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Got HBO On Demand?? The First Episode of THE WIRE Since '06 Arrives There Today!!
SPOILER ALERT !!
I am – Hercules!!
“The Wire” doesn’t return to HBO until Jan. 6, but it hits HBO On Demand today. Or perhaps tonight; I see it's not available on my system yet in these early morning hours.
There will only be 10 episodes in this fifth and final season, as opposed to the usual 12 or 13.
A press release offers hints of what’s ahead for Barksdale, Marlo, McNulty, Daniels, Freamon, Beattie, Carcetti and the Greeks as well as the staff of a newspaper strikingly similar to the Baltimore Sun.
ACCLAIMED PEABODY-WINNING DRAMA SERIES THE WIRE KICKS OFF FIFTH AND FINAL SEASON JAN. 6, EXCLUSIVELY ON HBO
The Peabody Award-winning drama series THE WIRE launches its ten-episode fifth and final season SUNDAY, JAN. 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, with other episodes debuting on subsequent Sundays at the same time.
In addition to resolving storylines that have continued throughout the previous seasons, the culminating narrative arc of THE WIRE will reflect on the media's role in addressing - or failing to address - the fundamental political, economic and social realities depicted over the course of the series.
Explains series creator David Simon, "It made sense to finish THE WIRE with this reflection on the state of the media, as all the other attendant problems of the American city depicted in the previous four seasons will not be solved until the depth and range of those problems is first acknowledged. And that won't happen without an intelligent, aggressive and well-funded press."
A 13-year veteran of the Baltimore Sun newspaper, Simon decries recent trends in the newspaper industry that have conspired to make high-end journalism vulnerable: out-of-town chain ownership, an economic climate in which the share price of media companies matters more to industry leaders than the product itself, and a newsroom culture in which prizes, personal ambition and the cult of the "impact" story has replaced consistent and detailed coverage of complex issues as the primary goal.
Returning cast regulars on THE WIRE include Dominic West, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick, Wendell Pierce, Deirdre Lovejoy, Clarke Peters, Reg E. Cathey, Domenick Lombardozzi, Seth Gilliam, Aidan Gillen, Jamie Hector, Michael Kenneth Williams, John Doman, Andre Royo, Corey Parker Robinson, Tristan Wilds, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jermaine Crawford and Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
New cast regulars this season include Clark Johnson ("Homicide: Life on the Street") as city editor Augustus "Gus" Haynes, Tom McCarthy ("Year of the Dog") as ambitious reporter Scott Templeton, Michelle Paress as reporter Alma Gutierrez, Neal Huff ("Michael Clayton") as Michael Steintorf, Mayor Carcetti's chief of staff, and Michael Kostroff ("The Closer") as Maury.
Supporting cast members this season include Steve Earle, Frankie Faison, Anwan Glover, Method Man, Felicia "Snoop" Pearson and Amy Ryan.
Among the directors this season are series veterans Dan Attias, Joe Chappelle, Ernest Dickerson, Agnieszka Holland, Seith Mann, Anthony Hemingway and Clark Johnson (who directed the first episode of THE WIRE, and also directs its final episode). New directors this season include the husband and wife team of Joy Kecken & Scott Kecken and series regular Dominic West, in his directorial debut.
The writing staff of THE WIRE includes David Simon, who penned two books of narrative nonfiction, "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets," which inspired the hit series "Homicide: Life on the Street," and "The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood," which inspired the Emmy(r)-winning HBO miniseries "The Corner"; Ed Burns, a former Baltimore police detective and Baltimore city public school teacher, who coauthored the book "The Corner" with Simon; William F. Zorzi, a former political writer and editor for the Baltimore Sun; and Chris Collins, an up-and-coming talent who served as staff writer last season and also wrote the award-winning documentary "Disarm." Also writing for the series this season are novelists Dennis Lehane ("Gone Baby Gone," "Mystic River"), George Pelecanos ("Hard Revolution," "Right as Rain") and Richard Price ("Lush Life," "Clockers"), as well as TV veteran David Mills, who was one of the writers and executive producers on "The Corner," and a writer for "NYPD Blue" and "Homicide: Life on the Street."
Beginning Dec. 31 with the season premiere, weekly episodes of THE WIRE will be available on HBO On Demand the Monday prior to its Sunday debut on the main HBO channel.
