I realize that this is ten years too late to be of any practical use, but I just thought Id throw it out there. Criminal Psychologist Tony Hill assists The Police with all manner of complex and disturbing crimes. We sucked. Carcetti seemed to both indirectly affirm the beliefs of the more racist/prejudiced white politicians that a white mayor who could possibly whiten up the administration, would weed out the corruption, and at the same time did his best to work with the black members of the citys congress, businesses, police force and school systems, etc. But Ill get back to the journalism angle momentarily. Criminal Psychologist Tony Hill assists The Police with all manner of complex and disturbing crimes. No need to worry about any season of this amazing show. Norris brought an adult, feminine, vulnerability to her role as Carol Jordan. I was already a cynic before 9/11, then The Wire came. I love game of thrones (but its too quick imo), but The Wire is the best. Thank you for your ridiculously worthwhile contributions to humanity. The excellence of Seasons 2 and 5, and how they are an integral part of the whole, are particularly revealed on repeat viewing. This is but the latest example of OK so Rawls put him on a boat for while. The Jordan/Fielding character played a large part. The vacant murders and 2 lieutenants getting lengthy sentences in exchange for Marlo exiting the business is not hard to wrap your head around. Also liked how micheal played through the all series always looking out for people around him and outsmarting snoop at the end I wanted to like this show, really, and Robson Green is an interesting actor, but it just doesn't cut the mustard for me. Producer Chris Miller explains why. Why would he care about the homeless? Because the thing I cant leave alone, the thing that makes me giddy as a schoolgirl is this: Whatever else I am a traitorous apostate to newsprint, the angriest hack in television, a kicker of small dogs you must acknowledge that I am now, also, the newly crowded King of Meta. It would be hard for a committed education reporter to acquire the curriculum of a city middle school and compare it to what children were taught before No Child Left Behind reduced teaching to rote repetition, or to track a rise in the third-grade test scores into the fifth or seventh grade and thereby demonstrate how temporal and false the gains actually were. As Tony 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. Thank you for telling these stories. 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. And to studiously avoid any sustained discussion about whether the depicted newspaper is, in all respects, capturing the meaningful narrative of the depicted city? Comparatively, many of the black characters who could have made gains by playing the same game, either didnt or chose not to. Ps. The Wire finale recap: The end of the line Two things about my Sunday were making me sick. 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"! In the first episode of "The Wire," Johnny is brutally beaten for passing counterfeit money to Wallace (Michael B. Jordan), and his death in Season 3 sent Im interested. And they covered more ground, and they knew the terrain in a way that they no longer do. And I thanks you for that, because you gave us a piece of truth storytelling. So lets happily concede that all criticism stands and get to the real fun. I worked at a newspaper with a POS liar who made up quotes, and the editor was obsessed with him and looked the other way (on the fake quotes and also, grossly, sexual harassment). | Wire in the Blood vol 2 Sharp Compassion. Some shameful shit right there. I think it was something like a 14% reduction in crimes such as shootings and aggravated assault. Starring: Robson Green, Simone Lahbib. I absolutely love this program so so much! 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. And the depiction of the weak-willed, money-grubbing, ring-kissing top brass at papers was spot-on, too. This is an entertaining series currently available on Acorn TV. He's quirky, he's a little odd, but he helps to provide a different, and intellectual insight into the killer's mind. What really made Season 5 for me was Gus and the newsroom in general. It was way worse than you thought. Every episode is gripping. You had the ambitious lying dick with no redeemable qualities, the very honorable and honest veteran, some young black guy who covered Bubbles, the villainous senior editors, and a girl who was a good reporter. As wounded and onanistic and self-absorbed as the profession has become, there are still plenty of people for whom that matters above all. I feel like an asshole now for saying some of that stuff. Well said, David. Why couldnt we have gone one more season with the show? Why did stupid fucking hbo talk over the last episode when you re watch it on demand. Just the slow motion walk through of him seeing his operation in action, and the perfect timing of Polk (or Mahone?) This is really a two part TV series.. the first three seasons with Green and Norris.. bit.ly/1780gxl .. in the leads, and the second three with Green and Lahbib.. bit.ly/13Pgcqi .. Anyway, Im straying from my point: thank you for defining this additional layer to the theme of S5. -- if you're a Robson Green fan, it's a fantastic showcase for his acting. This show leaves me completely speechless. McNulty crossing the Rubicon with the fake serial-killer angle brought up an appropriate amount of conflict about the age-old Does the End Justify the Means question, but really, to have BOTH Greggs AND Herc sell him out?! 