that bubbles quote, lol.
still feel like season 5 taints my memory of the show as not being as great it actually was.
― marcos, Monday, 8 July 2013 18:39 (ten years ago) link
i never got around to affording season 5 dvds so that has been working out ok for me so far
― j., Monday, 8 July 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
started rewatching for the first time in ages, I forgot how much of a shock it is when Kima, ostensibly the honorable, good cop out of all of them starts beating the shit out of one of the low-rise boys (Bodie?) when he punches a cop.
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 8 July 2013 19:18 (ten years ago) link
yeah, the one cop who WON'T hit anyone is mcnulty; in many ways, he's the model police officer!
― how bad could it be to be stuck to the couch, forever... (forksclovetofu), Monday, 8 July 2013 19:34 (ten years ago) link
S5 really isn't as bad as its rep suggests.
― Simon H., Monday, 8 July 2013 19:36 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, it’s not as good and is perhaps a bit OTT, but still has so many great moments, and good to see the the decline of local newspapers, which I experienced at first-hand over 15ish years in UK local media, covered in such a great TV show.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 8 July 2013 19:44 (ten years ago) link
I rented and watched all 5 seasons as they came out and later got them all on DVD. Even though I've had the DVD sets for a long time, I still haven't yet re-watched seasons 4 or 5, while I've watched the first 3 seasons multiple times. Gotta make some time for them.
― Moodles, Monday, 8 July 2013 19:48 (ten years ago) link
http://24.media.tumblr.com/8618bcd4a0be0a6c7e0231336aee0084/tumblr_mqzln8OQ0k1s683d8o1_500.png
― YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 31 August 2013 01:04 (ten years ago) link
Ruff ruff!
― Jeff, Saturday, 31 August 2013 01:18 (ten years ago) link
XL
― not some dude poking a Line 6 pedal with his dick (sarahell), Saturday, 31 August 2013 03:08 (ten years ago) link
who is that??
― k3vin k., Saturday, 31 August 2013 03:12 (ten years ago) link
the cartoon dog?
― not some dude poking a Line 6 pedal with his dick (sarahell), Saturday, 31 August 2013 03:13 (ten years ago) link
Lisa Frank?
― Shannon Leeedles (Leee), Saturday, 31 August 2013 05:42 (ten years ago) link
Shopped :(http://24.media.tumblr.com/ef92e119edc51cb97ff3a220c39008e9/tumblr_mseiowp9tb1qaqw03o1_500.jpg
― This Is Not An ILX Username (LaMonte), Saturday, 31 August 2013 15:24 (ten years ago) link
:(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 31 August 2013 18:44 (ten years ago) link
aw
― YOU FOOLS PAY OVER $2.50 for a comic book (forksclovetofu), Saturday, 31 August 2013 19:40 (ten years ago) link
there are a lot of sick people out there
― Number None, Saturday, 31 August 2013 20:16 (ten years ago) link
Can’t believe they shopped it out. :.(
― Chewshabadoo, Sunday, 1 September 2013 16:46 (ten years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/08/david-simon-capitalism-marx-two-americas-wire
― Divvy Bikes to Watch Out For (Eazy), Monday, 9 December 2013 02:35 (ten years ago) link
In retrospect I hate The Wire and wish I had never watched it.
― Dan I., Wednesday, 19 February 2014 07:21 (ten years ago) link
hummmmm - why is that?
― licorice oratorio (baaderonixx), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 08:58 (ten years ago) link
It ruined him for every other TV show including the new girl
― pro ana newsom (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 19 February 2014 10:25 (ten years ago) link
I just finished this. I will miss Lester the most.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 19:43 (ten years ago) link
then you should watch Treme
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 19:44 (ten years ago) link
2 eps away from the end of S2.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 19:45 (ten years ago) link
Was thinking about it. I caught a couple of eps on a free HBO weekend and seemed worth a look.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 19:46 (ten years ago) link
My wife got pulled in after I watched S1 which forced an immediate rewatch. By the time we got done with S4 she was ready to bail because she was so heartbroken.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 19:47 (ten years ago) link
Treme is slower and more melodramatic than The Wire, but Clarke Peters plays one of the more lovable characters, so that might fill the Lester-sized hole in your heart.
