The ending was perfect, the way Omar died was perfect, the serial killer thing was perfect, but then whenever it cut back to that newsroom it dragged. Over a television drama. It was nuanced and I really saw Gus as the lead protagonist of this season and lester and mcnulty as shifty antagonists. Politicians then took credit for the limited gains that were, of course, unsustainable as the students aged into middle school. The excellence of Seasons 2 and 5, and how they are an integral part of the whole, are particularly revealed on repeat viewing. OK so Rawls put him on a boat for while. how many years you figure we been doing the same shit.. I was watching for the Barksdale arc and didnt know how important season two was in the overall visual novel. I found this series especially delightful because Robson Green's character lives within the confines of his own mind. I didnt know there were retards saying Each ending sucked so the season 5 was bad. I found it as an interesting way to dispel the notion that one given group of people is more inclined or indoctrinated to corruption and lies than the other, but also that in any given sector of a society, you will usually find it is those who know that very truth full and well, who perpetuate that lie, in order to make themselves feel better about their shortcomings. The biggest pisser-offers for me in the series were the assclowns in the police department who clearly dont give a shit about what actually happens to actual people. 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. Having grown up on the southeast side of PG County inside the Beltway, I can tell you that The Wire was a hit right between the eyes. We did that, too, because hey, to criticize such a newsroom culture did indeed carry those risks in Baltimore. To me, the climactic conclusion of the show happened in S5E9 and E10 was more of the epilogue, allowing us to digest what happened and gain some insight on where things are headed for the city. Okay, you probably hate me by now so Ill shut up. But then I would be as guilty of lazy ad hominem as they have been in assessing the work. Well said, David. Uncovered. Brilliant! 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. Isnt that what your essay calls for? It ran for six seasons and I believe had some specials along the way. 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. Only silver lining to that dark cloud of a series. But if we give upthen what? See production, box office & company info, Drama Trails: 'Coronation Street' to 'Kingdom'. You want to suggest that the creator of the project has his nose in the air for being interested in the matter at all, and that you have some insight into his temperament? It would be better if he was slick like the Will Grayham character in red dragon. What he suddenly turns stupid? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. We said what we wanted to say and now everyone else is entitled to talk back without some counterbitch finding them. Jordan is done in a tasteful way. I loved the show, its in my top 5 of all time and I cant imagine it going anywhere. I feel better about missing the plot about The Baltimore Sun newspaper missing important stories, now I know that the pros missed it too. Great blog, it confirms my suspicions of the final season but wasnt enough to change my mind about it. And to get teachers talking, even on background, about their anger and frustration at this flummery? However, of the many detective series that my wife and I have watched, British, French, Scandinavian, Icelantic, this series has the sickest, most graphic murders in every episode. Righteous journalism that makes a good reporter get up in the morning. The clues about The Sun missing important stories are there in plain sight. Explain your displeasure in detail, no problem. If season five didnt work for you, then it didnt work for you. Buy SD $1.99. As it is, I argued, any good journalist will if he or she loves the business follow this story and wince at the stories systematically missed, the undiscovered and unreported tales of the city known to viewers for four seasons. Otherwise this character seemed to constantly walk between the raindrops rarely suffering real consequences for his selfishness. The bodies are then found in areas If you took out subjective arguments about popular entertainment, the nation would free up a lot of bandwidth and many repetitive stress injuries would be avoided. FAQ Maybe enough individuals can make an impactor at least make an impact on more individuals. Lasher follows Keith to a random shack in the Why did stupid fucking hbo talk over the last episode when you re watch it on demand. Burns is fuckin awesome. I mean its obvious all three of them enjoyed it way too much for a normal gangster who just wanted someone out of their way- and Marlos final shot licking the blood off his sleeve just about proves that that guy was about to go on a black Manson killing spree had the story logically continued from its stopping point. You made an impact on me David. Thanks for the reply. Hamsterdam, say. Lets be clear, though. I dunno. There were still good journalists in our make-believe newsroom, and they did some good work just as there are still such souls in Baltimore and every city laboring in similar fashion and to similar result. But the fifth-season story arc began with a wonderful bit of adversarial reporting on deadline good, clean newspapering it was. There wasnt a single interesting person in that arc, except maybe the copy editor championing integrity at all costs. WebRobson Green (Grantchester, Touching Evil) plays a clinical psychologist called in by the police to help investigate serial killers in this acclaimed mystery series based on the books by Val McDermid. So fuck what I said. Now I just read and laugh at bad writing on other TV shows. Maybe I prefer more violent things. I certainly read that last post and thought thats angry. 