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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 2:22 am    Post subject:

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Does The Wire nearly jumped the shark with Season 5? (Spoiler Alert) I thought the fake serial killer plot drug on.


I didn't think so.


I don't either. The entire story is a gradual interweaving of all of the elements of a city. Each season adds a new layer. They are: the drug trade (primarily in the west portion of the city) vs. the cops in season 1, the docks in season 2, the pols in season 3, the schools in season 4, and the media (particularly the newspaper) in season 5.

Season 5 has the unenviable task of adding this layer as well as wrapping up the whole story. And McNulty has always been the central metaphor or avatar, if you will, for the entire story. His inner struggles mirror the greater societal ones. He is the heart in much the same way that Omar Little is the soul (interesting that the city's heart continues to beat but its soul dies, but that's another can of worms). His creation of the serial killer, along with his return to alcohol, and to the inevitable political problems of major crimes mirror the continuing struggle of the greater entity. The way he uses the newspaper, and elements of it his "creation", are quite organic to what Burns and Simon are trying to tell us IMO, and are not some cheap plot stunt.


I didn't think it was a "cheap plot stunt" but I do feel that for the first time in the series they wrote in a plot line that seemed less believable, especially concerning it's duration. It felt more Dick Wolf than the realism that had proceeded it for 4 seasons.
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 14, 2010 8:35 am    Post subject:

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24 wrote:
ocho wrote:
vanexelent wrote:
Does The Wire nearly jumped the shark with Season 5? (Spoiler Alert) I thought the fake serial killer plot drug on.


I didn't think so.


I don't either. The entire story is a gradual interweaving of all of the elements of a city. Each season adds a new layer. They are: the drug trade (primarily in the west portion of the city) vs. the cops in season 1, the docks in season 2, the pols in season 3, the schools in season 4, and the media (particularly the newspaper) in season 5.

Season 5 has the unenviable task of adding this layer as well as wrapping up the whole story. And McNulty has always been the central metaphor or avatar, if you will, for the entire story. His inner struggles mirror the greater societal ones. He is the heart in much the same way that Omar Little is the soul (interesting that the city's heart continues to beat but its soul dies, but that's another can of worms). His creation of the serial killer, along with his return to alcohol, and to the inevitable political problems of major crimes mirror the continuing struggle of the greater entity. The way he uses the newspaper, and elements of it his "creation", are quite organic to what Burns and Simon are trying to tell us IMO, and are not some cheap plot stunt.


I didn't think it was a "cheap plot stunt" but I do feel that for the first time in the series they wrote in a plot line that seemed less believable, especially concerning it's duration. It felt more Dick Wolf than the realism that had proceeded it for 4 seasons.


I thought it totally fit McNulty's MO...
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 30, 2010 4:04 pm    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Tue Aug 31, 2010 10:49 pm    Post subject:

THE WIRE.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2010 10:35 pm    Post subject:

The Simpsons. D'oh!
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PostPosted: Fri Sep 03, 2010 3:17 am    Post subject:

There are a lot of TV shows but only a few can be graded as the best show ever. I guess these are Opera, Simpsons and Montel. Because more or less these show target the most important issues of the society and trying to reach us at a specific level. I don’t know what you guys say about it.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:52 am    Post subject:

DirecTV running episodes of The Wire on ch.101 is bad for my bedtime.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:09 pm    Post subject:

LALdynasty! wrote:
It probably doesnt belong on any top list or anything, but I loved the show Prison Break. Watched the whole thing through in a couple weeks. I couldnt stop watching it.


one of the best first seasons of a tv show ever.

and the undisputed sharpest drop from season 1 to season 2 and beyond ever...
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 7:34 pm    Post subject:

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DirecTV running episodes of The Wire on ch.101 is bad for my bedtime.


Buy the DVD set, and then you won't be tempted. Oh who am I kidding? I own the DVDs and still watch it when i run across it on TV.
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 9:51 pm    Post subject:

24 wrote:
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DirecTV running episodes of The Wire on ch.101 is bad for my bedtime.


Buy the DVD set, and then you won't be tempted. Oh who am I kidding? I own the DVDs and still watch it when i run across it on TV.


I've got them all downloaded, but there's something to finding an episode randomly on live TV. What was particularly funny is that following the episode of The Wire on the 101 there was an episode of Oz in which the actor who played Carver kills the actor who played Daniels. Same episode also featured Sgt. Batista and Lt. LaGuerta from Dexter.
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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:04 pm    Post subject:

1The Wire/Sopranos
2The Twilight Zone
3 60 Minutes
4 Lost
5 In Living Color/Deadwood/Seinfeld/The Fugitive/Beverly Hillbillys......


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PostPosted: Sun Sep 12, 2010 3:05 pm    Post subject:

Futurama!
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 7:22 pm    Post subject:

The Wire.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 12:29 pm    Post subject:

24 should be on that list
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 30, 2010 9:00 pm    Post subject:

Years ago I would have said Seinfeld and Cheers. Now my two favorites are Lost and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Sunny in Philly....maybe the funniest show ever created and if you haven't seen it, you're really missing out.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 9:53 am    Post subject:

Just started season 3 of The Wire, and hooked so far. Thanks for the recommendation.
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 04, 2011 11:06 pm    Post subject:

casH wrote:
Just started season 3 of The Wire, and hooked so far. Thanks for the recommendation.


The best unwatched TV show ever
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PostPosted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:35 am    Post subject:

LAKER PARADE COVERAGE ON KCAL!!!!!!!
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PostPosted: Sun May 22, 2011 12:26 pm    Post subject:

the big bang theory
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PostPosted: Thu Jun 16, 2011 4:40 pm    Post subject:

too lazy to read all the comments.

BREAKING BAD is my choice.

so good!
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2011 10:34 am    Post subject:

I've been watching the Sopranos basically on loop through HBO Go...
that's probably the one show I could never get tired of.
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 06, 2011 7:13 pm    Post subject:

In no particular order:

Lost
Breaking Bad
The Walking Dead
Justified
Sons of Anarchy
The Sopranos
Dexter
Seinfeld/Sunny/The Office/Arrest Development(for comedies)

I need to start watching The Wire. Heard SOOOO many good things.
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PostPosted: Tue Aug 23, 2011 12:20 am    Post subject:

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 2:33 am    Post subject:

My favorite tv shows for ever:-
*Family guy
*Prison break
*Lost
*True blood
you also watch this tv shows.

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PostPosted: Mon Oct 24, 2011 4:34 pm    Post subject:

+1 for Seinfeld
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