tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post4279642513551996897..comments2024-03-25T19:18:14.047-04:00Comments on What's Alan Watching?: The Wire week 2 thread for the On Demand'ersAlan Sepinwallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03388147774725646742noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-49190883516770924532008-01-13T18:12:00.000-05:002008-01-13T18:12:00.000-05:00Oh, thanks for clarifying, I see what you mean. Y...Oh, thanks for clarifying, I see what you mean. Yeah, she is pretty dangerous... She and Chris have been soooo ruthless that, in the words of Marlo, "they got to fall". I still hope that Michael will find a way out, him, Bug and Duquan... <BR/><BR/>Can't wait til' ep 3 comes on On Demand tomorrow! It actually gets up there early! It was on there last week at about 7A CST. <BR/><BR/>--cgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-71925720972758854192008-01-12T14:31:00.000-05:002008-01-12T14:31:00.000-05:00While we are nitpicking, to verify Jimmy Olson's s...While we are nitpicking, to verify Jimmy Olson's story, all Gus had to do was find out from the photographers if he indeed he had asked them to come take a picture. Jimmy told Gus that he did but they were too busy shooting the game.<BR/>Also, I believe double dot is the second edition. If you look at most newspapers that have more than one edition, there are a series of dots that indicate what edition it is.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-69246346706877005412008-01-11T19:47:00.000-05:002008-01-11T19:47:00.000-05:00Man I wish I hadn't heard that McNulty would do so...Man I wish I hadn't heard that McNulty would do something that pushed the boundaries - the talk at the bar about white victims after the talk at the morgue just made the ending too obvious. It does seem that the whole thing was a bit more telegraphed than the show does normally. Will be interesting to see where the show goes from here - though I do think this wasn't too out of character for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-86063997767055976632008-01-10T21:08:00.000-05:002008-01-10T21:08:00.000-05:00Christy08- sorry I wasn't clear about that. Marlo ...Christy08- sorry I wasn't clear about that. Marlo looks at Snoop a couple of times, and gets so distracted he has to snap himself out of it. I may well be totally wrong, but I think he notices how excited she is at the idea of resuming the killing, and wonders if she she lied about Junebug talking trash about him in order to get back to the killing. <BR/><BR/>In the subsequent scene where she's sitting in the car waiting to excute the hit, Michael asks her why they're killing Junebug, and she tells him she "heard" that Junebug spread the rumor that Marlo...well, indulges in fellatio.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-87908591908443514532008-01-10T01:30:00.000-05:002008-01-10T01:30:00.000-05:00Acanthus, I'm not sure I followed your post. I wa...Acanthus, <BR/>I'm not sure I followed your post. I watched the ep again and I'm not sure who you mean when you said that he stared at her twice and then shook his head to get back to what he was saying... Please clarify if you could.<BR/><BR/>I did hear Michael saying during the previews for next week that <BR/><BR/>"...everything is so serious now." I'm just not sure what he was expecting... He knew how serious these cats were when he started messing with them. I guess he just decided that Bug's daddy needed to be "dropped" and he would just endure his time as an indentured servant to the Stanfield org... However he is so young... With no chance to escape.<BR/><BR/>Ooh, I just remembered another thing that may come up later (based on my last post)...<BR/><BR/>Michael starts questioning Marlo's moves... Marlo/Snoop bring up the fact that he "stood tall" with Randy, the "snitch". Will this come back on him? Get him killed? I'm scared for him. Great kudos to the writers and Tristan's portrayal for making me feel like Michael's character exists!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8707644135378151492008-01-10T01:24:00.000-05:002008-01-10T01:24:00.000-05:00I actually think that some things (as many have al...I actually think that some things (as many have already mentioned) will seem a bit rushed with only having 10 episodes. I guarantee if this story arc would have taken time to develop, let's say in 2-3 eps. vs. 1, it would have come off differently.<BR/><BR/>The great thing about the Wire is how little tidbits that occurred a while ago have a chance to materialize into something later... nothing gets tied up in a neat bow like CSI or these other shows, but every now and again something COULD come back... <BR/><BR/>A few examples of some things I was looking/hoping for:<BR/><BR/>1.) I was thinking that (prior to the MCU being disbanded) that exchange btwn Snoop and the guy at the Home Depot like store would have come to light during an investigation... Talk about a random purchase being remembered... The ghetto conversation, huge tip, etc.<BR/><BR/>2.) I was hoping that the badge from that security guard that Chris grabbed from Snoop would be found and some prints lifted<BR/><BR/>3.) The fact that Randy got the beatdown in the group home at the end of s4, I was thinking that the writers would allow Carver to get him some kind of police protection/program...<BR/><BR/>I have others... But with 10 eps, I think (in the words of Stringer Bell), they are just "going to get on with it..."