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Finally finished The Wire!
Posted by Lando Cakes on 19 September 2009 - 11:32am.
At last, in a final 4-episode session, embrawumman and I finished series 5 last night.
Partly, I'm sad that there's no more to watch.
Partly, I'm looking forward to purchasing the DVD boxed sets and watching it all over again. And probably the commentaries too.
Partly, I'm bemused that the main series 5 plotline is essentially the same as that for Watchmen.
Mainly though, I'm relieved that I can now go about my life without without the constant fear of reading or hearing something that gives away the plot. Bliss.
Happier endings than I might have anticipated for many of the characters too.
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Don't you think the weakness was that it had an end?
Not that it could have gone on for ever but I didn't feel that it needed a resolution. The great thing about series like The Wire and Mad Men is the sense of life going on and imposing the conventions of TV drama on them seems to sell them short.
There was a cyclical aspect too though
For example, we saw a new Omar (Michael) and a new McNulty (Greggs, to an extent). There's a sense of roles continuing beyond the players themselves.
For all that I loved it, I really do hope that they never give into the temptation to make any more though.
Not to mention...
... a new Bubbles (Duquan)
Yes
And wasn't Bubbles' small but important domestic triumph genuinely heart-warming?
it's a tricky one
the sopranos ending caused much talk, i think the wire ending was a bit of a cop out and like you say you don't need all the threads tied up neatly, business as usual would have been good.
new
I thought it was business as usual. Marlo couldn't leave the game, the police keep arresting dealers etc. The newspaper storyline was the weakest in all 5 series though and the Pulitzer prize storyline was a bit silly. I would like to see that hack get his comeuppance .
made in america
i really liked the last episode of 'the sopranos' but thought it should have ended a couple of seasons earlier(although if gandolfini's film career keeps on the same path i reckon it won't be the last we'll see of the sopranos)
further viewing;
'the corner'
'generation kill'
and when it finally comes here 'treme'
End Of The Wire
The Wire is the only TV series where I've gone to the effort of watching the entire series, all five seasons in this case. It was indeed excellent and I'm not sure we'll ever see it's like again. The ending wasn't bad and could have been a lot worse. It's off to the box sets again, I guess. Interesting to note that Baltimore itself was the real star of the show, and very vividly captured. Would love to visit there and go location spotting.
Did the Butler do it?
Still stuck on series one... damn you Ilovefilm. Stop sending me rubbish like Love in the Time of Cholera.
The Wire
In 60 hours of Television David Simon, and the cast and crew created a world and group of people that you could really care about. I agree that I like the fact that we see the replacments for Bubbles, Omar and McNulty,{The Wire-The Next Generation] and that life indeed goes on after a series has ended. I also appericate that the there always appered to be a 5 season Exit Stratergy, with the show not having to [i believe the phrase is] jump the shark.
If you've not already read Homicide, by David Simon.
One question: Who did shoot Snot?
Which one was Snot again?
I think I'm going to have to buy the box set (£9.99 at the moment, I see).
Season one, ep one, scene
Season one, ep one, scene one. the guy who takes the money from the craps game every week, but on this one occasion someone shot him. When McNulty asks why they still let him play witness says 'this is America, we gotta.'
Really was waiting for Buck to drop a case file on the desk in the final scene and make some mention of this 5 year old murder that gone from 'red to black'
Well remembered sir!
I think that scene might have come straight from the 'Homicide' book, along with a few others.
Praise to The Word
For not giving too much away even though you all seemed to be gushing in your praise for the show. I was one of the plebs who watched it on terrestrial TV (with subtitles I`m sorry to say). And I will definitely watch it again on DVD (hopefully without the need for subtitles). I`m inclined to go with Mr Hepworth in saying that it didn`t need to tie up so many threads and have proper conclusions, but, they ended it very well without jumping any large predatory fishes. I too hope that they are never temeted to bring it back in any way. A brilliant, brilliant series.