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Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
i don't think that there was any implication at all about him having the prison guys in his pocket. I think that you are right that it would give a plausible reason for him to conduct business that way.
Chaos Commish
Footballguy
In a later episode the dude that strangled Dee was able to listen to Dee's conversation with his mom... from a different booth. That's implication enough to resolve my prior complaint. It didn't bug me enough to seek real life cases of this particular corruption, but I might. I know how corrupt guards are at a few California facilities. Comical is being nice.
Great show, enjoyed the first two seasons equally.
Chaka
Footballguy
I think it was also a matter of economy of story telling. We didn't need to see the unique coding systems inmates often use to send messages to the outside.
Seems like minor point to be bothered about to me.
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Good Posting Judge
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Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
So did they throw in that quick scene of Rawls in the gay bar just to #### with us, or think it's a storyline they meant to get to but just couldn't fit it in (no pun intended)?
Long Ball Larry
Footballguy
I think that it was supposed to be a shot at the real person (or composite of people) who Rawls represented, who may or may not have actually been gay and/or a way to undercut his assholish tendencies as latent homsexuality.
-jb-
Footballguy
Watched season one and thought it was good. Not great. Season two has been tough to latch on to and I've since started GOT in its place. Given my opinion of season one and part of two, will I ever love the series? Everyone I spoke to said I just needed to give season one time and I would be hooked but not so much. I want to love it but unclear on the draw.
Raider Nation
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Josie Maran
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-jb-
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Josie Maran
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Fariq
Footballguy
You will not like it if you got that far already and have to be asking us these questions.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
How could you not be hooked after two seconds of Stringer Bell's coolness.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
jb, hang on at least until the end of season 2 with the Sobatkas. Amazing sequence/payoff at the end of that season.
-jb-
Footballguy
I thought it's been well-characterized, but a bit heavy-handed. The X-Files dude in particular. I thought Stringer, D, Avon, and Shakima were good. Jimmy to a extent. The rest, meh.How could you not be hooked after two seconds of Stringer Bell's coolness.
-jb-
Footballguy
Seasons 3 and 4 are the best but 1 and 2 are awesome. Show might not be for you but you're a rare breed if so. I think Home Improvement is on DVD by now.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Now, if you want to skip season 5 entirely, very few of us would blame you. It's still better than most other stuff on TV, but not up to The Wire s1-4 standards.
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Chaka
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Josie Maran
Footballguy
If you didn't fall for the show by the end of season one, I'm not sure you will. Season two seems to be less favored overall, but I really loved it.. Maybe because there were more white people in it, I don't know. I'm not a sociologist.
-jb-
Footballguy
I liked the black people in season one better, but maybe it's just because of my love of the hit series Family Matters.
If you didn't fall for the show by the end of season one, I'm not sure you will. Season two seems to be less favored overall, but I really loved it.. Maybe because there were more white people in it, I don't know. I'm not a sociologist.
Josie Maran
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Racist.I liked the black people in season one better, but maybe it's just because of my love of the hit series Family Matters.
If you didn't fall for the show by the end of season one, I'm not sure you will. Season two seems to be less favored overall, but I really loved it.. Maybe because there were more white people in it, I don't know. I'm not a sociologist.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
They aint have to kill snot boogey
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
I just finished rewatching this season this past weekend, and I agree 100% with this. The first time around, it feels like you just got dropped into a show that's been up and running for a while -- it took me several episodes even to get a handle on the names of the characters. The second viewing was much easier to follow.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
I started watching season 1 with the wife a few months ago. We would watch an episode or two every night but she would always fall asleep about 3/4 in. So I stopped watching so she could catch up.
Well I dropped her like Wallace and started from scratch over the weekend and I finished season 1 last night. I can't wait to start season 2 tonight.
Which season had the docks ? I've heard that season was tough to watch but I should muscle through it.
Well I dropped her like Wallace and started from scratch over the weekend and I finished season 1 last night. I can't wait to start season 2 tonight.