<BR/><BR/>-cgAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-35647806671432881292008-01-09T23:07:00.000-05:002008-01-09T23:07:00.000-05:00I have to say I mirror "anonymous" comments. When...I have to say I mirror "anonymous" comments. When they had the whole drawn out scene with McNulty and the two others arguing over bruising, I thought it was an interesting tidbit. To see it become useful and pertinent information by the end of the episode made me feel as though I was watching CSI. I love The Wire, and I'm more then willing to give them the benefit of the doubt, but I just hope the rest of this season declines to be as obvious. Especially with all of the over the top messages, ie. "don't believe everything you read"...but so as not to sound too negative, I love this show, and I am still excited to see where it goes and how it ends.jonathanpfaffbloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00942682647764457718noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-8663955700595591502008-01-09T22:54:00.000-05:002008-01-09T22:54:00.000-05:00I echo the sentiment that I felt talked down to th...I echo the sentiment that I felt talked down to that episode. I have never felt like that, at any point, with The Wire. That's the only reason I complain.Gourmet Spudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016298460487976233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-83675336159638354592008-01-09T22:48:00.000-05:002008-01-09T22:48:00.000-05:00Christy08, When I first saw Michael's reaction to ...Christy08, When I first saw Michael's reaction to the rationale for killing "Junebug", I felt the same way you did. Then I started wondering just who he's going to (intentionally) get killed by using that bit of information. Also, when Snoop warned him about talking too much himself, I couldn't help feeling that might turn out to be an ironic thing for her to do. In the scene where Marlo is telling her and Chris to kill Junebug, he stared at her twice, and both times, he had to shake his head to get refocused on the orders he was giving them. Could it be that Snoop has been running off at the mouth in the wrong way?<BR/><BR/>Regarding McNulty's desperate scheme- maybe this hasn't been mention because it's too obvious, but the OD'd druggie who looked like a homicide was white, the bar conversation was about the police giving more attention to homicides in which the victim is white, and the OD he made to look like a homicide was white. He's going to fake white homicides to try and get the money flowing again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-77949010576035857312008-01-09T20:23:00.000-05:002008-01-09T20:23:00.000-05:00First of all, I'm so excited those of us who just ...First of all, I'm so excited those of us who just can't wait until Sundays can talk about the episodes!<BR/>I was definitely initially concerned that McNulty's choice was a misstep, it seemed just so over the top. But now I think I feel it is plausible and in character. <BR/>What I really didn't like was how quickly and conveniently that plot unfolded. He meets a woman we've never met in a morgue, and they have a long drawn out conversation about post mortem bruising. Cut to a few scenes later, McNulty bruising a corpse. Who didn't see that coming? If I didn't see the corpse's penis I would have thought I was watching hacky network tv.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-57917424886144467992008-01-09T16:37:00.000-05:002008-01-09T16:37:00.000-05:00Isn't McNulty creating a serial killer who only ki...Isn't McNulty creating a serial killer who only kills the homeless? If so, I'm not sure that these homeless victims have families that "deserve to know the truth about the fate of their loved ones." Does a homeless person's family really "love" them if they allow them to remain homeless?<BR/><BR/>Let's not jump off the McNulty ship after one scene . Give show, and McNulty, some time to build on the story.Donnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08170413650850416463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-45068724670863692632008-01-09T16:05:00.000-05:002008-01-09T16:05:00.000-05:00I have to say, the newspaper lingo is pretty diffe...I have to say, the newspaper lingo is pretty different at the (fictional) Sun. I've never heard of some of the words they use spoken at my paper. I have no idea what a "double dot" is. That's just my 2 cents on the jargon front.Mo Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01685367085407381479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-73301932976058832932008-01-09T13:50:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:50:00.000-05:00I have to agree with Beneiah. For all the love I h...I have to agree with Beneiah. For all the love I have for McNulty, he passed the point of no return this time. Victims have families and families deserve to know the truth about the fate of their loved ones. Even if, in his own mind, McNulty feels he's doing this for the greater good, there are limits. This goes beyond the usual rule bending or breaking that we are used to seeing from my former favorite character on the show. Bunk now holds the honors.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-75568487512618587882008-01-09T13:12:00.000-05:002008-01-09T13:12:00.000-05:00Great episode! That last scene rendered me speechl...Great episode! That last scene rendered me speechless. McNulty has gone too far this time. <BR/><BR/>By the way, am I the only one who sees a striking resemblance between Jay Spry, the Sun's "evacuation" specialist, and Uncle Jesse from the Dukes of Hazzard?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-76391465596880855342008-01-09T09:07:00.000-05:002008-01-09T09:07:00.000-05:00Yeah, the "hundred large" was just the fee Marlo h...Yeah, the "hundred large" was just the fee Marlo had to pay to get access to Sergei. There was no guarantee that Sergei would (or could) arrange a meeting between him and the "Greeks". We shall see. I'm hoping the show continues to respect our intelligence. <BR/><BR/>And yeah, it's fun to speculate. <BR/><BR/>I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that Bubbles will pull through and stay clean. I think Simon & Co. will allow just one person a bit of redemption and if anyone's earned it, it's Bubs.