The Wire: Greatest Show Ever Made
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That scene to me closed out the Marlo chapter perfectly.
Marlo wanted the recognition. My name is my name!. But out on the streets he's already no one after taking a low profile for a little bit.
Meanwhile the corner boys are talking stories on how Omar went down surrounded by 8 or 9 guys for his final stand.
It's a close call too, a gun and a knife, and he didn't even see the knife until the end. The game is passing him by like it passed by many of the others before him.
But his face after the scene, and the fact he just left the reception early, shows he belongs there. His fate will most likely be a tragic death, but he didn't want to take the stringer approach and get out of the corners.
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For sure. I've watched all 3 seasons a handful of times and I can't really recall a time when I thought the dialog dipped from stellar.
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Adebisi
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This is the standard new to the wire pleb opinion. After your 3rd or 4th watch, you'll understand the genius of season 2.
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iannis
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S2 is jarring the first watch. But you do come to appreciate it.
There's almost no better way to announce, "hey derps, none of this happens in a vacuum"
Although I still think the iggy character went a bit far into caricature territory. But then again, dumb white trash does dumb shit by definition. So I guess it's believable within the context of the season and show.
There's almost no better way to announce, "hey derps, none of this happens in a vacuum"
Although I still think the iggy character went a bit far into caricature territory. But then again, dumb white trash does dumb shit by definition. So I guess it's believable within the context of the season and show.
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Feanor
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Because s2 is almost a different show at first. Nothing to do with plot.
I liked that Simon said fuck you to everyone by starting a new arc.
Feanor
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We're talking about two different things. Yes, the entirety of the Wire is one story. The plot.
When you first start watching s2 and the opening credits are different, the song is different, there's brand new characters, so on. That's what I was getting at.
Making a drastic change from what is expected during the second season of a new TV show. I liked it.
When you first start watching s2 and the opening credits are different, the song is different, there's brand new characters, so on. That's what I was getting at.
Making a drastic change from what is expected during the second season of a new TV show. I liked it.
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Also remember, season 2 was 2003? ish...not as much social media presence as today.
Going a full year off then having the story shift was "different" at least, and I could see how it would jar some people.
It just hadn't really been done like that, and it's hard to remember (for me at least) how I felt at the time now that I can binge watch them so quickly together.
Going a full year off then having the story shift was "different" at least, and I could see how it would jar some people.
It just hadn't really been done like that, and it's hard to remember (for me at least) how I felt at the time now that I can binge watch them so quickly together.