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. It wasnt until maybe the 3rd time that I understood these theme about the newsroom. Only silver lining to that dark cloud of a series. But if you didnt enjoyThe Wirethis season, then lets concede for purposes of this little note that you are correct. I certainly read that last post and thought thats angry. Cocaine Bear is based on a true story but the events especially the ending are very different. In this sense, life-imitates-art just as art-imitates-life. So they went from 20 to 17. Did you always have in mind from the start to have the fake news/fake crime stories play in tandem? Thats it. I started college as a J-student and later moved to English. I actually cared about them as if they were real well, nearly! For a mystery/suspense,thriller this show easily surpasses virtually all shows in the genre. Each episode is someone chained up. Anyway, Ive gone on for far too long here. 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 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. Prayer of the Bone. Its not painful to me. A moment for one 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. The great irony (relative to the final season) is that the criticism being leveled against NCLB and the war on drugs was lost on the real-life media in the very same way that The Wires Baltimore Sun missed those very same things in the show. 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. Every cut back to that newsroom made me almost fast-forward save for not wanting to miss something that is important to the rest of the story. Anyway, thats all. August 19, 2002. I was leaning more towards something karmic, but its clear that many of the characters did not get what was coming to them. Ultimately, thank you for such an epic drama! I was focused solely on the fact that the the newspaper was in a battle over the homelessness killings issue in a sense that their biggest problem right now was sensationalism and lies versus honest reporting. Brilliant! Such a newspaper was not chronicled onThe Wire. Africa was not at all logical to their 'can't do without you' relationship). Done very tastefully. I may be the only one who remembers how he blew two critical moments in the Port case during season 2 all due to his general stupidity and self-centeredness- along with being responsible for Randys torment due Herc selling him out to find the camera he lost AND poor Bubbles getting brutalized on the street over and over for the exact same reason. Its like The Odyssey of Homer. The intelligent and complex story line demands focus to follow clearly, and make you think. I wonder whats happening in this city that we dont know about. I binged watch all 5 seasons, The Wire is the best tv series in tv history. I have been seeing quite a lot of this show on TV lately and i find it surprisingly entertaining. Thanks for this. Unlike most shows, which run at 45 minutes per episode, Wire in the Blood runs at 90 minutes per episode. Given the immense detail used in the stories, the show simply wouldn't work with shorter episodes. The series was cancelled in 2009 due to ITV's financial troubles. THOSE cops and THOSE lawyers definitely exist in abundance in all over D.C., the southside, and Baltimore. I know that is a meta-narrative that some people find credible, but I could as easily and as credibly argue that the meta-narrative itself stems from newspaper critics who were too close and too sensitive to the overall critique. WebSeason 6. Wow, I cant believe that went over my head too David. A mayor was elected governor while his police commanders made aggravated assaults and robberies disappear. I just finished watching the entire run of the series a couple of nights ago. David. I just watched all 5 seasons in short order. I knew in my bones as he walked up to the convenience store something bad was going to happen. He seems so confident that each person is the perpetrator then half way through the interview says 'no it's not him' very annoying. Season 4 seemed to show Carcetti living up to their ideals, and it *did* seem like things were getting cleaned up. Fucking worthless, fuck hbo! Brilliant! Reprinted with Permission. Is McNulty still clean etc. Well played. I found this series especially delightful because Robson Green's character lives within the confines of his own mind. I guess Im just ranting about how I fell in love with this show and can never get enough of it. You wanna say who cares, the story sucked? Nice piece written here but my only real issues with season 5 Thanks for a great series and compelling stories and characters, in what was often a pretty bleak scene. watch again the final 5-6 minutes of season 3; episode 4). I was reading The Stand at the time I posted that response. 