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 19:48 (ten years ago) link
thanks for the tip. I just don't know what to do without him peering over his granny-specs.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 20:23 (ten years ago) link
Currently on s2e7 of my 3rd go round. They killed D again :(
― make flowers on me (rip van wanko), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 22:07 (ten years ago) link
I think on balance s4 was the best and most fully realized season.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Tuesday, 8 April 2014 22:08 (ten years ago) link
lol @ cutty declining a flyer on election day: "nah man i can't vote" "conviction?" "yeah" "felony?" "MOVE ON, man!"
― difficult listening hour, Monday, 19 May 2014 00:15 (nine years ago) link
Oh man, this is going to be streaming on Amazon Prime soon. Think I'll finally get around to Season 5.
― how's life, Monday, 19 May 2014 15:43 (nine years ago) link
Season 5 is underrated imo
― Kadeem Hardson (rip van wanko), Monday, 19 May 2014 20:51 (nine years ago) link
I need to revisit 4 and 5. I have both on DVD, but haven't gotten around to watching them again since the first time.
― nitro-burning funny car (Moodles), Monday, 19 May 2014 20:52 (nine years ago) link
I read this thread along with watching the wire recently and managed to buffer my expectations for the 5th season to the degree that I enjoyed it quite a bit. There is much that is good about it, serial killer stuff aside... and even that didn't bug me because it illustrated such prime McNulty assholism.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Monday, 19 May 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link
just started rewatching and had forgotten how inept and dumb prez starts out as
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 14:46 (nine years ago) link
Prez was a superb example of the way this show creates characters. To think of him at the beginning of the show, as you describe, to the end, his last appearance ("I think I won't see you again... for a while") is one of the highlights of the series.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 15:54 (nine years ago) link
yeah prez has such a great redemption; he goes from such a punchable turd to almost my favorite dude on the show
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 15:56 (nine years ago) link
yup. by the time he's telling the kids not to cooperate with the police - totally different person.
― Porto for Pyros (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 15:59 (nine years ago) link
Prez was a superb example of the way this show creates characters.
yea definitely. characters like poot or bodie that i didn't give a shit about in the beginning (or was even mildly annoyed by) i ended up really loving and caring about, seeing the characters develop and grow over a few seasons
― marcos, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 16:14 (nine years ago) link
lol waht even Poot? Boadie is an obvious turnaround, but I never really got a sense of character development from Poot, probably because he ended up becoming a tertiary character.
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 16:41 (nine years ago) link
yea i think b/c poot was able to get out of the game? working a job at foot locker while all this other shit was going down kind of endeared me to him, made me feel relieved for him
― marcos, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
been a long time since i've watched the show, so maybe in my head that development was more significant than i thought. but seeing characters get deeper and deeper into some shit and then seeing others escape it, even if it wasn't a heroic escape, seemed significant
― marcos, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 16:48 (nine years ago) link
"so maybe in my head that development was more less significant than i thought."
― marcos, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
That job should've been Duquan's. >=(
― Call the Doctorb, the B is for Brownstein (Leee), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 16:49 (nine years ago) link
right!
― marcos, Wednesday, 21 May 2014 16:51 (nine years ago) link
Carv looms larger every time I watch, with Seth Gilliam's portrayal being on of the best 2 or 3 acting jobs on the show.
― Kadeem Hardson (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:07 (nine years ago) link
Carver's development is an amazing personal transformation, in a show full of them.
― lauded at conferences of deluded psychopaths (Sparkle Motion), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:10 (nine years ago) link
yes, he's easily my fave
― purposely lend impetus to my HOOS (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 21 May 2014 17:45 (nine years ago) link