OFFICIAL THE WIRE THREAD.. ''The game is the game"

[davinelulinvega]

Seasons 1,2,4

1 the most easy to watch, drug dealers and cops, everyone is attentive, 1 also installs the show, the fact we would follow each character, the fact it's not Manichean...
No efforts needed
2 is less about thugs and more about crooks, less about frontal violence and more about tricks. It's different but 1 could be Breaking Bad and 2 Better Call Saul to say it differently.
4 is like 1, very easy to watch, and as we followed adults since the beginning it offers another point of view and a kind of prequel of how people turn into thugs or not, no matter who their family is and what was expected from them.

Only watched the show once but I remember 3 & 5 were boring in comparison of other seasons. Interesting but a lot of talk and not enough action, at least from what I remember.
Plus medias & politics are not my cup of tea so...

 

[tay1]

Starting season 2 and it’s shaping up to be a dud.

 

[spiderjericho]

Season 5. That fall was steep.

Show is definitely uneven but great at the same time.

 

[definition of dopeness]

 

[dmbrhs]

I've said it too many times to go into an in-depth explanation, but Season 5 is perfectly fine. Templeton's storyline is literally derived from the Janet Cooke scandal at WaPo in the early 1980s. He fabricates his stories, and when McNulty realized that, he went all-in on the serial killer thing, knowing Templeton would go along with everything and never question it.

 

[Brownstone]

4 is the best season hands down, will debate anyone on that. 1,3 and 2 go back and forth for me for 2nd, I may change my mind on a rewatch though, well overdue.

 

[spiderjericho]

 

[spiderjericho]

I've said it too many times to go into an in-depth explanation, but Season 5 is perfectly fine. Templeton's storyline is literally derived from the Janet Cooke scandal at WaPo in the early 1980s. He fabricates his stories, and when McNulty realized that, he went all-in on the serial killer thing, knowing Templeton would go along with everything and never question it.

 

[hymen man]

The whole series is too damn good. S5 is the weakest, I got the point, just didn’t care for the publishing side but the accompanying storylines ending made it fine.

 

[Mos718]

Starting season 2 and it’s shaping up to be a dud.

Season 2 touches the “white” organized crime side of things. Once you accept that you’ll appreciate it a little more.

 

[tay1]

Season 2 touches the “white” organized crime side of things. Once you accept that you’ll appreciate it a little more.

I can see that angle based on the first two episodes. It’s just not that interesting yet.

 

[Master Zik]

I've said it too many times to go into an in-depth explanation, but Season 5 is perfectly fine. Templeton's storyline is literally derived from the Janet Cooke scandal at WaPo in the early 1980s. He fabricates his stories, and when McNulty realized that, he went all-in on the serial killer thing, knowing Templeton would go along with everything and never question it.

And to that I always say just cuz it happened in real life doesn't make it good tv.

Nobody gives a **** about journalism like that. Season was just not well thought out.

 

[danikerhino]

I've said it too many times to go into an in-depth explanation, but Season 5 is perfectly fine. Templeton's storyline is literally derived from the Janet Cooke scandal at WaPo in the early 1980s. He fabricates his stories, and when McNulty realized that, he went all-in on the serial killer thing, knowing Templeton would go along with everything and never question it.

This damn near ruined the season for me. The saving grace was the continuance of the storyline for key characters.

 

[MajinZuub]

This damn near ruined the season for me. The saving grace was the continuance of the storyline for key characters.

It dragged the season down HARD.

 

[T0INE]

Them doing a profile of the serial killer and it describing McNulty to a T always gets me.

 

[Nike Jordan]

The most unrealistic thing about The Wire wasn't Hamsterdam or the fake serial killer.

It was the mayor cutting the police budget.

 

[davinelulinvega]

Not false because more security in the streets is a good way to be liked by people

He must have thought about us, we need some action

What could have been a season 6 about ?

 

[206to813]

I can see that angle based on the first two episodes. It’s just not that interesting yet.

I’m a fan of S2 but starts really slow imo. Took me a while to figure out who the new characters were. I was confused at first that Nick looked exactly like the FBI agent lol

 

[getback]

I've said it too many times to go into an in-depth explanation, but Season 5 is perfectly fine. Templeton's storyline is literally derived from the Janet Cooke scandal at WaPo in the early 1980s. He fabricates his stories, and when McNulty realized that, he went all-in on the serial killer thing, knowing Templeton would go along with everything and never question it.

Just because it's derived from an actual scandal doesn't mean they executed it well though.

 

[6pac]

Not false because more security in the streets is a good way to be liked by people

He must have thought about us, we need some action

What could have been a season 6 about ?

This whole time I was thinking what a “wire” would look like in the iPhone/social media era

A Season 6 where they got into the arrival of the iPhone and the beginning of social media criminal activity/the web/technology being more involved in illicit activity woulda been dope.

which reminds me I saw the David Simon dude got a limited series coming soon about police corruption in Baltimore set in 2015

‘The Wire’s David Simon & George Pelecanos Set ‘We Own This City’ HBO Limited Series About Baltimore Police Corruption

We hear that the latest HBO project from The Wire’s EP David Simon and producer George Pelecanos is finally coming together with the premium network recently quietly greenlighting the project and casting already underway. The duo are working on a limited series based on the Random House book We...

deadline.com

 

[wavycrocket]

This whole time I was thinking what a “wire” would look like in the iPhone/social media era

A Season 6 where they got into the arrival of the iPhone and the beginning of social media criminal activity/the web/technology being more involved in illicit activity woulda been dope.

which reminds me I saw the David Simon dude got a limited series coming soon about police corruption in Baltimore set in 2015

‘The Wire’s David Simon & George Pelecanos Set ‘We Own This City’ HBO Limited Series About Baltimore Police Corruption

We hear that the latest HBO project from The Wire’s EP David Simon and producer George Pelecanos is finally coming together with the premium network recently quietly greenlighting the project and casting already underway. The duo are working on a limited series based on the Random House book We...

deadline.com

Gun task force series. Should be intersecting.**** get deep and wicked. The boys killed one of their own, who was about to bring down the corruption.

Baltimore police say Det. Sean Suiter’s death was a suicide, case closed. His family says it’s a lie.

Baltimore Police Commissioner Michael Harrison on Wednesday closed an investigation into the 2017 death of Detective Sean Suiter, saying that a Maryland State Police review confirmed earlier findin…

www.baltimoresun.com

Also….

How a Dirty Baltimore Cop's Vendetta Derailed a Promising Rapper's Career

Young Moose has been tapped as the “Baltimore Boosie.” So why, at the beginning of 2017, was he working at a mall’s embroidery shop?

www.vice.com

Young Moose’s family responds to BPD Det. Daniel Hersl’s indictment in racketeering conspiracy

On Thursday evening, the Evans family was effusive. Earlier in the day, it was announced that seven Baltimore Police Officers were indicted on charges of racketeering. Among the seven was Det. Dani…

www.baltimoresun.com

This **** soooo f’d up over here.

 

[Master Zik]

 

[spiderjericho]

Sucks…stringer had to die. Making those flagrant moves. Not respecting the code.

 

[rbk93]

Just started Season 2 of my rewatch. Kind of dreading it lol. Wasn't a big fan of the Sobotka storyline.

 

[206to813]