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? 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 sincerely believe S4 is the best season of any show in existence and overall, The Wire is the best-told story Ive ever experienced in television. All the characters have distinct and believable personalities. For example, for my first watch through, I was bored with Season two. 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. And again, great work on this terrific series; dont let the naysayers get to you on Season 5, I found it every bit as good as the previous 4. missing such a vital snap shot to the Barksdale case. The chemistry between Hill and D.I. Actually, I dont even think of it as a show its literature. Still, all that being said, it was a hell of a ride and still the best damn tv series ever made. Maybe I prefer more violent things. I was lucky enough to have a copy taped from BBC America (cheers, Mom!) It was a great work of art. Thinking back on Season 5, theres an interesting dynamic I think I picked up and just would like to know if it was intentional or if Im just reading too much into things. Gus opining that there was a time when no perp walk would take place with a call first being made to the broadsheets to make sure it was covered. | In Baltimore, where over the last twenty years Times Mirror and the Tribune Company have combined to reduce the newsroom by forty percent, all of the above stories pretty much happened. President Snow is Katniss Everdeen's tyrannical enemy, and while he may appear untouchable for most of The Hunger Games he has a secret weakness. THE BEST FUCKING SERIES I EVER WATCHED! The character development is quite entertaining. Okay, you probably hate me by now so Ill shut up. 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?! since 2010 ive been watching the wire every year (2 tiems this year mind ) Ive tried many times to get family and friends into it and it never happens which really upsets me very much, quite simply the wire has the best charaters, the best acting and defo the best script ever. Gus pointing at the screen when Clay Davis is doing his interview outside the grand jury and wondering why the paper missed it. What he suddenly turns stupid? 1 The Office. 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. The finale was weak/unsatisfying: I feel that the people who express this opinion dont quite understand the type of storytelling that you were going for. There were three full-length movies: "The Mermaid's Singing", "Shadows Rising", and "Justice Painted Blind". Although its one of my favorites, the only things in common with "Wire" are forensic psychologists profiling murderous sickos, and helping the police catch 'em. I watched The Wire a second time few years later and I loved season 2. Wed get a rant or two from whoever he screwed over, then next episode or season all is forgiven, forgotten and everyones back to good ole Jimmy again. Can you give any specific insight into why Marlo was let to walk away unscathed. I found Wire in the Blood purely by accident and I am now a die-hard fan. But youre entitled to enjoy one thing more than another, and youre even entitled to wonder about a filmmakers or writers motivations and standing, whether or not you actually have any evidence of its relevance or not. It was amazing television. The crime drama, which is made -And Herc? Pelecanos, Lehane, Price, Alvarez, Zorzi, the directors, cast, the whole lot. Lets be clear, though. The more honest assessment is that it doesnt matter where I stand, or where Ed Burn stands, or what I think. Then when people point out the garbage it becomes oh-so esoteric. I did enjoy everything else about Season 5. It is our not insignificant loss that more shows weren't filmed. I watched all five series back to back in less than a month bit of an overdose I guess, but just couldnt stop. 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. And why would carcetti suddenly give them all the money? But the rest of you blessed, scribbling souls? Cocaine Bear, the new action-comedy now in theaters, is based on a true story, but only barely. The film, which stars Anthony Mackie Image via NBC. Six years later. Departmental priorities make high-level drug investigation prohibitive. 