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-13301093065010813382008-01-09T02:32:00.000-05:002008-01-09T02:32:00.000-05:00anon above.we'll have to wait and see. the next e...anon above.<BR/><BR/>we'll have to wait and see. the next episode preview is often a bit misleading. I mean, obviously Marlo is handing a brief case of cash to Vondas, but we don't know as of yet how exactly he gets there. <BR/><BR/>I also remember a small snippet from the S5 preview where we see Marlo - showing 100x more emotion then we have ever seen him show before - yelling out something to the effect of "they will know my name!!!" We don't see who's he is talking to, could be Partlow, don't know. <BR/><BR/>One possible reading of this scene is that his attempt to reach the Greeks through Sergei is fruitless, Marlo gets pissed and tries to make some other kind of arrangement.<BR/><BR/>All just speculation. who knows. but it is fun to speculate.<BR/><BR/>assuming what Sergei said to the police is indeed on his record, then surely the Greeks know about it.<BR/><BR/>Tim M. - I feel the same way about Bubs. However, this being a Greek tragedy and all, poor Bubbles may be fated for the track that we fear.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-69569711453807185702008-01-09T01:57:00.000-05:002008-01-09T01:57:00.000-05:00I'm going to lose it if Bubbles falls back into dr...I'm going to lose it if Bubbles falls back into drugs. I'm really going to break down. Andre Royo has been so good over the five seasons. Every scene with him in ep2 was heartbreaking.<BR/><BR/>I know everyone is pissed at McNulty, but can we ignore that for a second and remember that the show's true hero is Lester. I loved seeing Lester back out on (unpaid) stakeout by himself. He is just good po-lice. <BR/><BR/>Another great scene: Clay Davis in full panic mode. I know it's The Wire, so we probably won't get what we want, but, damn, I hope he goes down hard.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11818051768531898961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-59110521775700466242008-01-08T23:08:00.000-05:002008-01-08T23:08:00.000-05:00And Marlo's exactly the kind of guy to kill the ne...And Marlo's exactly the kind of guy to kill the near & dear of anyone who crosses him. I fear for Butchie: I think his murder will be the bait that brings Omar back.<BR/><BR/>I just saw the upcoming scenes for next week's episode showing Marlo presenting Vondas with a briefcase full of money, so I guess someone did set up a meeting. Are the "Greeks" really still on good terms with Sergei after what he told the cops? Color me skeptical.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-49965112308530183882008-01-08T21:46:00.000-05:002008-01-08T21:46:00.000-05:00the only thing against the idea of Avon playing a ...the only thing against the idea of Avon playing a game on Marlo is the money he made Marlo pay out to Brianna.<BR/><BR/>If Marlo realized it was a scam then Brianna would be good as dead. I don't know if Avon would do that, unless he told Brianna to get the hell out of Baltimore after getting paid.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-15299199199934254432008-01-08T15:02:00.000-05:002008-01-08T15:02:00.000-05:00I'm not sure how Alan feels about posting links on...I'm not sure how Alan feels about posting links on here, but I just went to TVTattle.com and they have a great link to thewire.wikia.com that displays a pretty good run down of the Baltimore Sun "jargon" in Season 5.<BR/><BR/>I only mention this because I remember, either in this post or a previous post regarding The Wire, someone asked about the lingo.Donnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08170413650850416463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-53363941837311286792008-01-08T14:25:00.000-05:002008-01-08T14:25:00.000-05:00Thanks, anon. It's a shame HBO didn't let Simon fi...Thanks, anon. It's a shame HBO didn't let Simon finish it the way he wanted to. Why on earth NOT let him end the series on a high note, with exactly as many episodes as he thinks it will need?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-79988939142144205662008-01-08T11:56:00.000-05:002008-01-08T11:56:00.000-05:00The Jayson Blair stuff was a little heavy handed a...The Jayson Blair stuff was a little heavy handed and seemed a little too "ripped from the headlines." Did Dick Wolf write this episode?<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, Blair was from the suburbs of Baltimore.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-89008340822674895422008-01-08T10:27:00.000-05:002008-01-08T10:27:00.000-05:00ldp,just incase Alan doesn't get back to this...I ...ldp,<BR/><BR/>just incase Alan doesn't get back to this...<BR/><BR/>I believe I read somewhere (sorry, I know how vauge that sounds) that 10 episodes was a comprimise. Simon wanted to do 12 or 13, as usual, and HBO, for whatever reason, wanted 8.<BR/><BR/>I don't get it either.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-78288590754541675822008-01-08T08:28:00.000-05:002008-01-08T08:28:00.000-05:00"Maybe Avon and Sergei are simply scamming Marlo."..."Maybe Avon and Sergei are simply scamming Marlo."<BR/><BR/>The bigger the lie . . .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17517257.post-45265941672075278322008-01-08T08:18:00.000-05:002008-01-08T08:18:00.000-05:00That reminds me: Alan, do you know if David Simon ...That reminds me: Alan, do you know if David Simon was forced to do an abbreviated season, or did he originally intend for the final season to be a mere ten episodes?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com