January's shows:
Episode #51: "More with Less"
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 6 (10:30 p.m.), 8 (midnight), 9 (midnight), 10 (10:00 p.m.) and 11 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 7 (10:00 p.m.), 10 (2:35 a.m.) and 14 (9:00 p.m.)
As McNulty (Dominic West) and the detail continue staking out Marlo's crew, recently promoted Sergeant Carver (Seth Gilliam) is welcomed by a cauldron of discontent from officers coping with unpaid overtime. Though he wants to keep his campaign promise to lower crime, Mayor Carcetti (Aidan Gillen) is strapped by his commitment to schools, and faces some tough choices. Col. Daniels (Lance Reddick) is forced to reallocate his resources, retaining Freamon (Clarke Peters) and Sydnor (Corey Parker Robinson) for the Clay Davis (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) probe. Meanwhile, city editor Augustus "Gus" Haynes (Clark Johnson) and the staff of a local newspaper are reeling from corporate cutbacks, losing key personnel from both the metro and international divisions. Still, with the help of reporters Alma Gutierrez (Michelle Paress), Jeff Price (Todd Scofield) and Scott Templeton (Tom McCarthy), Haynes is able to break a front-page story that links a politician to a co-op drug dealer. Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew), Marlo (Jamie Hector), Fatface Rick (Troj Marquis Strickland) and others meet in a hotel conference room to discuss divvying up drug frontiers across East Baltimore's county line.
Teleplay by David Simon; story by David Simon & Ed Burns; directed by Joe Chappelle.
Episode #52: "Unconfirmed Reports"
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 13 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 13 (10:30 p.m.), 15 (11:30 p.m.), 16 (midnight), 17 (10:00 p.m.) and 18 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 14 (10:00 p.m.), 17 (2:00 a.m.) and 21 (9:00 p.m.)
Although he tells Sydnor that the Davis investigation could be a "career case," Freamon keeps a wary eye out for Marlo, who takes care of some unfinished business and strikes a business deal with Barksdale (Wood Harris). Carcetti throws the police a bone by removing the cap on secondary employment, sending the detectives into fantasy-job reveries. With an eye on the state house, Mayor Carcetti's chief of staff, Michael Steintorf (Neal Huff), tries to find good news for the mayor while blaming the Royce administration for the Campbell revelation. Davis turns to Burrell (Frankie Faison) for help with his problem, but the commissioner's hands are tied. At the newspaper, executive editor James Whiting (Sam Freed) outlines a Pulitzer-worthy series in broad strokes, trumping Haynes while liberating the ambitious Templeton. Fed up with broken-down cars and unsolved serial murders, McNulty decides to take matters into his own hands.
Teleplay by William F. Zorzi; story by David Simon & William F. Zorzi; directed by Ernest Dickerson.
Episode #53: "Not for Attribution"
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 20 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 20 (10:30 p.m.), 22 (11:00 p.m.), 23 (midnight), 24 (10:00 p.m.) and 25 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 21 (10:00 p.m.), 24 (1:45 a.m.) and 28 (9:00 p.m.)
Carcetti's master plan for the police department is leaked to the press, sending the brass into a panic. Marlo turns to Proposition Joe to help with an enviable problem. Whiting and managing editor Thomas Klebanow (David Costabile) drop a bombshell on the newspaper staff. Michael (Tristan Wilds) finds temporary respite from his life on the corner by taking Dukie (Jermaine Crawford) and Bug (Keenon Brice) on a trip. McNulty shares some inside info with Gutierrez, but her subsequent story doesn't cause the splash either envisioned. Undaunted, McNulty looks for a new ally in Freamon.
Teleplay by William F. Zorzi; story by David Simon & William F. Zorzi; directed by Ernest Dickerson.
Episode #54: "Transitions"
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 27 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 27 (10:30 p.m.), 29 (12:30 a.m.), 30 (12:30 a.m.) and 31 (10:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 28 (10:00 p.m.) and 31 (3:10 a.m.)
Campbell (Marlyne Afflack) tries to smooth out the transitions in the police department. The newspaper scramsbles to confirm surprising news from City Hall, but lose out to the TV media in scooping a high-profile grand jury appearance. As Marlo tries to win favor with the Greeks, Proposition Joe pays his last respects to a fallen colleague, and prepares to make himself scarce in anticipation of a showdown. Freamon enlists the help of a past partner to help with the investigation.