Which season had the docks ? I've heard that season was tough to watch but I should muscle through it.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
I've always had a problem with the blatant racism on the show. Why couldn't the crack dealers be middle class whites from the Baltimore suburbs? And the best cops on the show are white -- McNulty, Herc, Prez, and Rawls. Then you've got Daniels who starts out as a seemingly sympathetic character, until it's revealed he is a sellout who bangs a white woman. Do you guys wear KKK robes when you watch this trash?
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McGarnicle
Footballguy
I got one!
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Because they don't exist and white boys from the burbs wouldn't last 10 minutes selling crack in Baltimore.
I take it you've never been to Baltimore? I'm not sure there is another major city in America that has the (self imposed) segregation that Baltimore has. There are a few pockets of nice areas but 90% of the city is low income. You have entire communities of poor white people and poor black people who want nothing to do with each other and they're perfectly fine with that.
IvanKaramazov
Footballguy
Yeah, McGarnicle is so wrong that it's almost as if he was being wrong on purpose, possibly for comedic effect.Herc and Prez are the two worst cops on the show.at Rawls.
STEADYMOBBIN 22
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McGarnicle
Footballguy
this isn't my first rodeo, guysYeah, McGarnicle is so wrong that it's almost as if he was being wrong on purpose, possibly for comedic effect.Herc and Prez are the two worst cops on the show.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
I shouldn't have deleted my line about Bill Cosby spinning in his grave. Then you'd know it was fishing.
McGarnicle
Footballguy
I lived in northeastern MD for 5 miserable years and went to Baltimore a handful of times for Ravens games and once to check out the inner harbor. I found it hard to believe I was still in the US. The few pockets of decent things to do aren't worth the drive through some of the most miserable depressed areas I've ever seen. Camden is similar, but the devastation in Baltimore goes on for miles and miles.
On The Rocks
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On The Rocks
Footballguy
This may have been posted somewhere in the previous 60 pages of posts. Lots of fun - not sure this flies past the mods:
THE WIRE - Other 100 Greatest Quotes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnFATagoN0s
Bubs: What's he late for?
McN: Soccer.
Bubs: Suck what?
THE WIRE - Other 100 Greatest Quotes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnFATagoN0s
Bubs: What's he late for?
McN: Soccer.
Bubs: Suck what?
STEADYMOBBIN 22
Footballguy
Yea , I loath going to Baltimore. You will see countless people pointing their finger at the ground as you drive past to indicate they have dope for sale, and off in the distance watching it all will be a squad car. It's like a modern day Wild West.
Those little pockets you mention however hide some of the worlds finest and hottest women on earth. I don't know why or where they come from, but they scorch the earth.
Dan Gladden's Mustache
Footballguy
Currently in re-watch mode at the tail end of season 4. Gonna give 5 a run as well, just in case it got better while I wasn't looking.
bigmarc27
Footballguy
It's always a let down...
Made the trek start to finish 3x and season 5 always let's me down. I can enjoy parts of it, but the serial killer/newspaper storyline really irks me. Seeing resolution for bubbles story and what happens to the corner kids makes the season worth the viewing, but it is easily the worst of the five seasons.
Bigboy10182000
Footballguy
I think I feel this way about every final season or every show I enjoyed. I think it goes hand in hand.
The_Man
Footballguy
Actually these people are trying to flag a ride, in Baltimore's informal but widely accepted alternative form of transportation known as hacking.
An excerpt from the linked paper, "Hacking: The Informal Transportation System in Baltimore: In response to the unavailability or ineffectiveness of formal transit services, residents depend on modes of reciprocity and informal, interpersonal connections to acquire auto rides, constructing a particular mobility culture known as hacking. To hail a “hack,” as it is termed, a person can go to any inner city street and dangle two fingers downward, alerting anyone in the incoming traffic that they are seeking a hack. Any driver can stop, pick up a potential rider and transport them to their destination.
Turns out, not all black people in Baltimore are drug dealers!
IvanKaramazov
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