I liked the way Daniels' past always loomed over him really ambiguously, because he is kind of a sympathetic character that you're never totally sure you trust him. also kinda gives some additional resonance to his speech in Season 2 to Carver about why he picked him for the team despite his betrayal in the past, because having some dirt on him meant he probably wouldn't try anything like that again.
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:32 (sixteen years ago) link
wait i dont' know if this has been spoken to before because i didn't watch until this fall, but the guy who plays lt. mello is named jay landsman???
― tehresa, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:35 (sixteen years ago) link
hes the real one on whom the fat one is based!!
― max, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah, he's the real jay landsman (an actual cop) who the character jay landsman is a bit based on.
xp
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:37 (sixteen years ago) link
Basically: Jay Landsman = actual Baltimore cop who Burns worked with and Simon wrote about in the Homicide book. Simon based Richard Belzer's Munch character in the "Homicide" series (later crossed over to L&O universe) on Landsman, as well as the Jay Landsman character in "The Wire." The actual Landsman auditioned to play himself but didn't get the part, and later ended up with a different, smaller role as Mello. (xpost)
― Alex in Baltimore, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:39 (sixteen years ago) link
wow that is kind of incredible. thank you for humoring my ignorance. lol @ landsman not getting landsman. i kinda like mello though, which is funny, because he is nothing like "himself."
― tehresa, Friday, 14 December 2007 17:43 (sixteen years ago) link
Daniels brings up his dirty past kind of tangentially in S1, when he's confronting Carver about his narcing off to Burrell, and explains why it's important to keep your integrity, esp. when you're in a position of authority (in ref. also to Carver's just announced promotion to Sgt.)
― Oilyrags, Friday, 14 December 2007 18:22 (sixteen years ago) link
He also tells Marla "They know about the money" in S1
― Hurting 2, Friday, 14 December 2007 18:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Here's the official trailer for the new season:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7HoWd7mY8E
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 18:58 (sixteen years ago) link
SO EXCITED
― max, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 19:01 (sixteen years ago) link
OH SHIT EXCITEMENT LEVEL OFF THE CHARTS NOW
― milo z, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 19:05 (sixteen years ago) link
tho what was with the shitty Duran Duran cover of "White Lines"?
It's a metaphor for how powerful white yacht owners control the fates of the working class and poor.
― polyphonic, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 19:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I HAS BONER
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 19:19 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah are they trying to get the CSI audience with that music? YAAAOOOW
also LOL Clay Davis
― daria-g, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:19 (sixteen years ago) link
SQUEEEEEEE !!!!!!
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:23 (sixteen years ago) link
TS:: Clay Davis' "sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeit" vs. Carcetti's "FAAAHK"
― n/a, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:26 (sixteen years ago) link
dammit, not starting on HBO until January 2008 = not on DVD until like 2011 :( :( :(
― n/a, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I wonder if all the kids from s4 are going to be in it? I saw Michael only..
Cutty was in the trailer too. yay
― daria-g, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:30 (sixteen years ago) link
why do you think that? S4 came out on DVD almost exactly a year after the episodes finished airing, and I'm betting S5 will come out quicker than that (maybe late '08 or early '09) since it won't be pegged to help promote any seasons after that. (xpost)
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:31 (sixteen years ago) link
daria, i think the new yorker piece mentioned dukie.
― lauren, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:32 (sixteen years ago) link
dukie is in michael's crew
― jhøshea, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:36 (sixteen years ago) link
McNulty obsessed with catching Marlo even though major crimes is allegedly being shut down.. haven't we seen this one before
I think there are a few major spoilers in that if you watch very closely! not going to say more though.
― daria-g, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:37 (sixteen years ago) link
HYPERBOLE
― n/a, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:39 (sixteen years ago) link
even though major crimes is allegedly being shut down
i'm only on ep. 10 of season 4 but it seems pretty obvious at this point that carcetti is interested in major crimes
― deej, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Are they going to keep closer tabs on screeners so it doesn't leak ahead of time?