Teleplay by Ed Burns; story by David Simon & Ed Burns; directed by Dan Attias.
THE WIRE's fourth season, which concluded in Dec. 2006, made many critics' "best of the year" lists. The New York Times said it "will knock the breath out of you... best season yet," while Entertainment Weekly observed that THE WIRE "has made the final jump from great TV to classic TV...the sort of dramatic cycle people will still be writing and thinking about 25 years from now...a staggering achievement." Daily Variety said, "When television history is written, little else will rival 'The Wire'...extraordinary," and the San Francisco Chronicle hailed it as "a masterpiece...must be considered alongside the best literature and filmmaking in the modern era."
HBO Video releases the fourth season of THE WIRE on DVD Dec. 4.
On Jan. 8, Nonesuch Records releases "Music from Five Years of The Wire," which includes performances of "Way Down in the Hole," the show's theme song, by the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Neville Brothers and DoMaJe, as well as the closing theme and numerous other tracks.
THE WIRE was created by David Simon; executive producers, David Simon and Nina Kostroff Noble; co-executive producers, Joe Chappelle and Edward Burns; producer, Karen Thorson.
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The Peabody Award-winning drama series THE WIRE launches its ten-episode fifth and final season SUNDAY, JAN. 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO, with other episodes debuting on subsequent Sundays at the same time.
In addition to resolving storylines that have continued throughout the previous seasons, the culminating narrative arc of THE WIRE will reflect on the media's role in addressing - or failing to address - the fundamental political, economic and social realities depicted over the course of the series.
Explains series creator David Simon, "It made sense to finish THE WIRE with this reflection on the state of the media, as all the other attendant problems of the American city depicted in the previous four seasons will not be solved until the depth and range of those problems is first acknowledged. And that won't happen without an intelligent, aggressive and well-funded press."
A 13-year veteran of the Baltimore Sun newspaper, Simon decries recent trends in the newspaper industry that have conspired to make high-end journalism vulnerable: out-of-town chain ownership, an economic climate in which the share price of media companies matters more to industry leaders than the product itself, and a newsroom culture in which prizes, personal ambition and the cult of the "impact" story has replaced consistent and detailed coverage of complex issues as the primary goal.
Returning cast regulars on THE WIRE include Dominic West, Sonja Sohn, Lance Reddick, Wendell Pierce, Deirdre Lovejoy, Clarke Peters, Reg E. Cathey, Domenick Lombardozzi, Seth Gilliam, Aidan Gillen, Jamie Hector, Michael Kenneth Williams, John Doman, Andre Royo, Corey Parker Robinson, Tristan Wilds, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Jermaine Crawford and Isiah Whitlock, Jr.
New cast regulars this season include Clark Johnson ("Homicide: Life on the Street") as city editor Augustus "Gus" Haynes, Tom McCarthy ("Year of the Dog") as ambitious reporter Scott Templeton, Michelle Paress as reporter Alma Gutierrez, Neal Huff ("Michael Clayton") as Michael Steintorf, Mayor Carcetti's chief of staff, and Michael Kostroff ("The Closer") as Maury.
Supporting cast members this season include Steve Earle, Frankie Faison, Anwan Glover, Method Man, Felicia "Snoop" Pearson and Amy Ryan.
Among the directors this season are series veterans Dan Attias, Joe Chappelle, Ernest Dickerson, Agnieszka Holland, Seith Mann, Anthony Hemingway and Clark Johnson (who directed the first episode of THE WIRE, and also directs its final episode). New directors this season include the husband and wife team of Joy Kecken & Scott Kecken and series regular Dominic West, in his directorial debut.
The writing staff of THE WIRE includes David Simon, who penned two books of narrative nonfiction, "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets," which inspired the hit series "Homicide: Life on the Street," and "The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood," which inspired the Emmy(r)-winning HBO miniseries "The Corner"; Ed Burns, a former Baltimore police detective and Baltimore city public school teacher, who coauthored the book "The Corner" with Simon; William F. Zorzi, a former political writer and editor for the Baltimore Sun; and Chris Collins, an up-and-coming talent who served as staff writer last season and also wrote the award-winning documentary "Disarm." Also writing for the series this season are novelists Dennis Lehane ("Gone Baby Gone," "Mystic River"), George Pelecanos ("Hard Revolution," "Right as Rain") and Richard Price ("Lush Life," "Clockers"), as well as TV veteran David Mills, who was one of the writers and executive producers on "The Corner," and a writer for "NYPD Blue" and "Homicide: Life on the Street."