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? It was as good as I remembered and then some. This show mattered and it still does. Hopefully there is some point in time when the majority of people become a little smarter and catch up w/ the intelligence this show possesses. I am your new lord sovereign of buried, latent, subtextual argument. If you like Touching Evil or Monk, this series may be for you. Green's vulnerability, intensity and flexibilty in his craft is a complete pleasure. Now its so hard to even rank the seasons because they are all so important to the overall story. I understand the story and the tie-ins that you wrote about in this very blog, but I feel like you could have highlighted the bullshit of the media without compromising the core of The Wire, unrelenting, brutal, realism. To the people saying he was stupid for returning to Baltimore in the first place: Marlo used the perfect bait. Criminal Psychologist Tony Hill assists The Police with all manner of complex and disturbing crimes. No-one looked at him twice.". Also liked how micheal played through the all series always looking out for people around him and outsmarting snoop at the end We sucked. Much respect, and I hope you still read these. I started college as a J-student and later moved to English. Still, all that being said, it was a hell of a ride and still the best damn tv series ever made. Dr. Hill comes up with detail after detail about the perpetrator, without any more explanation of how he did it than Sylvia Browne, psychic, ever gives. But no, show dont tell is the rule. Ive re-watched this entire series again recently with the HD release (probably my 4th or 5th time watching the entire series) and in many ways it gets better the more I watch it. Would still give Breaking Bad the nod over The Wire as a better show though. Departmental priorities make high-level drug investigation prohibitive. The "Jordan" character was specific to the McDiarmid book "Torment of Others", of which the episode was derived. I had only heard of it but didnt know it was the drug I needed in my life to actively engage in social discussions the way you do so well in this series. No show has ever, EVER done that. I was already a cynic before 9/11, then The Wire came. Well now, its been a week sinceThe Wires final episode and a certain calm has descended, leaving a little less agita and a little more reflection. A moment for one last question: I guess Im just ranting about how I fell in love with this show and can never get enough of it. I hated Marlo for his ruthlessness but I respect that you gave him a realistic ending-they could not realistically build a case against him bc of police corruption. S5 ran him off a cliff. Anyway, for me, its perfect. In the end, she asks for a transfer. 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. Its a subjective matter that isnt worth a good argument, . watch again the final 5-6 minutes of season 3; episode 4). Other than Breaking Bad. Web"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. When there is an ensemble cast and crew that work their hardest to put out the best product possible, it makes viewing a very satisfying activity. But if I dont play how can I and everyone else fix the rules? Thanks for a great series and compelling stories and characters, in what was often a pretty bleak scene. That was the critique. Episode 8 of Mayfair Witches season 1 starts with Keith running in the woods trying to escape. Even recently I remember watching CNN and they were covering the Treyvon Martin case seemingly 24/7 and in the news ticker at the bottom of the screen there was the briefest mention of some protest in Egypt. However in the case of season 5, as you pointed out, even the remaining good journalists such as Gus, are, to a degree, complicit in missing every major story. I was reading The Stand at the time I posted that response. Jack and Liz. I been expressing to folk since 2002 I also loved Generation Kill. Americans are stupid ppl by and larger, they pretty much believe whatever we tell them Its tremendously unfortunate a potentially amazing show was turned into a cute little art project. We certainly expected more attention from the media. The writing was a train wreck, the characterization limp, the acting and plotting, shameful and shameless both. Really? Flagg on his last day being the only one who could tap in to the police department to get the low down on Burrells removal. Im an asshole. Anyway, thats all. Im interested. And being a refuge from a newsroom, I thought I was over my grief at the death of real journalism. David, let me first congratulate you on making one of the most riveting series to have ever graced the global stage. I dunno. Lasher appears and asks her to stop and let him do her bidding. 