It is our not insignificant loss that more shows weren't filmed. Maybe you were too close? I loved the series. Now I just read and laugh at bad writing on other TV shows. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. What really made Season 5 for me was Gus and the newsroom in general. Good god, this was the most amazing show Ive seen in ever. Wire in the Blood is one of the most important and valuable series ever produced for television. I really gave this a chance, watching the first two series almost to the end, but it got the better of me: I had the sense of having been there and seen it already. I would not recommend this show for anyone under the age of 16. Now youve got the full attention of the media. Lowry got it, and tellingly, he used to work for theL.A. Timesbut is now a step or two removed from a metropolitan daily, writing forVariety. This show is so brilliant, so uniquely American, such a mind-altering and contemplative rumination on the powerful pull of the system FUCK, I LOVE THE WIRE!!!!!!!!!!! David Simon, a reporter for the Baltimore Sun for thirteen years, is the executive producer of HBOs The Wire. No television series has ever lived with me the way The Wire has. But all the endings mean something and other endings would have been the wrong ones. And Kima, would she really be snitching on them? Herc just needed to get run over, along with Levy, and bleed out slowly suffering much in the process. Echoes and Layers: Tony Lazlo Looks Back at The Wire CC2K, Why The Wire Should Be Must-See TV for Baltimore Pundits | Variety, All the pieces matter: analysis, essays, and anything else on The Wire | ReadJack.com. Why did stupid fucking hbo talk over the last episode when you re watch it on demand. I certainly read that last post and thought thats angry. Entertaining but formula driven and with plot holes! Maybe enough individuals can make an impactor at least make an impact on more individuals. The Wire was arguably the best television series ever made. I started college as a J-student and later moved to English. WebSeason 6. Also starring Hermione Norris (MI-5) and Simone Lahbib (Loch Ness), these dark and twisty mysteries are "brilliantly edgy" (SFGate.com). Given the corruption in the Baltimore you portrayed, it isnt hard to imagine an offender being released for even more serious charges. He's quirky, he's a little odd, but he helps to provide a different, and intellectual insight into the killer's mind. Season 2 was the bravest thing ever seen on TV. Enter DI Alex Fielding, Simone Lahbib. It would be better if he was slick like the Will Grayham character in red dragon. The shows all involve murder and this is the focus of the plots. When one actor leaves a show and is replaced. In fact, when I was delivering newspapers as a kid back in the 90s I became incredibly skeptical of the news I was delivering. But the rest of you blessed, scribbling souls? But why would he go around looking for Marlo, wasnt he a bit smarter than that? I started watching this show in series 1. Love it. Im vaguely reminded of the backlash we (I) felt when Seinfeld came to an end, having been blinded to what we were ignoring for so long that the hyper-reality we were caught up in seemed like the be-all, end-all. I just recently bought the Blu-ray box set as well, just to have it in both editions and to see the reunion at the Paley Center. Amid buyout after buyout, theBaltimore Sunconceded much of its institutional memory, its beat structure, its ability to penetrate municipal institutions and report qualitatively on substantive issues in a way that explains not just the symptomatic problems of the city, but the root causes of those problems. David, I just wanted to take a brief moment (6 years later) to thank you for both an amazing show and this write up of your thoughts and insights into S5. Anyway, for me, its perfect. Damn, I think I might just sit down and watch the whole thing again to see what else Ive missed. Okay, you probably hate me by now so Ill shut up. Im literally addicted to this show, and watch it through at least 3-4 times a year. All Rights Reserved. There's something to be said for being able to binge an entire show from episode one to final episode when cancelled. Dont even know where to start, and I dont think I can critique anything about this show because it critiques itself. Its especially shameful that the media did not pick up on this. I was watching for the Barksdale arc and didnt know how important season two was in the overall visual novel. It was nuanced and I really saw Gus as the lead protagonist of this season and lester and mcnulty as shifty antagonists. Liz (Michelle Randolph) suffered a miscarriage in the finale, and it now seems she may be unable to have children again. Brilliant! Particularly toward the finale, you created a meta-mirror for us that Im still working out. Id always had reservations about the believability of character who existed in a contained bureaucratic work environment surrounded by lifers, repeatedly stabbing his peers and superiors in the back for wholly self-serving reasons with so few repercussions. Ms. Lahbib is an unknown entity to me, but as I finished watching series 4, I felt a bit queasy. But for all of it to amount to a forest-and-tree farce? Thanks David for all you did to bring it into the world. Metacritic Reviews. 