Beginning Dec. 31 with the season premiere, weekly episodes of THE WIRE will be available on HBO On Demand the Monday prior to its Sunday debut on the main HBO channel.
January's shows:
Episode #51: "More with Less"
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 6 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 6 (10:30 p.m.), 8 (midnight), 9 (midnight), 10 (10:00 p.m.) and 11 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 7 (10:00 p.m.), 10 (2:35 a.m.) and 14 (9:00 p.m.)
As McNulty (Dominic West) and the detail continue staking out Marlo's crew, recently promoted Sergeant Carver (Seth Gilliam) is welcomed by a cauldron of discontent from officers coping with unpaid overtime. Though he wants to keep his campaign promise to lower crime, Mayor Carcetti (Aidan Gillen) is strapped by his commitment to schools, and faces some tough choices. Col. Daniels (Lance Reddick) is forced to reallocate his resources, retaining Freamon (Clarke Peters) and Sydnor (Corey Parker Robinson) for the Clay Davis (Isiah Whitlock, Jr.) probe. Meanwhile, city editor Augustus "Gus" Haynes (Clark Johnson) and the staff of a local newspaper are reeling from corporate cutbacks, losing key personnel from both the metro and international divisions. Still, with the help of reporters Alma Gutierrez (Michelle Paress), Jeff Price (Todd Scofield) and Scott Templeton (Tom McCarthy), Haynes is able to break a front-page story that links a politician to a co-op drug dealer. Proposition Joe (Robert F. Chew), Marlo (Jamie Hector), Fatface Rick (Troj Marquis Strickland) and others meet in a hotel conference room to discuss divvying up drug frontiers across East Baltimore's county line.
Teleplay by David Simon; story by David Simon & Ed Burns; directed by Joe Chappelle.
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 13 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 13 (10:30 p.m.), 15 (11:30 p.m.), 16 (midnight), 17 (10:00 p.m.) and 18 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 14 (10:00 p.m.), 17 (2:00 a.m.) and 21 (9:00 p.m.)
Although he tells Sydnor that the Davis investigation could be a "career case," Freamon keeps a wary eye out for Marlo, who takes care of some unfinished business and strikes a business deal with Barksdale (Wood Harris). Carcetti throws the police a bone by removing the cap on secondary employment, sending the detectives into fantasy-job reveries. With an eye on the state house, Mayor Carcetti's chief of staff, Michael Steintorf (Neal Huff), tries to find good news for the mayor while blaming the Royce administration for the Campbell revelation. Davis turns to Burrell (Frankie Faison) for help with his problem, but the commissioner's hands are tied. At the newspaper, executive editor James Whiting (Sam Freed) outlines a Pulitzer-worthy series in broad strokes, trumping Haynes while liberating the ambitious Templeton. Fed up with broken-down cars and unsolved serial murders, McNulty decides to take matters into his own hands.
Teleplay by William F. Zorzi; story by David Simon & William F. Zorzi; directed by Ernest Dickerson.
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 20 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 20 (10:30 p.m.), 22 (11:00 p.m.), 23 (midnight), 24 (10:00 p.m.) and 25 (8:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 21 (10:00 p.m.), 24 (1:45 a.m.) and 28 (9:00 p.m.)
Carcetti's master plan for the police department is leaked to the press, sending the brass into a panic. Marlo turns to Proposition Joe to help with an enviable problem. Whiting and managing editor Thomas Klebanow (David Costabile) drop a bombshell on the newspaper staff. Michael (Tristan Wilds) finds temporary respite from his life on the corner by taking Dukie (Jermaine Crawford) and Bug (Keenon Brice) on a trip. McNulty shares some inside info with Gutierrez, but her subsequent story doesn't cause the splash either envisioned. Undaunted, McNulty looks for a new ally in Freamon.
Teleplay by William F. Zorzi; story by David Simon & William F. Zorzi; directed by Ernest Dickerson.
Debut: SUNDAY, JAN. 27 (9:00-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 27 (10:30 p.m.), 29 (12:30 a.m.), 30 (12:30 a.m.) and 31 (10:00 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 28 (10:00 p.m.) and 31 (3:10 a.m.)