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. Throughout 1923, Alexandras wealth has come into play (or the wealth of her family, rather). If season five didnt work for you, then it didnt work for you. Either of the two excellent actors would have been able to perform equally well for the entire six season run, and many viewers believe that's the way it should have been (Green is tops in all episodes). Season 5 is tremendous, you have such great payoffs for characters, building on all that came before. In one of the best scenes of the series, A good newspaper covers its city and acquires not just the quantitative account of a days events, but the qualitative truth and meaning behind those events. Simone Lahbib is a favorite UK actor, but if forced to choose in this series, I'd have to go with Green/ Norris. How is Baltimore under Trumps term. 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. Dont even know where to start, and I dont think I can critique anything about this show because it critiques itself. Americans are stupid ppl by and larger, they pretty much believe whatever we tell them The major American cities are in woeful shape and for various reasons we can not or will not stop this slow-moving train. You dont need to justify anything, its a masterpiece. In The Hunger Games films, President Snow (Donald Sutherland) coughs up blood for a specific reason. This season has opened up my eyes to an important point: what exactly are we missing by focusing on all this sensationalist garbage? But all the endings mean something and other endings would have been the wrong ones. Every single time I watch this show over again, I notice something I never saw before, and get instant gratification for going back again and re-watching it. The "Jordan" character was specific to the McDiarmid book "Torment of Others", of which the episode was derived. In the finale, she tells Spencer he needs not waste money on a suit/tuxedo as she has credit aboard their British liner. Particularly toward the finale, you created a meta-mirror for us that Im still working out. 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. It was nuanced and I really saw Gus as the lead protagonist of this season and lester and mcnulty as shifty antagonists. Additionally though people point to the development of hyper-local news sites as a way of saying that local news isnt dead, these are often little more than blogs or advertising of businesses in the area rather than sustained critiques and investigations. "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. ), [] own slashed staffs and cutbacks, leaving a major metropolitan newspaper that wound up as Simon acerbically noted at the time missing the whole []. Whatever you say, arthouse. Jack and Liz. This feeling of gritty realism was lost on me during the McNulty fake-killer arc. 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. 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. Adding to this, the fact that her mother still celebrates the missing daughters birthday bothers her. Its a great show! David Simon I dont think you have given up yet or maybe you would go off and retire like Marlo. Just wished it had a normal (13) episode count. I wish I attended that panel, and heard the insight Im sure you provided. the Los Angeles Police Department? No show has ever, EVER done that. This statement is meant to include: Mark Letheren(DI Kevin Jeffries); Emma Handy (DC Paula McIntyre) and Peter Sullivan (ACC Paul Eden). What Rough Beast. Not because I missed the point about your critique of the journalist world, I got that, but because you sacrificed some of your best characters to get your point across. Painfully honest? It continued doing so into the present decade as the Tribune Company followed the Times-Mirror buyouts with even more ruthless abandon. Sorry. Drugs were just an excuse to pursue their passion, because it is clear that wacking people is what they loved. There will be many scenes of hookers and trashy bar people. Every time I sit down to watch it again, more and more of the depth reveals itself. 1 Jun 2015. I feel better about missing the plot about The Baltimore Sun newspaper missing important stories, now I know that the pros missed it too. I love the Hamsterdam plot. Entertaining but formula driven and with plot holes! Even as a child I remember sifting through the paper wondering what a presidential blowjob has to do with anything important. McNulty, Frank Sobotka, Carcetti (at least in season 3), Colvin and Prez). But absent that kind of reporting, we will all soon enough live in cities and towns where politicians and bureaucrats gambol freely without worry, where it is never a risk to shine shit and call it gold. Another Silence Of The Lambs/Cracker knock-off, without the storylines, I'm afraid. | Great. I would want us to argue subjectively about public policy and social issues. Brought up to believe in hard case police work, her world was turned upside