1 The Office. To debate whether Gus Haynes is more of a hero than Bunny Colvin? Thank you for such an amazing show. Yes, that IS the truth for kids all over the DMV (D.C., Maryland, Virginia) but I really wish, David, you could have shown him some compassion as the most innocent among them really deserved some kind of redemption. Im sure that to many of these guys, getting Carcetti elected would do as much to inject fresh blood into the citys political processes as it would clear up the problem of those blacks corrupting the process, nevermind how ridiculous those sorts of notions hold up. What he suddenly turns stupid? I've enjoyed his first rate performances in two other series I've seen, and can't wait to see how his character's flirtation with D.I. I feel as if I understand it better and see more with each viewing. For example, for my first watch through, I was bored with Season two. Image via NBC. And a couple of others at alternative weeklies figured it out again, perhaps, because theyre less vested than everyone at the big, vulnerable dailies. It's like watching a big budget film on TV. David SImon, I dont understand why you wrote this. We told the precise story we wished to tell and what happened was supposed to happen. Learn how your comment data is processed. In the annals of time, you documented as close to the reality of the DMV as you could get away with, its just too bad that people will always be calling it fiction., (*this is a better-edited version of my prior comment). Jumped that shark in high-topped Nikes, we did. Omars death/Omar returning to Baltimore: We all wanted to see Omars last stand be in a bloody shootout with a high body count, but anyone paying attention to the story being told knew it wouldnt go down like that. This season has opened up my eyes to an important point: what exactly are we missing by focusing on all this sensationalist garbage? Or are you just that pissed and depressed about the world that you cant help but force your misery on your viewers? Not always do we get a "wrap up" episode and we didn't get one here either. I knew that in a general sense the overarching theme was the demise of quality of news journalism, but finishing my binge of the season tonight (after having avoided the show for years fearing it was over-hyped and couldnt live up boy was I wrong!) I guess I understood it was there in some sense but initially the theme I was focused on were the institutional problems in the newsroom that are so similar to the problems in other institutions featured in the series. Drug wars, territorial disputes, and the assassination of the citys largest drug importer manage to produce a brief inside the metro section that refers only to the slaying of a second-hand appliance store owner. Well, okay. Watch with Acorn TV. See if you can purse your lips any tighter or hold your nose any higher. Crown me up and kneel, ya bitches. WITB is a dark, gritty, British crime drama that most all will heartily enjoy.. should you like the genre. I knew in my bones as he walked up to the convenience store something bad was going to happen. There is a last minute dash to rescue some young woman being held by a psychopath. Polygon Court hears the case for James Camerons alternate ending. Youre fuckin awesome. The first two, "Singing" and "Shadows" are adaptations of author Val McDermid's books; This is a taut British crime drama very much in the "Cracker" mould. And being a refuge from a newsroom, I thought I was over my grief at the death of real journalism. I have no idea how you were able to pick one quote out of the whole episode, to show at the beginning because almost every line is of substance. I think the biggest problem with Season 5 is that the Sun people were kind of boring and so many of them were one note. The writing, the directing, the acting, the story arcs: are all amazing. Wire in the Blood, is first of all a showcase for the excellent acting skills of the charismatic Robson Green. I worked at a small, local tabloid, before entering J-school, and rapidly became frustrated as I was lectured on hooks and handles. I watched all 3 in order and enjoyed this series. Lets be clear, though. I am a detective investigator and I am very critical with "who done it" crime solving type movies. Wish there was more, or at least a book. For non-British viewers the British actors provide something faintly exotic and alluring, which works fine to subtly draw the viewer into the action of this suspense show. The crime thriller was being eyed for adaptation by you could give me! Too short. I absolutely love The Wire so I mean no disrespect when I say this (arent prefaces like that always inevitably followed by something kinda shitty and disrespectful?) Has the city cleaned up. The acting is excellent, but I find this show way too unsubtle, lurid, and melodramatic. While very formula driven and somewhat unbelievable at times, particularly with the characters often going it alone to catch the bad guys, it is entertaining and very "bingeworthy"! It was all very realistic and extremely tough to watch. But most of all, that poor child Duquan who did nothing but suffer from beginning to end. "Wire in the Blood" is the story of Dr.Tony Hill (Robson Green), a slightly eccentric clinical psychologist who works part time with the police force of Bradford, England. It was especially poignant seeing all the since-deceased (or reformed, theres no way I could overlook or forget Dukie becoming Bubbles) characters roles being filled by the New Age.. FAQ I wish I attended that panel, and heard the insight Im sure you provided. I just thought it was depressing that someone that big in the community wasnt well known by the newspaper people, but for some reason I didnt really put any more thought into them missing things. Another topic for another time, but dont wait on our news media to report it. I dunno. So lets happily concede that all criticism stands and get to the real fun. But having left the topic at hand to engage in ad hominem characterization, you cant very well expect anything less in return. Take it light but take it. Still, all that being said, it was a hell of a ride and still the best damn tv series ever made. Then you have the choir, inexplicably, warbling on as if to lend some kind of gravitas to the lacklustre proceedings. The writing was a train wreck, the characterization limp, the acting and plotting, shameful and shameless both. Throughout 1923, Alexandras wealth has come into play (or the wealth of her family, rather). My husband watched this series on HBO, I must of been working. While the Arab Spring was happening, the only thing you could find on news TV was tabloid coverage of a murder case. This is an entertaining series currently available on Acorn TV. I've been in love with Robson Green for years, and he's in top form here in "Wire in the Blood," a British TV series based on characters created by crime writer Val McDermid. To wonder whether anyone would be disciplined for cursing in a newsroom, or why they made the top editor wear those suspenders, or whether it was a clich to have a fabricator driving the overt plot? This makes for some truly unusual and amusing situations, that help bring levity to the gruesome crimes he investigates. I agree with the message of Season 5, just not the execution. Well played. If my state of mind can be presumed by this fellow, certainly Im entitled to note his own. And yes, in real life, there wasnt much written about such in my city. What a way for a series to go out. 4. I dunno. Burns is fuckin awesome. Its a subjective matter that isnt worth a good argument, especially if, like me, you dont see the seasons as distinct but cumulative. I fucking love this show. We have some of these initiatives in the UK but Im not sure about the situation in the US, and Im curious to know what you think. Each episode is someone chained up. Six years later. 