Campbell (Marlyne Afflack) tries to smooth out the transitions in the police department. The newspaper scramsbles to confirm surprising news from City Hall, but lose out to the TV media in scooping a high-profile grand jury appearance. As Marlo tries to win favor with the Greeks, Proposition Joe pays his last respects to a fallen colleague, and prepares to make himself scarce in anticipation of a showdown. Freamon enlists the help of a past partner to help with the investigation.
Teleplay by Ed Burns; story by David Simon & Ed Burns; directed by Dan Attias.
HBO Video releases the fourth season of THE WIRE on DVD Dec. 4.
On Jan. 8, Nonesuch Records releases "Music from Five Years of The Wire," which includes performances of "Way Down in the Hole," the show's theme song, by the Blind Boys of Alabama, the Neville Brothers and DoMaJe, as well as the closing theme and numerous other tracks.
THE WIRE was created by David Simon; executive producers, David Simon and Nina Kostroff Noble; co-executive producers, Joe Chappelle and Edward Burns; producer, Karen Thorson.
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For once it pays to have Time Warner cable. I'm going to watch Season 5 right now. Happy New Year.
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Who knew that the best day of 2007 would come on Dec.31? I know how ill be kicking off the new year, getting wasted and watching t.v. perfection! "Money aint got no owners, only spenders."
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So few :(
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Really. The finest show on television is about to end. How can you not be disappointed? Still, it goes out on its own terms.
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and a happy one it is.... time to lovingly cherish and immerse oneself in the greatness that is the last season of the greatest show ever on telly..... *sighs*
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...every fucking time the same exact mistake. And being stubborn about it isn't going to magically change the character's name and make you right, no matter how many times you post 'beattie' instead. End pissy rant.Anyway I'm so damn looking forward to this, but yeah, damn shame the show has to end. Still, just like The Shield, also coming to an end this year, at least it knows ahead of time that this was it and gets to go out on it's own terms, hopefully in fine style.
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I think it was mixed bag, for The Wire standards. First thing off the bat was the theme song this year, which was by far its worst yet. Last years soulful rendition actually got to me every time I heard it. It also feels like they are going try and squeeze to many new story lines into this season, when there is already too much to be resolved. I want more of the Marlo case and less newsroom banter. I did watch while I was half sleep so I need to give a second chance before I write more. I did love the tensions brewing between Marlo, Prop Joe and the CO-Op though. Hopefully that will be the focus these next couple episodes. Bring on Omar!
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I'd just like to say that I'm jealous more than normal today. 99% of the time, I don't feel the need to pay for access to subscription TV; I just buy on DVD when the shows I like hit DVD. The 1%? NOW. Happy watching all; I guess I'll get to see these eventually.
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The theme this year is going to be the newsroom. I am sure you will see Marlo, but like last year, the focus will be on something else other than the Drug wars. I hope they don't wrap everything up in a nice little bow. Life sometimes leaves some questions unanswered.
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...will there be any point to subscribing to HBO? I mean Big Love is enjoyable enough, sure, as is Entourage, and I know that Choncords and Curb have their fans as well, but for me I don't think they have anything left that demands attention any more, not in the way that shows like The Wire, Deadwood, Rome, Carnivale, Oz and Sopranos (at it's best) did anyway. The few watchable things left on planet HBO I can torrent to grab on dvd sets when the seasons are done. I mean is there anything on the horizon after The Wire is gone that is gonna be truly worth sticking around for?
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...apparently my dyslexic ass can't spell "Conchords" for shit. Yeek.
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You said it, GravyAkira. Television doesn't get any better than "The Wire". Damn, I'm gonna miss that show, but I can't wait until January 6 to once again be immersed in the world of "The Wire".
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The setups in this first episode are going to provide incredible television.
The co-op, Herc & Levy...
The budget situations all over are like a wet wool blanket.
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It'll take a real police to solve this one.
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I love this show -- one of the best EVER.
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Are both right. Baltimore is very much a character on 'The Wire.' Will catch the show this evening.
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so exciting to see the marlo case going full speed ahead, and then the rug gets pulled out. shouldn't worry too much though. last season started much the same way and turned out to be the best one yet.
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and nobody watches it.
