The Wire

[Kong]

A little of both.

It's an ASIP reference.

 

[Burzum]

Now hold on. Nobodies going to get whacked off any time soon.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Dammit, I am out of the loop again.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Finally finished Season 5 this weekend.

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So
Much
Win

I'll watch season 1 again, now that I know the characters.

 

[Burzum]

Ben

watch Breaking Bad .

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

I have seasons 2 + 3 of BB waiting to be watched.

 

[Skeeta Olly]

3 eps into season 3. Such an awesome show, will return here after season 5.

 

[doug85]

The Wire is my favorite show of all time followed by The Sopranos. My favorite seasons in order would be 4,3,5,1,2. My favorite characters would be Omar Little, Clay Davis, Prop Joe, Stan Valchek and Marlo Standfield. There are probably a few more characters that I'm forgetting but cbf remebering them all.

 

[Ben the Gooner]

Ben

watch Breaking Bad .

Breaking Bad S01 or Dexter S02?

Have both.

 

[Burzum]

Hmm, coin toss it.

 

[Skeeta Olly]

2 eps left of season 5.

You could see it coming from a mile away but wow, what a cop-out with Omar's death.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

Not a cop-out. The killing of main characters is what makes The Wire such a unique show.

 

[Skeeta Olly]

The way it was done.

 

[Kong]

Don't think it was a cop out, just more realistic.

Not all deaths come from a dramatic battle, accident or confrontation like they portray in generic movies/shows. Even Dexter does it.

It was out of nowhere, and in that environment, it was bound to happen. It does happen.

I hated it for obvious reasons, but I bought it.

 

[Burzum]

Agree with Whomb that it was realistic. I think we all knew he was going to be killed but it just shows that anyone can be got. It wasn't one of the "gangsters" that got him, it was a little kid.

 

[Skeeta Olly]

Finished.

 

[Kong]

Thoughts?

 

[Skeeta Olly]

I would rate seasons like so: 1>3>5>4>2

Favourite characters:

Bunk
Weebay
Omar
Stringer Bell
Carv
Snoop
Prez

One of the best TV series I've ever seen, yes, better than Dexter. Really liked season 5 as it tied up the whole show pretty well. Nice touch at the end with people replacing people. Kima/Sydnor taking over McNulty, Michael taking over Omar, Bug becoming another corner kid, Chris becoming Cutty and so on. Just shows that after all the s**t that goes on, nothing changes.

Omar's death initially pissed me off, but after I accepted that in a sense he couldn't go out like a hero and it just shows that no one is ever safe. Stringer was easily my favourite character, was pretty much a boss for 3 seasons.

 

[Wahooti Fandango]

I am disappoint that you rate 2 so lowly, but having Snoop on your list makes me proud.

 

[Kong]

PP, forever alone in ranking season two as the best.

It's decent, but it's too far removed from every other season imo.

Why'd you guys like Snoop? Because she looked/sounded like a man for lulz?

I hated her. Evil beach.

Though I didn't mind Chris. Just seemed like a good guy somehow, through it all.

I saw his story as more of a parallel with Weebay though, rather than Cutty.

 

[Burzum]

Chris is definitely mirroring Weebay's life.

 

[Skeeta Olly]

Fair call, meant in the sense that he's Weebay's new buddy/partner in jail. Not so much going out and starting up a gym for kids.

 

[kwame]

prop joe and omar were probably my favorite characters....was shattered when prop joe was betrayed by cheese

 

[Kong]

Cutty was an underrated character, imo.

For such a pessimistic series, he was one of the very few feel good stories.

Coming from where he was, eventually in prison, falling back into old ways, before turning his life around and genuinely wanting to help others.

Was disappointed that they didn't show him at the end of the series (IIRC).

 

[Skeeta Olly]

Ah Prop Joe, how could I forget. Also a favourite.