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Yep, being young was a good thing for him. Everyone older in the crew had encountered Omar and seen his wrath. The kid had heard the stories, but his first encounter was less than impressive. He just saw a hobbled skinny bum looking old man. Also, Kenard is great, but the most underrated kid on the show was Donut the car thief.
Yep. And Kenard also stole from Namond. And as others have said, was the one playing Omar after the shootout. Marlo didn't BECOME ruthless, right?
Love this scene. So beautiful.
Id switch 3 & 4, but otherwise, thats probably my ranking. The 2 biggest problems are, as you mention, how do people feel about season 2? I loved it, its just not better than 1, 3, or 4. Next question, is season 5 good enough? Id say so, I thought it kept up the story well enough. The newspaper and McNulty murderer lines hurt it. How they wrap up the last 4 episodes makes Season 5 brilliant.
Just finished all of them in about 2 months. Now I can read all the thread ...I liked Season 2 a lot but it's tough to rank it above the others. I actually liked the serial killer thing in Season 5. I just wished they wrapped Mcnulty up a little better. Not sure EvilOutsider what you mean by the third guy? The young black guy? I'm just assuming Lester and McNulty said it was all them and the other guy was just following what Lester told him to do pertinent to the case.My rankings would probably beSeason 3Season 4Season 1Season 2Season 5but I liked them all, and if I came back to this I might rerank these.
I took it as meaning that McNulty either quit ahead of being fired or was fired. Either way, he wasn't a cop anymore. They made it clear that he was going down at some point. Maybe he was just put onto crap duty but that is pretty much the same thing.I think you're referring to Sydnor? All the blame was placed on McNulty and Freamon so nothing happened to him. It showed him talking to the judge at the end, following in the footsteps of McNulty/Freamon.
like a lot of the characters, bunk just seemed to grow throughout the series. the role seemed to tailored for him somehow. my wife and i went to see a broadway play in NYC pretty much because of our shared affection for wendell pierce. he rules.5 epsiodes left - I'll go back and read everything after - trying to avoid any spoilers but wanted to just wanted to post.
Lester talking with McNulty about the serial killer angle and Bunks face had me
Why would you spend so much on it? eBay regularly has new sets under $50 with free shipping.
There are a lot of good looking fakes on eBay.
I purchased from eBay and it was the same version as Amazon. It is pretty simple, just look at the seller ratings and don't buy from anyone from Hong Kong and pay attention to the UPC.
Good comparison here.
this had me rollin for like 5 mins this morning!
I'm 97% sure you're wrong.
If you can't give me 99% I have no use for you.
If it is, and it could be by the time it's done, it won't be by that much.
The show American Gangster on Bio has his story. Look for it, pretty interesting stuff. Not Chambers Brothers interesting, but getting framed by the cops is a pretty big story. Plus he stopped a race riot in a major city by just saying stop.Yeah - I remember that from "The Game"
So he actually invented the pager show used in the show and used it in the 80s, and one of his Lieutenants was named Nathan Barksdale.The show American Gangster on Bio has his story. Look for it, pretty interesting stuff. Not Chambers Brothers interesting, but getting framed by the cops is a pretty big story. Plus he stopped a race riot in a major city by just saying stop.
Breaking Bad is much better.
I've only seen Season 1 and one episode of Season 2 of Breaking Bad so far, but this premise is preposterous. Breaking Bad is pretty damn good, but the characters are not as compelling to me so far nor does it seem very realistic.
I think I have 3 episodes left in season 4 and have yet to find a character I like.
it gets better.both are great shows and probably two of the best series ever put on television.I happen to prefer The Wire for several reasons, but can see why others would vote the other way.
I'm further a long in Season 2 now and I just feel like the show is kind of predictable or cheesy or unrealistic or something. I can't quite put my finger on it. Maybe it's a combination of things. I like it, but I am not getting any greatness out of it. I mean, Dexter also has some predictability/unrealistic flaws, but when I am done with an episode of Dexter I am ready to watch the next one right away. With Breaking Bad, I do not have the urge. The Wire, on the other hand, when I re-watched the DVDs with people I could crush a season in 1-2 days.IMO The Wire is in its own league right now. Game of Thrones, while a totally different genre, is the only thing close to as compelling with characters/unpredictability and maybe Boardwalk Empire.
After watching the finale of season 4 of Breaking Bad, I'm 100% sure you are wrong.
I think that even though people love to compare The Wire and Breaking Bad, they are great for completely different reasons. The Wire's scope is totally different, the cast is enormous and the narrative shifts every couple minutes and the whole thing is mostly intended to make a broader commentary on society. Breaking Bad is a far more focused narrative and character study. Its greatness comes from two pretty simple things: (1) very clever writing- not the best, but pretty good; and more importantly (2) IMO the single greatest acting performance in the history of TV by far. And IMO, as great as Cranston is in the first season and a half, he gets so much better after that as the role takes on new dimensions.Watching a guy knock if out of the park like that is really cool, but it's not necessarily an experience you want to repeat many times in a short time frame. I think it's kind of exhausting actually, which is why I also never really had the urge to fire through a bunch of episodes at once when I started watching it last year, same as your experience apparently.I prefer The Wire too- I'm one of the people who think it's easily the greatest show ever- but I'm a fan of both.
Until season five with the fictional serial killer stuff.But yeah, The Wire had a very real feel to it. With Breaking Bad, I was often thinking, "I wonder if that's how it happens in real life..." With The Wire, I was generally thinking, "Oh, so that's how it happens in real life!" As if I were learning from a documentary.
It was, but the meth trade is crazy enough that nothing I've seen in BB required too much either.
Are you me? I like Breaking Bad as well, but I'm midway through Season 2 right now, and the Netflix disc has been sitting on my dresser for ~ 3 weeks. I think I watched all 62 episodes of The Wire in 3 weeks. All 10 episodes of Game of Thrones in 3 days.
Stick with it, it takes off in a big way.
I got the shotgun, you got the briefcase.
Him too.Michael Williams?
Haha. Nope. Me and the gf argued about that for a long time. Have you read about the actress that played Snoop? Not much acting going on.
Yeah I looked her up the other night, was just arrested (again) this summer. I wonder if she talks like that for real. I go back to the scene where she bought the nail gun and there is no way you could convince me that was a girl in that scene.