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It seems like every plotline just took a step backwards or was just dropped all together. McNulty's an unhappy drunk again and is no longer on major crimes, it looks like Bubs might start using again, Burrel seems to be sitting comfortably as the Commish, Duquan (sp?) isn't out on the corner anymore, nobody's investigating the bodies, the Major Crime Unit has been disbanded (is this the third or fourth time that's happened?). A lot of time was spent in the last few episodes of season four getting these plotlines to where they were, and now we're right back to where we started. This is the first time in five years that I've felt let down by an episode of The Wire, so I guess I can't complain too much. I have no doubt I will be completely satisfied nine episodes from now. Bring on the Greek.
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Can't wait. The Wire is TV at it's absolute finest.
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Is absolutely right.
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They're treading water because that's the real world. I agree with bacci40. I just finished the first episode, and I was amazed how it shattered every expectation I had. These guys aren't going to rally together and save the day. If you thought that, then you're watching this like its a regular TV show. The fact that, in one episode, Simon & Company completely disbanded everything the cops worked so hard to gain in season 4, testifies to why The Wire is the best show on TV.
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Oh, and if Bubs dies, I'm gonna lose it. That scene with him selling newspapers while Ms. Council Bitch rolls up her window and throws a hissy fit over the headline was classic.
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If this show ended with any feel good bullshit I would be the first to cry foul. I guess my point was that they spent so much time setting up plot lines last year and instead of advancing them, they hit a reset button. Those plots didn't have to end up tidy, but it would be nice to see them play out.
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Just saw the premiere. Brilliant episode. Great show. They have not hit a reset button. The story has moved on. It isn't neat and tidy. Departments run out of money more than once. People fall off the wagon more than once. Budgets are allocated elsewhere. While all this political bullshit is going on, Dukie and Michael become statistics. Most importantly, Baltimore is still dying.
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yeah but James been dead
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where did I get 104
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I will cut my wrists while listening to a melancholy Portishead song, close my eyes, and wait for death to take me gently by the hand. A life without The Wire is no life I want to live.
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Bill Motherfucking Maher, that's what.
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I tend to agree with what people are saying here, the lack of any real advancement is sort of the point. We are seeing the conclusion of Carcetti's arc as the "reformer" falls into the same pattern that his predecessor did. He can't save the city, he can't lower the crime rate, and the problems he once promised to solve will continue. They could've done this arc in flashback and focused on Royce, and chances are it would have played out much the same. Then there's McNulty's relapse, which in my opinion reveals much about the character. When we met McNulty we see a man with a bitch of an ex-wife, who drinks too much. Now we knew that he cheated on her with Ronda, but nothing about their relationship pre-divorce. This year however, we see the true Jimmy and find out how the women he loves become "bitches of ex-wives". I'm sure when the season draws to a close, things will look much like they did in season 1, but I'll bet that we'll have a much deeper understanding of why they are that way (especially if they really flesh out the whole media angle).for those of you hoping for more major crimes action though (hey, i'm one of them), my guess is that as soon as the Sun finds out about the case being shelved, we'll see them back on Marlo.
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I also like McNulty's relapse. This is the real world, guys, and these characters act like real people, love 'em or hate 'em.
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I never asked for resolution, this show has no business with clean, tidy resolution. Leave that shit to CSI. Of course McNulty is going to be a lush and a womanizer, that's who he is and people don't change, at least not that much. I only would have liked to have seen him as he spiraled down that path, not the "hey look, McNulty's a drunk again!" opening we got to this season. Or the "remember how McNulty was so fired up after Bodie got got that he finally joined back up with Major Crimes to do some real police work? Well nothing ever came of that, they've all been disbanded, move along" crap. I guess my main gripe, which is purely selfish and doesn't necessarily affect the quality of the show, is not getting to see Major Crimes in action for a bit. Now they're going to spend half the season getting everyone back together, again, before they start back on the case. I know that there's a lot more going on in the world of this show now, but my favorite parts have always been watching the intricacies of police work as they try to build a case, a la season 1. So maybe I'm just being impatient, they'll get to that eventually. It's just that for the first time last night I felt that this show might not go out on top, that it wouldn't be worthy of being called a masterpiece, and it somewhat worried me. For four seasons this show has been the best thing ever broadcast on television and easily on par with the finest works of art in any medium over the last fifty years or so. I just hope it stays that way.
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anyone ?
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at the pirate bay apparently....
