FTA-TV The Wire

[ManWithNoName]

"You gonna cut and run on the Bunk. That shit ain't right Jimmy"

"You mouldy mother ****er don't even think of coming back a murder. Don't even think of that shit"

 

[royboys4eva]

Currently watching season 4. Wonderful show. Strong writing and very gritty. Probably the best series i have watched outside of The Sopranos which for me will always be number 1.

The Wire reminds a bit of Janus which aired in Australia in the 90s starring Simon Westaway. Both shows very good at depicting the difficulties Police face when trying to build cases.

Big tick for The Wire.

 

[Elvis]

Currently watching season 4. Wonderful show. Strong writing and very gritty. Probably the best series i have watched outside of The Sopranos which for me will always be number 1.

The Wire reminds a bit of Janus which aired in Australia in the 90s starring Simon Westaway. Both shows very good at depicting the difficulties Police face when trying to build cases.

Big tick for The Wire.

well wait until you get to the end of season 4 before saying definitively that The Soprano's is better. And don't get me wrong, I love The Soprano's ... def in my top 3, but The Wire remains the best show I have seen

 

[TassieSaint]

well wait until you get to the end of season 4 before saying definitively that The Soprano's is better. And don't get me wrong, I love The Soprano's ... def in my top 3, but The Wire remains the best show I have seen

Picking your favourite wire season is like picking your favourite child (I imagine, I don't have kids) but having rewatched all 5 multiple times, season 4 has got to be the greatest season of television ever. Especially in context of the preceding 3 seasons, how it then takes you back and shows you where it all begins for these street guys as teenagers. The build up, suspense and character development from each of the 4 boys is intense.

Man I have to go rewatch now.

 

[ManWithNoName]

I've just hit S4 of my rewatch. **** this show is so good.

I'm still yet to actually see S5. I've held it back because I didn't want the show to end. And the end of S4 was so ****ing brutal. But this might be the time to give it a spin.

 

[Silent Alarm]

I want to re-watch this. I think I got half way through season two or three last time and just ended up forgetting to keep the re-view going. Maybe I need to give it a 2.5'd rewatch, but no doubt my favourite season is the Stevedores one. It's so sad. The whole show is about the death of the America that America is supposed to be, and nothing really shows it more than this once rich and meaningful industry dying and everyone in it struggling.

That episode where Ziggy ****s up his whole life is incredible. Man.

 

[Chris_6678]

Have started re watching now it is playing on Foxtel again. The first time i watched i thought it was good but could never see my self watching it more than once...this is my third time now.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Slim Charles is massively underrated for mine. Only more prominent in the later seasons I guess, so off to a slow start.

Haha I’ve ripped out so many of his quotes on discussion boards for unrelated shit.

”Don't matter who did what to who at this point. Fact is, we at war, and now there ain't no going back. I mean, shit, it's what war is, you know? Once you in it, you in it. If it's a lie, then we fight on that lie. But we gotta fight.’

Clearly a commentary on US foreign policy.

 

[JUBJUB]

Slim Charles is massively underrated for mine. Only more prominent in the later seasons I guess, so off to a slow start.

 

[Demosthenes]

On balance I preferred the first three seasons to the last two. Would probably rank them 2, 1, 3, 4, 5. Maybe 4 in front of 3.

I understand why most people regard Season 4 as the best, but it didn't really do it for me.

 

[TassieSaint]

Best slim Charles scene is when he gives those two blokes a spray for shooting at Omar when he was with his grandma on Sunday. 'Do you know what a coloured lady is? Not yo moms for sho'

 

[BEaston]

Slim Charles is definitely one of the best. Loved his final scene.

 

[Triple E]

Slim Charles' awesome voice lends a great deal of bad-assery to his character.

 

[Triple E]

Best slim Charles scene is when he gives those two blokes a spray for shooting at Omar when he was with his grandma on Sunday. 'Do you know what a coloured lady is? Not yo moms for sho'

So good

 

[Marlowe]

On balance I preferred the first three seasons to the last two. Would probably rank them 2, 1, 3, 4, 5. Maybe 4 in front of 3.

I understand why most people regard Season 4 as the best, but it didn't really do it for me.

