The Wire Rewatch

Episode 4:3 This season. I feel so bad for these kids and what they have to go through at school. True, some of it is on them, I suppose, since the teachers are trying their best to control the chaos, and if the students would just behave, then life would be ever so much better. But a lot more of the blame is on society for allowing this situation to develop. Up until this season, I’d always looked at the Wire as depicting two sides of the Game: cops vs. robbers. You’ve got the good guys and the bad guys. And […]

Bring on season 4. I think this might be my favorite season. It’s definitely the one that stood out to me the most in hindsight. Some great characters and as always a great storyline, but let’s get right into the review to talk about the episodes. Episode 4:1 I don’t believe it. The first episode of a season, and it’s actually a really good one? Maybe I’m biased in this case, since it’s a season I remember pretty well, and so I already know and love the characters, but even considering that, I believe this is the strongest first episode

I debated doing a post on both the finale of season three and the first episode of season 4, just because I’m running a bit behind (I think), but in the end, I thought this one deserved a post all on its lonesome. Why? Because when this season was filmed, the producers didn’t know if this was the series finale or not, so it was filmed as if it was. First off, a bit of an aside I’ve been sitting on until the season was over: In many ways, season three was a commentary on the Iraq War. It’s not

Some great stuff in these episodes, as the whole season once more comes together from all sides. Once again, it seems like the cops just can’t catch a single break . . . Episode 3:10 Almost everything in this episode feels like it’s falling apart. Not in a bad TV show way. Rather, we look at all the characters, and they’re all just lost in the woods. McNulty can’t figure out who he really is and why he’s a valuable person. Stringer is drowning in the white collar world and becoming an outcast with Avon. Avon is trying to go

One of my least-favorite episodes is among these two. Not because it’s a bad episode, but because it just depresses me so much. I knew it was coming all season long, and it’s here at last. Sigh. Might as well dive in. Episode 3:8 Not everything in this episode is perfect, but the final scene? Riveting stuff. I was stunned to see Stringer come clean with Avon about Dee’s murder, and even more surprised by how it came about: as a way for Stringer to prove to Avon just how “street” he was. Of course, it seems to me that