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and this is probably way too "cinematic" for The Wire....but i was thinking about the symbolism of the following ending:
McNulty becomes so angry and frustrated at the system and the lack of progress in the Marlo case, that he gets drunk and goes out picking a fight. And he picks the fight with one of Marlo's crew or even Marlo himself. And McNulty is killed.
The newspaper picks up on the story. And even though the good, honest writer wants to dig into what drove "this police" to go 'crazy'....the publishers want to go with the crazy cop angle.
so in the end we have mcnulty railing against the broken system while in a drunken stuper, and he is killed by Marlo. But instead of dealing with the complexities that that story raises...the media spins it as a lone crazy cop. end.
I know, that might suck, but that ending came to me the other day standing in the shower, and the symolism of it almost brought me to tears. But it's waaayyy too overthetop for The Wire. -
That would be hardcore but also out of character. McNulty's not a mean drunk, he's much "friendlier."
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yeah you're right. as I said, I don't think it's in character with the Show itself really (the scene would be too showy.)
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Love this show. The look on McNutty's face as he sat back down at his desk - priceless! God this show is great!
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I don't know why 5, but it is. They're in WMV format though...
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...... Did Harry have a New Years party and get the entire fucking staff drunk, sick and hungover on high-fat eggnog spiked with grain alcohol and barrels full of homemade Chex Party Mix? Right now they're all gathered around the only toilet in Harry's flat doing a "circle hurl."
And yeah... I am posting this to every Talkback... Statrt the new year right by being a dick, yeah? -
I think a lot of what you're saying has to do with the fact that the season was shortened to 10 episodes. Simon probably wanted to get into the story quicker than he usually would.
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Watch as the Clay Davis thing gets Avon out of prison. Watch as McNulty stirs up the pot like he did in past seasons. Watch Prop Joe sic Omar on Marlo- and watch the Greek get back into the picture- this is all setup for the end gentlemen. And Mr. McPoops- you're a fucking clown. As for what's coming up for HBO worthy of us sticking around for- David Simon's next- Generation Kill, the vampire show from the maker of 6Feet, and Paul Giamatti as John Adams. Plus another cop show from David Milch.
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This is the FINAL season of perhaps the BEST show ever to air. LET'S SEE A WEEKLY FORKING TALKBACK, EH?
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HOLY SHIT. That was infuckingsane. The Greatest Show In The History Of Humanity.
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Jan 02, 2008 8:12:02 PM CST
Are episodes 3 & 4 leaked yet?
by guy who got a headache and accidentally
I thought the end to episode 2 was somewhat comical in a way. I love the newspaper shit too, I hope nothing good was lost in making the season 10 episodes instead of 12, why the fuck would they do that anyway, it's like HBO is saying "get this shit over with quick" or something.
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As the tagline of the season is "A new day is not dawning". After the huge amount of using "It's a new day" at the end of season four, and even in this premiere, it's obviously intentional and supposed to piss you off, as posters have already mentioned. It fucking pains me to see McNulty boozing around and having Beaddie doubting everything, after how good he became in season four. But yes, this is realistic. People get frustrated, people revert. The stuff with Carcetti is a fantastic example, as someone who cared so much, and wanted change, and now he just wants to be governor. It's the same shit Burrell, Rawls, and others went through. Interestingly enough, it doesn't seem like Daniels is doing this. He still seems to care. I was going to wait on the second episode, so I wouldn't have to wait extra long for the third to air, but the buzz for it in this thread is probably going to make me check it out early...
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How one institution will say something like "The game is rigged", and then you'll see McNulty say the same thing at BPD, showing how everything is the same. They were always doing this, but it wasn't as blatent. You could see it, and there'd maybe be one throwaway line, but in two episodes already they've had "The game is rigged" and "I wish I worked at a real newspaper/police department". I love the parallels, don't get me wrong, it just doesn't need to be verbalized this frequently.
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When will they have VOD?
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When will they have VOD?
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So I live in the Valley out in SoCal and for some reason, much to my frustration, the season 5 premiere's not on HBO's OnDemand yet here. Anyone else having this problem? Anyone know why?
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anyone see that CSI was on the television in Michael and Dukie's house near the beginning of the ep? Nice little touch. hahaha
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Can't wait to catch it this sunday. This and Dexter are the only shows really worth watching on TV nowdays. Glad that is back.
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... because there was no WIRE.
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