WIREMANIAX -- NO SPOILERS HERE PLAESE
GenePontecorvo
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The propaganda of the board got to me. I'm 8.5 eps into Season One. Shit is pretty serious, and I've heard season one is just a prelude to some real greatness. But yeah, it's good to have some context for the fervor. Can't believe the dood that plays McNulty is British. So what I'm trying to say is "this shit is good. I'm hooked."Who's rockin the Omar avatar?
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I am in the same boat, although I'm only 7 episodes in right now and I already love this shit. It's replacing that hole in my life where the Sopranos was (another show I caught on to waaaay too late). Can't wait to get home and watch the rest of season one on the 100+ inch projection screen and stereo system!
It's easy to see why it's held in such high regard. It's both a riveting, well-acted drama and top notch police procedural. The show doesn't have time for you to catch up, rather it engages the viewer from the jump and presumes your intelligence.
OKAY, SEASON ONE SPOILERS BELOW..........
Why were the State Police Narcos able to bust Orlando for *buying* from them? I thought that was "entrapment"?
Episode 12 of Season One is just about the saddest shit ever. Damn. I mean, fuck.
Yeah I couldn't believe that with Wallace, I had already been picturing
in my head what they would do with his character when he was 2 or 3 years
older....NOPE. Damn.
Prezbelewski fucked up - he heard the payphone call where Wallace
was making plans to get back to the pit - he marked it "non-pertinent".
I was kind of wondering where all those kids went...the ones in the
house with Wallace that he handed all the juice boxes to. They just
sort of disappeared.
No doubt that hit like a ton of bricks, but the whole EP is like that...the winding down of the detail, the greed and stupidity of the higher ups. Just depressing.
'Cause that's how they dew.
The entrapment defense requires that the accused establish that the government induced him to commit a crime that he wouldn't otherwise be inclined to commit--for example, by leading him to believe that his life would be in danger if he doesn't do the deal. In other words, claiming that you never would have done it if the government hadn't tempted you with the prospect of making all that money ain't gonna do it.
It's a word that people throw around a lot but, as a legal defense, it almost never works.
Thanks for the info Maury.
I'm not quite done with season one and somebody did just spoil it for me with mentioning the death of that lil dude, but I knew he was gonna go anyway. Hooked on the junk and workin' with the cops, you never last long in a show like this.
I can't wait to borrow season two when I return season one.
dude who plays stringer bell is also british..or some shit. he also is a dj.
"Wherever I go the real hard-core drug dealers come up to me and confide in me. I almost feel guilty turning around and saying: 'Ello, mate. My name's Idris and I'm from London.' I don't want to break the illusion." - On why he uses his American accent when talking to fans of "The Wire".
Sorry about that GB. I wanted to amend the thread title but did not know how. I put my spoilers below after a long space.
We urge you to stick with it, the show can be a little dense upon first viewing.
I also urge anyone watching the shows to read the episode summaries posted on the HBO webpage after watching an episode. I can really be helpful in following the story and they usually have some info that I didn't notice during the first viewing.
This is so true.
I started watching "The Wire" when it first came out due to the David Simon connects. However, for whatever reason, it didn't grab me. I think the thing is, you have to put in a little work with this show, at least at the beginning. It's definitely worth it.
it's all good i got 3 more seasons ahead of me yet
Oh, here's one I mean to ask when this thread was fresh:
Season One : I may be forgetting here, but does McNulty NOT have a cell phone?
Never mind that all the detectives who go up on the roof use their cell phones
to alert the detail office about the presence of suspects. And just remember
that by the year 2000, anybody that has a job that keeps them "on the go" or
out in the field has a cell phone, unless they are a complete Luddite, or
unless they are a junkie and their "job" is stealing copper, then they probably
don't have a cellphone.
Meanwhile, McNulty is staking out where Stringer keeps his civilian car
(the red one) parked, and when he sees him, McNulty has to scramble to
get on a damn PAY PHONE.
ms. fatback is like. "it's good, but how can you watch that after all the shit in b-more that you went on and on about for years? about how it's the most bombed out hopeless place you'd ever seen." i don't know. makes me nostalgic for gay street or druid hill in this weird sick way.
If you're like me and just now catching up to the brilliance, HBO2 is replaying the entirety of Season 4 starting tonight in 3 episode chunks. 7PM Central. Get those Tivos fired up...I have.
Thanks for the heads up!
This is dope. I've seen the entire season already, but I didn't finish seasons 1, 2 and 3 until the season finale. I'd like to go back and watch from the beginning.
Huh, you know, that must be one of his idiosyncracies--there are a couple of scenes in subsequent seasons where he uses payphones to try to arrange late night creeps, and doesn't he borrow Kima's phone to argue with his wife in one scene in season one?
Also, and I know I've said this more than once, anyone that likes the show should really check out David Simon's two books.
to be fair, lots of people in baltimore dont really have baltimore accents. least the way i see it. its only real distinct on east side/essex/dundalk
Yup. "The Corner" and "Homicide". Also, if not up on them, the DVDs for H:LoTS are out there. The show took a little bit to hit it's stride but it was some of the best TV of the 90s. Not up to the superb standard of "The Wire", but you see the seeds. Great characters. It's as much a character-driven drama as police procedural. Andre Braugher was phenomenal on the show.