I learned more from two weeks of practical work, than an entire year of overpaid theory, and eventually switched to English, because I couldnt stand a style that, to me, was tantamount to lying. Thrilled at the fact that you made him irredeemable, because the reporters who do that shit truly are that way. The character development and the way each characters persona was mirrored throughout each realm (from the street, to the BPD, to the courthouse, city hall, the ports, the newsroom) is the most amazing writing Ive ever seen. And remember the part where you saw the lady outside selling snowballs, the postal carrier was able to deliver mail, people were outside hanging laundry so you could tell that the 14% drop was substantial in that district. I just want to watch it over and over again without stopping. Thank you for telling these stories. What Rough Beast. To argue about whether the drama had become arch or unsubtle? By that, I mean the sense from many of white politicians in the city holding this belief that the city was corrupted because blacks were the ones that made up the majority of the police department, and had a black mayor in Royce. Its disappointing to read the entire comment thread and see that no one picked up on those journalistic themes either, but I saw every single one of them- which is why I watched season 5 in total frustration as every cut back to the Baltimore Sun went straight into the same mire of bullshit all journalists everywhere in America now live in. I am anxious to find out if there is a follow up to Painted? And no, I think season five achieved its goals as the other season, with me being no closer to the world of journalism than others on our writing staff were to the other worlds depicted. Or are you just that pissed and depressed about the world that you cant help but force your misery on your viewers? I was wondering, What does it take to become an officer of Over the past five seasons it has consistently presented detailed I worked at a small, local tabloid, before entering J-school, and rapidly became frustrated as I was lectured on hooks and handles. Every time I sit down to watch it again, more and more of the depth reveals itself. ), [] own slashed staffs and cutbacks, leaving a major metropolitan newspaper that wound up as Simon acerbically noted at the time missing the whole []. The suits in Chicago are running scared. Any criticism you get is unwarranted. The Jordan/Fielding character played a large part. David, let me first congratulate you on making one of the most riveting series to have ever graced the global stage. Cocaine Bear is based on a true story but the events especially the ending are very different. We did that, too, because hey, to criticize such a newsroom culture did indeed carry those risks in Baltimore. Both are similar, and both are very good. It was nuanced and I really saw Gus as the lead protagonist of this season and lester and mcnulty as shifty antagonists. Okay. Its not likely to change our reasons for telling the stories we do, but neither is the criticism necessarily invalid or unwarranted. Each season building toward a singular, connected argument. Enter DI Alex Fielding, Simone Lahbib. The 'genius' Dr, absentminded of course, to fulfill another clich, who comes across as being more in need of professional help than his patients. Thanks for making a great series. Righteous journalism that makes a good reporter get up in the morning. Burns is fuckin awesome. Another topic for another time, but dont wait on our news media to report it. All in all, the last season ofThe Wirewasnt that cruel a portrayal, was it? The clues about The Sun missing important stories are there in plain sight. Robson Green is a great talent, in spite of what his fellow Newcastleian had to say above. But the fifth-season story arc began with a wonderful bit of adversarial reporting on deadline good, clean newspapering it was. It is a heart trending, visceral, honest portrayal of a modern city. I would have liked to have seen more scenes with randy & neymond though just to make it feel like they hadnt been forgotten especially as Michael & dookie didnt even mention them by name about same with nick sabotka maybe a conversation about the docks with someone after abusing the mayor & kracheck I like how it felt like a big open world & people could bump into each other. School principals in Baltimore and elsewhere in Maryland were obliged to teach test questions to pump scores at the expense of meaningful curricula. A few months ago I decided to give it a go and, as you can imagine, I fell in love. But most of all, that poor child Duquan who did nothing but suffer from beginning to end. I love the WIRE This makes for some truly unusual and amusing situations, that help bring levity to the gruesome crimes he investigates. And the depiction of the weak-willed, money-grubbing, ring-kissing top brass at papers was spot-on, too. Wire in the Blood, is first of all a showcase for the excellent acting skills of the charismatic Robson Green. The story the music the acting is just so damn beautiful. That said, I thank you for the bitter pill. I have to say I loved the Wire the first time I saw it. The Wire is my favorite show of all time, but Season 5 was definitely the weakest. Even more awesome is how you actually continued that same thread from one season to the next, taking one subject matter and examining it from all the angles that make up the context of the entire problem. No-one looked at him twice.". It would be better if he was slick like the Will Grayham character in red dragon. Anyway, Ive gone on for far too long here. Learn how your comment data is processed. Hamsterdam, say. Liz had sent a distress call to the two medics, and they all make an attempt to flee in an ambulance. One of the best Crime drama/ Mystery Thriller TV shows ever made, Vivid, believable shows with a charismatic psychologist solving intriguing crimes, Twisted and gory, but I love Robson Green. The Witcher: Blood Origin 's ending serves as setup for The Witcher season 3, revealing the truth behind the Conjunction of the Spheres and another prophecy that's sure to have a profound influence on Ciri's life. Cmon, its okay to smile. Note: This article contains spoilers for the entire first series of Blood. Maybe you were too close? Now I just read and laugh at bad writing on other TV shows. A few funny lines, too. This show, its impact, the things its talked about directly and indirectly (as shown above) has along with all that impacted me, and I feel like Ive got enough influence from this show alone to myself sit down and write like Ive been wanting to do, but not just any writing, but writing thats thoughtful as well as entertaining, and also writing that matters. Regarding the final season, was there any sort of fake serial killer or fake serial criminal real-life story that inspired you? To wonder whether anyone would be disciplined for cursing in a newsroom, or why they made the top editor wear those suspenders, or whether it was a clich to have a fabricator driving the overt plot? Well, okay. Now, the fifth season was a bit of a problem. It had been on my entertainment backlog since 2002 Id got hold of the first season before it had been shown in the UK at all being a quality TV (and I apologize for using this sensitive word considering the context of various storylines) junkie, but for various reasonsI was deferring gratification if you will. Brilliant series. Maybe its honest. Wow, I cant believe that went over my head too David. 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