1) The newsroom angle was a good idea but perhaps the show writers were a bit too close to it. Nothing against Robson himself but his character annoys me. And Omar, well I can understand his death, tragic, but it was more realistic than a final bloodfest. Great job started watching a lil when I was in like 4th or 5th grade before I really understood all of it but re watched it recently and its my favorite series. Thats why Im here. Only silver lining to that dark cloud of a series. The criminals are deeply psychologically twisted, far more so than any person you have ever encountered, even in the newspapers. Sometimes the jumps in logic can seem a bit far fetched, but that is what makes it interesting and fun, without having to be a series of mindless chase scenes and explosions. Its admittedly easy enough, if you are writing a fictional television show, to sit in a diner booth or on a bar stool with a police lieutenant or an assistant principal, an assistant states attorney or a political functionary and have them tell you the good dirt, knowing as they do that fiction is a safe abstraction. The school system is closest to my heart because I grew up in that sad, irreparable school system and the stories of those kids were the ones I really hoped would resolve better so you knew that in the end, at least SOMEONE in that hood got a real chance. For me, its all of a piece. but what the hell happened with the last season? the Los Angeles Police Department? I love game of thrones (but its too quick imo), but The Wire is the best. I confess I thought that journalism was still self-aware enough to get it, that enough collective consciousness of the crafts highest calling remained, that reporters still worried about what their newspapers were missing. basically that whole hood that was the result of DC trying to lower crime stats by forcing all the hood rats over the Maryland line. The depth, the acting, the setting, the pace, its all spot on :p. I love this show. The case was based on a wealth of curruption and illegal detective work and the need for self-preservation could easily allow for a deal to be made. -- if you're a Robson Green fan, it's a fantastic showcase for his acting. Jack and Liz. We certainly expected more attention from the media. There wasnt a single interesting person in that arc, except maybe the copy editor championing integrity at all costs. I see commentary all the time where the seasons are ranked and there seems to be a common thread. Imagine all the fun they could have conflicting professionally, not to mention romantically, vying for Jobson's attention and favors! Im interested in becoming a cop there. In The Hunger Games films, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) coughs up blood for a specific reason. -And Herc? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Melvin Wiliams passed today RIP! Lasher follows Keith to a random shack in the Producer Chris Miller explains why. I found this series especially delightful because Robson Green's character lives within the confines of his own mind. BTW please make enough money to buy The Baltimore Sun and give it the love it so desperately needs. Nothing like unrelenting brutal, realism. I watched all five series back to back in less than a month bit of an overdose I guess, but just couldnt stop. I cant bring myself to use words like the worst, or the weakest, when duscussing a series that is so well written. Thanks for a great series and compelling stories and characters, in what was often a pretty bleak scene. Thanks for the reply. We don't recommend this series. I HOPE THEY COME OUT WITH MORE SEASONS!! My comment amounts to little more than unwanted negative feedback for a show that ended 5 years ago. Key investigations and prosecutions are undercut or abandoned by the political machinations of police officials, prosecutors and political figures. And unsubtle. 7.2 (359) Rate. And it is clear that between Marlo, Snoop, and Chris, their real game was killing. His entire life he had nothing and no one then ends up back on the street with a needle in his arm. Love The Wire. David Simon I dont think you have given up yet or maybe you would go off and retire like Marlo. There are many crime/mystery books and shows out there but few are done this well with excellent character development, believable plots and story lines that are on one hand complex, terrifying, fully engrossing and on the other hand funny, thoughtful and informative. In this case, our lead character is Dr. Tony Hill. Anyway, Ive gone on for far too long here. Robson Green is a great talent, in spite of what his fellow Newcastleian had to say above. It would not have been easy for a veteran police reporter to pull all the police reports in the Southwestern District and find out just how robberies fell so dramatically, to track each individual report through staff review and find out how many were unfounded and for what reason, or to develop a stationhouse source who could tell you about how many reports went unwritten on the majors orders, or even further to talk to people in that district who tried to report armed robberies and instead found themselves threatened with warrant checks or accused of drug involvement or otherwise intimidated into dropping the matter. There's also a lot of blurry camera work that is meant to show the violent murders but does tend to make one rather seasick! Jobson develops in future episodes. Ha! I had no memory of this series, he forgot the name, I researched it and found it. 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