down by Tony's presence. Its the best series ever Righteous journalism that makes a good reporter get up in the morning. WebA clinical psychologist, Dr. Tony Hill, delves into his dark side to see into the minds of serial killers, to aid the police in solving their most difficult cases. I agree with the message of Season 5, just not the execution. I first discovered "Wire in the Blood" by happy accident, I was watching Agatha Christie's Miss Marple on Amazon prime and "Wire in the Blood" popped up in my recommended list. The cutbacks, management of local papers by big out of town conglomerates and lack of attention on complex issues is something we see in the UK too. Cmon, its okay to smile. The Wire is my favorite show of all time, but Season 5 was definitely the weakest. If you have not watched any of these, please go for it and watch them in order. You seem angry. In series 1-3, Hermione Norris played Detective Inspecter/Chief Inspecter Carol Jordan of Bradford CID, who managed to rein Tony's scattered abilities and make sense of them. But if I dont play how can I and everyone else fix the rules? There is always a player in the on deck circle, even when the final out is being recorded. Uncovered. But there used to be more of them. Its tremendously unfortunate a potentially amazing show was turned into a cute little art project. I just watched all 5 seasons over the past couple weeks and it was a pleasure. When the Wire was first broadcast, in 2002, I decided not to watch it because of the hype. Crown me up and kneel, ya bitches. To the people saying he was stupid for returning to Baltimore in the first place: Marlo used the perfect bait. WebPart of the Wire in the Blood series As this hit British detective drama concludes, clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill (Robson Green, Grantchester) and DI Alex Fielding While she tries her best to support her parents, Puleng also hates how theyre not willing to give up on the past. You let Bubbles live. [] The Wires Final Season and the Story Everyone Missed, by David Simon []. Thats when Pulengs world completely changes. I watched all 3 in order and enjoyed this series. The writing, the directing, the acting, the story arcs: are all amazing. When the big bust happen since the wire to wasnt legal I figured Marlo was going free. The man in black tracked Jenna down at the right house, but he knocked on the wrong door he's tangled up in a deadly Book of Blood story that ends when Ellie It had been on my entertainment backlog since 2002 Id got hold of the first season before it had been shown in the UK at all being a quality TV (and I apologize for using this sensitive word considering the context of various storylines) junkie, but for various reasonsI was deferring gratification if you will. If you like Touching Evil or Monk, this series may be for you. My comment amounts to little more than unwanted negative feedback for a show that ended 5 years ago. I know you were trying to show the 5 different aspects of what goes down in a city David Simon but one more season that just wraps everything up in a nice little bow would have been perfect. Though he shows remarkable insight into the actions of the violent and deranged, he also displays that phenomenal lack of social consciousness that is particular to geniuses and artists (as in "Yes, I just invented nuclear fission, but no, I didn't know I was supposed to wear socks and shoes to this award ceremony."). Melvin Wiliams passed today RIP! 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. I always thought the crime reduction % that Colvin reports as a result of his Hamsterdam experiment were too low. S6, Ep0. Reformthat word evokes so many thoughts for me now after watching The Wire. Fielding is a single mother with a son and a cat, yet in the second episode of s4, "Torment", the writers were able to slide her easily into the role that would have been Norris'. All 24 episodes are great! The Hunger Games is a four-part film series that is based on the hit trilogy of The pictures of his cleaned up corners and happy citizens as a result of Hamsterdam would suggest that the drop was much larger than that 14%. Having worked (briefly) with troubled inner city kids, I thought my heart would breakand it didduring season 4. I thought this was a really interesting article, especially in the context of the current pandemic which is hitting local papers the hardest. My friend letting me borrow season one was the tester, and I kept going back for the yellow tops or that WMD (the rest of the seasons). But the gratuitous images and the worn-out theme aside this show has a lot to offer. All in all, the last season ofThe Wirewasnt that cruel a portrayal, was it? The creative and honest mind of the writers is put on the screen with a quality job of directing. Jumped that shark in high-topped Nikes, we did. 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