Season four is my favourite, less maybe because it's the best, more because by the end of it, the experience of watching the entire series at that point was just something else. It almost felt like watching seasons one to three was merely a warm-up exercise; a prerequisite in order to appreciate season four. It's been a while since I've watched it, but that feeling of it all paying off still lingers. Then came season five, which was like an end tag or post-credits stinger.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Best slim Charles scene is when he gives those two blokes a spray for shooting at Omar when he was with his grandma on Sunday. 'Do you know what a coloured lady is? Not yo moms for sho'

"Cos if she was, y'all woulda known better than that shit"

Gold

 

[JUBJUB]

Avon Barksdale has died.Not the actor but the guy whose life his character was based around.
Melvin Williams,who did appear in The Wire as the Deacon.
http://www.tvguide.com/news/melvin-williams-inspiration-for-the-wire-dead/

 

[Chris_6678]

Avon Barksdale has died.Not the actor but the guy whose life his character was based around.
Melvin Williams,who did appear in The Wire as the Deacon.
http://www.tvguide.com/news/melvin-williams-inspiration-for-the-wire-dead/

Avon Barksdale was based from parts of Nathan Barksdale and Melvin Williams.

 

[royboys4eva]

Just finished the entire series. What a brilliant show. The first and fourth seasons were my fave but every episode was compelling in one way or another. Very well written and as realistic as you can get to the life each character portrayed. Omar was a stand out character for me in a show that had many.

What i take away from The Wire is the underlying themes - That the drug trade/issues in lower demographic parts of Baltimore/USA is just an accepted part of life that will never be stopped. It's a very sad state of affairs but so chronic and just moves from generation to generation. The other theme i thought that played out well in the series was how frustrating it was for the Baltimore Police in their efforts to stop the major players in the drug war. From season 1 to season 5 we see how McNulty and Freamon have to go outside their jurisdiction to get arrests. It seems crazy the lengths they're forced into. Must be a very frustrating career being Police. I guess some care more than others.

Anyway i could go on forever as it was such a thought provoking series. Glad that The Wire is now getting the recognition it deserves - many critics have it as the best series produced. For me it sits just behind The Sopranos. But thats just my opinion.

 

[Willo_]

I have a week and a bit without other half and kid over christmas...

Plans sorted now

I'm rewatching from the start!

 

[Stemp Fester]

Just finished watching this for the second time (binge watched all 5 seasons in a week...) and it only gets better.

Season 4 in particular must be some of the most heartbreaking TV ever produced.

Namond's mother has to be one of the most detestable characters to grace the screen in any TV show ever - and that's saying something when she's up against people like Marlo Stanfield...

 

[stringerbell]

Namond's mother has to be one of the most detestable characters ever to grace the screen in any TV show ever - and that's saying something when she's up against people like Marlo Stansfield...

In the documentary on the DVD one of the Baltimore lawyers interviewed said that she was the most realistic of all the characters

 

[chargers 09]

Been on foxtel recently on showcase I think.


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[bengrina]

I'm a huge fan of the wire, by far my favourite tv show of all time. A couple of years ago i went to america with a mate and Baltimore was added to the itinerary. We mapped out all the famous places from the show and tried hailing a taxi over to take us into west baltimore. The sun was starting to set after the 4th taxi driver told us under no circumstances would he be going into that area. When the 5th taxi pulled over I flashed a $100 note at him. When we jumped in he had no idea where he was going. He'd only been living in america for 6 weeks. We crossed over into west baltimore and I thought straight away it wasn't the greatest idea. There were boarded up row houses everywhere, blown up cars and no sign of any business eg: service station or food stores. Kids on bikes started circling the taxi and people were yelling at us from there front porches. I had initially planned to get out and grab some photos but decided it clearly wasn't safe. After about 20 minutes we drove back out. That night we told locals that we had gone into west baltimore, some had lived there all their lives and never gone anywhere near it. The tv show doesn't give it any sort of justice as to how dangerous it actually is. It made some of the rougher areas of melbourne look like hollywood.

 

[Stemp Fester]

Was amazed to read that in the entire series there are only three gunshots fired by the police...

...and all of them by Prez!