TheWireTheWire etc. Season 5

[Dorvid Barnas]

I just finished watching Season 4 last night on DVD. I am in a state of television euphoria. I get the feeling from this thread that there is nowhere to go but down in Season 5. 

Sigh. 

Season Five is great. The Wire The Wire The Wire.

[TL]

Kind of ironic, Nancy Grace referring to the serial killer as "pure evil," in episode 56, no?

[TL]

Wow - also, I HATE season 5 McNulty - what a jerk!

[bruce]

Wow - also, I HATE season 5 McNulty - what a jerk!

TL he is the same Jerk he has always been through out the whole series. Rewatch series 3 and see how he screws over Daniels

[masterofsparks]

Yeah, I really started to hate him in season 3. You can tell he even kinda started to hate himself at that point since that's when he went back to patrol.

[pmuse]

I think the cameo appearance of Detective Munch in the latest episode confirms that everything is taking place in the imagination of Tommy Westphall.

The kid is really stepping up his imagination compared to some of his past schlock.

[bruce]

I think the cameo appearance of Detective Munch in the latest episode confirms that everything is taking place in the imagination of Tommy Westphall.

Then that would mean Law & Order SVU were part of this fantasy. Since Munch drove all the way down from NYC for a drink.

[bruce]

It's nice to see that Johnny La Rue got in his crane shot at the end.

Also when will that douche of a reporter get found out already, well at least its playing out better then "Shattered Glass".

[Chris L]

RE: Ep 58 (up on demand, airs next week)

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That was one of the all-time "Oh my God" tv moments, and they foreshadowed it just enough. Had to have gone down that way somehow.  And the (non)reactions were great.  "Scratch the murder, we don't have room."  The "rest of the world," as Dukie called it, will never know.

Also,  the FBI profile was one of the funniest scenes ever.  And Beadie's speech crushed that "we had something" spiel a few weeks ago.  This shit came together just in time. 

[masterofsparks]

More 58 spoilers below:















I really like the anti-climactic nature of the, uh, event. I guess I should've known as soon as they showed the kid dousing the alley cat with lighter fluid. It's not a surprise that it happened, but the off-hand manner in which it happened is really what made it resonate for me.

Even the newspaper stuff is starting to get take off. The next two episodes will be interesting, if only for the amount of stuff still left to cram in (though I saw on HBO's website that the finale actually runs somewhere around 90 minutes).

[Chris L]

(though I saw on HBO's website that the finale actually runs somewhere around 90 minutes).

Yeah, and it won't be available early on demand. 

[TremblingEagle]

that scene with the profiler was good for a chuckle.

Does anyone else hear they actor that plays McNulty accent slip on occasion?

nothing really bad just on certain words

[Dorvid Barnas]

58 SPOILERS












Some thoughts and questions:

 - The bit of business with the name tags in the morgue at the end.  I couldn't tell if the M.E shook his head as he fixed the tags because he knew who Omar was, or because he was sort of laughing at the unlikelihood of a white gun-shot victim.  It was a powerful image either way, I just wondered what the writers were saying there.

 - While I never could predict that that little weiner Kenard would be the shooter, it made beautiful sense to have a kid do it, as Omar's always had a soft spot for the hoppers.  What I'm curious about is Kenard's motive.  Would he be eligible for the $250K bounty?  Did he do it for political reasons, to ingratiate himself to Marlo while showing up Michael (who beat Kenard up, if you recall)  Or, as Marlo, suggested, did he just do it to see what it was like?

- The FBI profile scene was classic, as was Bunk's exchange with the forensic pathologist.

- The shoe store scene with Poot was very touching.  I've always liked Poot; I'm glad he got out of the game.

Call me an apologist, but I've found everything that's happened this season to be believable and fascinating, not rushed, heavy-handed, or sensationalized.  Yes, that includes Omar's leap.  While I respect some of the dissenting opinions I've read here and other places, I disagree with all of them.  In fact, Season Five might be my favorite.

I'm gonna miss this show.   

[buffcoat]

Just finished 58.

This was the best one of the season, I thought.  I'm going to have to think about which season was the best (not this one, I'm sure).  It's like Prime Suspect - clearly some seasons are bigger than others, but it's hard to say which one is best.

I don't think this is much of a spoiler - but Omar is supposed to be 47 years old?

[Dorvid Barnas]

I don't think this is much of a spoiler - but Omar is supposed to be 47 years old?

Huh.  That is weird.  The card said 1960, but his prequel took place in 1985, and he was about 12 in that.