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 gave up due to some of the most annoying characters I have seen written. Love it. Then when people point out the garbage it becomes oh-so esoteric. -And Herc? Write a television story arc about the betrayal of the working class, the fraud of the drug war or the lie of No Child Left Behind and you cant get off the entertainment pages. The political corruption, the cronyism, the back-asswards views on racism which prevent all minorities from getting a real say in anything lest they be deemed racist- and most agonizingly, the completely screwball insanity that is the PG County school system is exactly like the way you depicted life in Baltimore. Some shameful shit right there. And while I tell everyone who will listen that this is the best show ever made I do feel Season 5 had some hokey yet prominent elements. Thats it. Its not painful to me. Damn I needed that lad to have a happy ending! And unsubtle. Brought up to believe in hard case police work, her world was turned upside down by Tony's presence. For now I will just pass. Plot Summary. Good god, this was the most amazing show Ive seen in ever. 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. Anyway, Im straying from my point: thank you for defining this additional layer to the theme of S5. The final season of True Blood ended Sunday with a three-year time jump, bringing many of its characters to a Thanksgiving hosted by a pregnant Sookie ( Anna To have the city editor saying such things would have been, well, arch. Season five was the weakest season imho. Done very tastefully. All the characters have distinct and believable personalities. Any of you save for a couple sharp journos who were able to stand back just far enough to realize what the real critique was. While we have been in the longest war in U.S. history we have had to sit through endless sensationalism about: Jeb Bushs crackhead niece Noelle Bush; Terry Schiavo; Tiger Woods; Casey Anthony; Treyvon Martin then George Zimmerman; Michael Brown; and it will never end. In The Hunger Games films, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) coughs up blood for a specific reason. And yes, in real life, there wasnt much written about such in my city. Throughout 1923, Alexandras wealth has come into play (or the wealth of her family, rather). There was some love in there for the ink-stained wretches. Ha! It wasnt until maybe the 3rd time that I understood these theme about the newsroom. One of the best Crime drama/ Mystery Thriller TV shows ever made, Vivid, believable shows with a charismatic psychologist solving intriguing crimes, Twisted and gory, but I love Robson Green. When we were beating the story out, Bill Zorzi wondered whether in the final episode it might be necessary for Gus Haynes to vocalize the theme, to turn to Alma or Luxenberg or some other character and say, Were so thin, and we waste what little resources we have left on the wrong things. 1 Jun 2015. The hit NBC sitcom, The Office, is perhaps one of Peacock's most profitable titles. Perhaps one on the books it is based on might warm me up to it. THOSE cops and THOSE lawyers definitely exist in abundance in all over D.C., the southside, and Baltimore. 2008. Meanwhile our federal government has wholesaled our highway systems, infrastructure, and debt to any country that was buying while dropping trillions of dollars into the pockets of Halliburton and the rest of the 1% in the name of fighting a war on terror. Please. 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. I am glad you landed Naymond softly but Randy getting beat down again in the group home then showing up for a second in season 5 STILL in a group home- couldnt Carver have at least followed through on ONE good intention and taken him out of that system?! A moment for one Why would he care about the homeless? This statement is meant to include: Mark Letheren(DI Kevin Jeffries); Emma Handy (DC Paula McIntyre) and Peter Sullivan (ACC Paul Eden). You wanna say that its an unfair representation of modern journalism? Many found it hard to relate to or invest in. David-I just finished the entire series in about a week. Particularly toward the finale, you created a meta-mirror for us that Im still working out. Theres a reason people say youre a genius and why your show is perhaps the best in history. I think it is, but Id like to hear your opinion on this. I feel as if I understand it better and see more with each viewing. Too short. And now, with the economic vise that is the internet tight around her, TheSun like so many once-worthy regional newspapers is fighting for relevance and readers. WebA psychologist gets inside of the minds of both killers and victims to aid the police in solving gruesome serial killings in Northern England. To argue about whether Whiting is more venal or one-dimensional than Valchek? But it was still damn above all the other things (books, series, movies). 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