― milo z, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:54 (sixteen years ago) link
um, deej, watch the new trailer
I believe that a ton of screeners of every episode of S4 in full were sent out way early largely because they were campaigning hard to get enough press for HBO to renew the show for one more year. Now that they've accomplished that and this is the last season, there don't seem to be screeners of the whole season out early this time around, or at least they're not as rampant as last time, which I'm kinda glad for. Everyone can experience the new episodes together, one at a time.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 20:59 (sixteen years ago) link
I love that for a large portion of the LA crowd I know, this show represents the ENTIRETY of their understanding of the city of Baltimore.
SO skewed.
― B.L.A.M., Tuesday, 18 December 2007 21:37 (sixteen years ago) link
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well yeah its also basically a dead unit where I am anyway so someone saying "they're shutting down major crimes!!!" or something in the middle of a trailer doesnt mean very much out of context
― deej, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 22:13 (sixteen years ago) link
haha how many times has major crimes been setup/shutdown at this point?
― Jordan, Tuesday, 18 December 2007 22:24 (sixteen years ago) link
Was that Avon in a couple of those quick cuts?
― Oilyrags, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 00:32 (sixteen years ago) link
Was that Avon in a couple of those quick cuts? yep
more info on who will be in season five http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wire_%28season_5%29#Cast
― jbsquared, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 01:57 (sixteen years ago) link
Going back to S4, what did Cutty say to the Latino landscape workers? I assume something about fornicating with someone's mother?
― Leee, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:01 (sixteen years ago) link
cutty looks a lot more, uh, CUT - i guess it's all that workin out at the gym
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 17:05 (sixteen years ago) link
Bunny's back!
― The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Wednesday, 19 December 2007 19:38 (sixteen years ago) link
chingo tu madre
― deej, Thursday, 20 December 2007 01:47 (sixteen years ago) link
guessing i dont actually remember
― deej, Thursday, 20 December 2007 01:48 (sixteen years ago) link
so excited.. bus stops in DC have the wire ads again..
Dominic West as Jimmy McNulty with a larger storyline than the fourth season well, ok not for this part
― daria-g, Thursday, 20 December 2007 05:04 (sixteen years ago) link
mcnulty is awesome
― deej, Thursday, 20 December 2007 05:28 (sixteen years ago) link
There was an awesome documentary about Melvin Williams, the preacher guy who used to be a drug kingpin in real life, on BET tonight. Check it out if you can, it's pretty cool.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 20 December 2007 06:22 (sixteen years ago) link
hating on mcnulty is bullshit.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 20 December 2007 08:54 (sixteen years ago) link
I just watched all of season 1 in the space of like 48 hours. Very good! Are the other seasons as good as the first?
― Dan I., Thursday, 27 December 2007 12:01 (sixteen years ago) link
Better, even.
― mh, Thursday, 27 December 2007 16:48 (sixteen years ago) link
There was an awesome documentary about Melvin Williams, the preacher guy who used to be a drug kingpin in real life, on BET tonight.
AMERICAN GANGSTER THE BET SHOW ABOUT AFRICAN AMERICAN CRIMINAL MASTERMINDS
that show: soooo goooood!
― jhøshea, Thursday, 27 December 2007 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I got my dad & stepmom the season 1 dvds. It was weird watching the first episode again. I was really conscious of there were a few "fucks" in every single line, couldn't tell if it was because I was watching with my folks or because it was a little gratuitous at first.
― Jordan, Thursday, 27 December 2007 17:29 (sixteen years ago) link
i had that experience with 'bad santa'.
― That one guy that hit it and quit it, Thursday, 27 December 2007 17:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Did anyone watch the S5 preview special? I dled it but havent checked it out yet.
― jeff, Thursday, 27 December 2007 17:51 (sixteen years ago) link
SO otm.
― B.L.A.M., Thursday, 27 December 2007 17:52 (sixteen years ago) link
Yeah, I love McNutty.
― polyphonic, Thursday, 27 December 2007 18:11 (sixteen years ago) link